32 LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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MARCH 2017
COVER STORY
Canadian
AS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN CANADA,
THE CANADIAN DEALMAKERS AWARDS
RECOGNIZE PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE M&A
MARKET
BY SANDRA RUBIN
DEALMAKERS OF 2016
WHEN LEXPERT,
together with Deloitte, e Globe and Mail and
omson Reuters, created the Canadian Dealmakers Program in 2007,
the driving force was to look beyond the deals that define Canada's capital
markets and celebrate the executives, in-house counsel, lawyers and bankers
who actually shaped those transactions.
e program works like this: nominations are collected and turned over
to an adjudication panel to determine which ones best benefited both their
industries and this country as a whole. e panelists, leaders in Canada's
business community, look for hallmarks of excellence. ey can range
from the creation of shareholder value to the promotion of growth and
innovation; deal-making that brings the company up to a new level in its
market; stewardship through new legal or regulatory terrain; or even, in the
case of banks, the sheer number or value of deals completed in a single year.
Once the decisions are made, the winners are recognized at the annual
Canadian Dealmakers gala dinner, which brings together leading decision-
makers and advisors from the world of M&A and corporate finance to
celebrate the art of the deal. is year's event was held on March 9th at the
Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
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SHUTTERSTOCK