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Babin Bessner Spry LLP Toronto
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Ed Babin, formerly a senior partner and litigator with Torys LLP and Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP, founded the firm in 2009. In 2010, Cynthia Spry, formerly of Osler Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP and Davies, joined the partnership to form Babin Barristers LLP. Later, Ellen
Bessner, who practised for more than 20 years at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Cassels
Brock & Blackwell LLP, also joined the firm to form Babin Bessner Spry LLP. The firm's clients
include Rogers Communications Inc., Wal-Mart Canada, Sleep Country Canada, the Com-
petition Bureau, and SunEdison. Among its notable mandates, it has successfully represented
a group of 62 investors of modest means, many of whom were retired or approaching retire-
ment, in a mass tort case for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence by their investment, legal,
and tax advisers. The firm also acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with a
number of advertising disputes under the Competition Act, and represented a major Canadian
retailer in connection with international anti-trust class action proceedings dealing with credit
card interchange fees charged by Visa, Mastercard, and others.
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