 Bennett Jones Education University of Western Ontario, JD, 2013 University of Western Ontario, BMSc, 2009, honours Bar Admissions Ontario, 2014 Overview William Bortolin has a general commercial litigation practice, with an emphasis on high-stakes litigation involving complex subject matter. William has specific experience with shareholder and partnership disputes, intellectual property litigation (including Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) proceedings, trademark opposition board proceedings and section 45 expungement proceedings), injunctions, appeals, CCAA proceedings, class action proceedings and fraud claims. William brings a science background to his work, having obtained an undergraduate degree in medical sciences. William is also known for his technological savvy, which is increasingly valuable as courts modernize, and opportunities arise to leverage technology to run litigation more efficiently and cost-effectively. Experience • Sharp Therapeutics in its qualifying transaction by way of reverse takeover by EVP Capital of Sharp Edge Labs • Drone Delivery Canada in its merger of equals transaction with Volatus Aerospace to create a global diversified drone technology and services leader • Morrison Hershfield Group with the private company arrangement in its sale to Stantec Consulting • Spark Power Group in connection with its acquisition by an affiliate of American Pacific Group by way of Court-approved plan of arrangement. • ecobee Inc. in the US$770-million acquisition by Generac Holdings Inc. of all of ecobee Inc.'s outstanding securities by way of a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. |