The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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a a LAWYERS TO WATCH Steven R. Martin Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Steven Martin is a partner in the commercial real estate, corporate/commercial and infrastructure practices. He has extensive expertise in infrastructure projects in Canada and the United States, including public-private partnerships involving hospitals, courthouses, schools, roads, bridges and other social infrastructure. Steven has also participated in numerous commercial real estate transactions, including purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, development matters and real estate financings. Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of real estate law and recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of projects: PPP & infrastructure by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Listed as a leading project finance lawyer by IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms. LLB, University of Western Ontario. Called to the Ontario Bar (2001). Tel: (416) 863-5572 Fax: (416) 863-0871 smartin@dwpv.com Thomas M. Meagher Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Partner in Fasken Martineau's Banking and Finance practice group. Practice focuses exclusively on structuring, documentation and negotiation of complex multijurisdictional corporate and commercial lending and project finance transactions, typically representing domestic and foreign financial institutions. Has particular expertise in mine project finance in jurisdictions throughout the Americas. Recent transactions as lead counsel include representation of the lending syndicates to Silver Wheaton Corp. in its US$2,500,000,000 financing and to Goldcorp Inc. in its US$2,000,000,000 financing. Tel: (416) 865-5473 Fax: (416) 364-7813 tmeagher@fasken.com Eric Moncik Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Eric practices in the firm's Securities Group. His practice focuses primarily on public and private financing transactions, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice on general securities and corporate law matters to a variety of issuer clients. Moncik has acted as counsel to issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in a number of public financings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He has also acted for purchasers and vendors in a wide range of asset and share purchase transactions, and for many companies in connection with amalgamations, statutory arrangements and reorganizations. These transactions have involved participants in industries such as real estate, financial services, technology, mining, and power and infrastructure. Moncik received his LLB and MBA from the University of Toronto and holds a BA in economics from the University of Western Ontario. In 2012, Moncik was named as one of Lexpert® 's "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in Canada. Tel: (416) 863-2536 Fax: (416) 863-2653 eric.moncik@blakes.com Justin P.S. Mooney Partner in the Toronto office. Practice focuses on corporate/commercial and real estate matters, and he is qualified to practice law in Ontario, as well as England and Wales. In 2012, was named one of the Lexpert® "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40." Provides practical general counsel to owner-operated businesses while also advising clients located in Canada and around the globe, in particular in the United States, Japan and Europe, concerning Canadian business law matters such as: asset and share mergers, acquisitions and sale transactions; equity and debt financing, including secured lending involving both real and personal property; establishing and structuring new ventures for both start-ups and foreign companies commencing operations in Canada; real estate purchases, sales and financings; commercial lease matters; ventures; franchise matters; and reorganizations. Joined Davis in 2000 upon completion of law school. In 2008‒2009, he practiced as a senior associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Funds Structuring Practice Groups of an international law firm in London, UK. Davis LLP Tel: (416) 941-5405 Fax: (416) 777-7436 jmooney@davis.ca LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 141 E-00-Lawyers to Watch.indd 141 13-05-23 11:40 AM