In Calgary, Clarke Barnes ,
Michael Black, Frank Dearlove
and Lloyd Symons have joined
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
as partners. Barnes is a tax
lawyer dealing with matters
involving corporations and indi-
viduals including estate planning
reorganizations for business
owners, corporate restructuring,
taxation of non-residents, and oil
and gas taxation. He was previ-
ously with Miller Thomson LLP.
Black has worked extensively in
the energy field, both in private
practice and as in-house
counsel. He was previously with
Heenan Blaikie LLP. Dearlove has
approximately 30 years of
experience in insolvency, bank-
ruptcy and receivership. He was
previously with Bennett Jones
LLP. Symons is a securities and
mergers and acquisitions lawyer,
advising private and public com-
panies, trusts and underwriters.
Symons was also previously
with Heenan Blaikie.
In Vancouver, Oliver Hanson
has joined Clark Wilson LLP as an
associate in the business litiga-
tion, construction & procurement
and insurance groups. Rachelle
Mezzarobba has also joined the
firm as an associate in the busi-
ness law group. Willa Duplantis
has joined Lawson Lundell LLP as
a research assistant.
In Calgary, Borden Ladner Ger-
vais LLP added 10 new associ-
ates, including: Matti Lemmens,
Alison Smith, Matthew Lui,
Layne Thiessen, Cherie Mah,
Nav Dhaliwal, Denver Brust,
Kirk Mason, Robert McCulloch
and Chidinma Thompson.
Name:
Chris Taylor
Law school:
Osgoode Hall Law School of York
University
Called to the Bar:
1997
Career highlights:
1995 As a recording artist
with the “rock-reggae” band,
One, the group was nominated
for a Juno Award for reggae
recording of the year
2002 Long-time client, Nelly
Furtado, wins a Grammy Award
2006 Founded entertainment
and new media law firm, Taylor
Mitsopulos Klein Oballa
THEN: Musician Chris Taylor with reggae/ska legend Toots
Hibbert. Taylor’s band, One, opened for Hibbert.
NOW: Lawyer Chris Taylor has a slew of celeb clients,
including Canadian rap superstar Drake.
2009 Negotiates landmark
recording agreement for
Canadian rap superstar, Drake
GEOFF KIRBYSON
which featured the hit single,
“Wide Load.”
But after five years and both his
30th birthday and wedding
around the corner, Taylor decided
to quit the band in 1995 and start
articling at labour law firm Ahee,
McMahon & Meikle in 1996.
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APPOINTMENTS
Igor Ellyn, senior partner of
Toronto-based Ellyn Law LLP, has
been appointed to the Panel of
International Commercial Arbitrators of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce, which is a national
organization comprising of a network of over 300 chambers of
commerce and boards of trade,
representing 175,000 businesses
of all sizes in Canada.
Chris Taylor hasn’t been on a
stage for 15 years but he’s still a
regular performer in the enter-
tainment business.
The founder and lead singer of
Juno-nominated reggae band,
One, spent the early to mid-90s
driving around North America in
a van with nine other musicians.
When he decided to hang up his
microphone, he didn’t venture too
far afield.
That’s because the 1990 graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School of
York University spent his time on
the road and in the studio laying
the foundation for a career as an
entertainment lawyer.
“When I started in law school, I
didn’t even know there was such a
thing as a music lawyer,” he says.
One built up a huge follow-
ing, much of it among the uni-
versity and college crowd, lead-
ing to a Juno nomination for
reggae recording of the year for
its Smokin’ The Goats album,
“I was tired of living in a van
with nine other guys. You can’t pay
your rent with a Juno nomina-
tion... at some point, you have to
look at yourself in the mirror and
decide what you’re going to do
with your life long term,” he says.
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