Advisory Board

As Dentons' Canada Chief Executive Officer and a member of the global leadership team, serving on the Global Board and Global Management Committee, Chris Pinnington is responsible for building on the Firm’s vision and leading the implementation of Dentons' strategy in Canada, which is focused on anticipating, understanding and exceeding clients’ expectations of service and value in today’s demanding and evolving business environment.

Professor Benoît Chappuis is dedicated to providing high quality legal counsel and acting as arbitrator. He frequently assists, as a senior legal advisor, lawyers appointed to represent clients in judicial proceedings. Prof. Chappuis is independent from any alliance or cooperation agreement with third parties. With over 32 years of experience as a senior partner in the litigation department of a large national law firm as well as teaching activities at the Universities of Geneva and Fribourg, Prof. Chappuis is able to offer his clients personalized and highly specialized legal services. He can quickly assess the merits or risks of legal disputes, provide legal advice or prepare legal opinions. His legal opinions are often sought for internal purposes or to be put before a court. They also can be intended for lawyers who seek support or counsel in judicial proceedings or other legal disputes.

Mr. Husband develops labor and employment solutions to help companies maintain compliance with federal and state laws regulating the employment relationship. He counsels Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike on matters including wrongful discharge, equal opportunity, trade secrets and covenants not to compete, wage and hour, privacy, disability, occupational safety, affirmative action and collective action, strikes, unions, and collective bargaining.

Jon Schlosberg is a partner at Bowman Gilfillan. He was previously chairman and head of the firm's Corporate Department. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, banking and finance, corporate governance, capital markets and securities law. 
Jon led the firm's team in advising Standard Bank on the acquisition by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of a 20% interest in the bank in what was then the largest direct foreign investment in South Africa and, according to Bloomberg, the largest foreign investment outside of China by a Chinese corporate.