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1995
Gary Gervais, founder and president of Heartland
International English School, located in Winnipeg
Manitoba, graduated with an MBA in May 2012 from the
Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba.
Allison Neapole, has for the last five years been working
in Geneva Switzerland as in-house counsel at Addax
Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration and production
company. Allison says, “Working in an industry with
finite resources and geopolitical sensitivities is certainly
challenging! I firmly believe that the role of in-house
counsel is that of the conscience of the organization. I
ensure that my company can conduct the business it
wants to in a way that is morally and ethically sound.”
Allison says she enjoys living in the small but exciting city
of Geneva “It’s surrounded by mountains, and since I love
to ski and hike, that’s a bonus! Paris is only a three-hour
train ride away, and London is 1.5 hours by plane.”
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1997
Darren Baccus has moved back to
Canada after 11 years of working in
New York with Torys LLP. Darren is now
Associate General Legal Counsel at the
Alberta Investment Management Corp.
(AIMCo), where he manages internal
and external legal services. When not
working, Darren can be found enjoying
the day with his wife and daughter.
Amanda Balasubramanian has been a partner with
Torys LLP in Toronto since 2007. Amanda’s practice
focuses on debt financing: corporate liquidity financing,
acquisition finance, leverage finance, and high yield
debt, domestically, internationally and globally. She is
also co-chair of the Student Recruitment Committee.
“I really enjoy being part of the student recruitment
process. We meet so many wonderful, talented, and
interesting candidates from all over Canada. At Torys,
we take a long-term view to recruiting so when we
are interviewing students for summer positions, we
are effectively recruiting our future partners. This is
immensely important to the firm as a whole and every
recruitment season we have more than 100 Torys lawyers
that participate in the process. Everyone is excited to
meet the candidates and there is a real buzz around the
firm during interview week.”
Casey Chisick partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell
LLP, was named a 2011 Lexpert Rising Star, a Leading
Lawyer Under 40, by Lexpert Magazine. Casey Chisick
is a partner in the Entertainment Law and Intellectual
Property practices and co-leader of the firm’s Fashion
Industry Practice Group. He is certified by the Law
Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist in
Intellectual Property (Copyright).
1998
Lisa Stiver, partner at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
LLP, was named a 2011 Lexpert Rising Star, a Leading
Lawyer Under 40, by Lexpert Magazine.
2001
Cynthia Lau, MPI, was the recipient of the Manitoba Bar
Association’s 2011-2012 Headnotes & Footnotes Award.
2005
Dr. Mosope Fagbongbe (2005 LL.M.), obtained her Ph.D.
in international human rights law, with particular focus
on the African Regional Human Rights System, from the
University of British Columbia in November 2010. Dr.
Fagbongbe is currently a Research Fellow, Legislative
Drafting, at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal
Studies in Lagos, Nigeria. She teaches Legislative and
Judicial Process at the Institute’s Post Graduate School.
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