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www.lexpert.ca 53 Honeyman, Jennifer Stikeman Elliott LLP > (604) 631-137 jhoneyman@stikeman.com Jennifer is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. She has a broad practice advising both public and private companies on a wide range of transactions and corporate matters, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity capital markets and joint ventures. Jennifer has extensive experience in cross-border transactions and has advised clients in transactions involving a broad range of industries including mining, technology, forestry, distribution, retail, and manufacturing. Horn, Samantha G. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5636 sghorn@stikeman.com Samantha Horn is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financing. She is highly experienced both in investments and buyout transactions, with particular expertise concerning matters in the life sciences and technology sectors. She operates a market-leading transactional practice in the private equity space, covering a wide range of M&A and financing mandates, along with fund formation experience. Samantha is a former member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office and formerly served as Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. She is a recipient of the 2017 Women's Executive Network's Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in the Hall of Fame category and in the KPMG Professionals category (2014, 2015 and 2016), recognizing her significant impact to the legal profession and her leadership role within the firm. Horn, Sidney M. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3342 smhorn@stikeman.com Sidney Horn is a senior counsel in the Corporate Group, specializing in commercial, corporate and securities law, advising large domestic and international corporations on complex questions concerning finance, mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance. Sidney has developed an expertise in complex transactions requiring creative solutions. He represents private equity firms in their investments in private and public corporations, as well as corporations and independent directors in transactions such as going-private transactions, related party transactions and insider bids. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Horrigan, Bryan Baker & McKenzie LLP > (416) 865-3905 bryan.horrigan@bakermckenzie.com Bryan Horrigan is a partner in Baker McKenzie's globally top ranked tax group, leading the Canadian indirect tax practice, involving primarily Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), Provincial Sales Tax (PST), and the currently proposed Canadian Digital Services Tax (DST). Bryan provides indirect tax advice to the world's largest multinationals on compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and policy advocacy. He also represents taxpayers in their dealings with the federal and provincial tax authorities in the context of audits, appeals, voluntary disclosures and indirect tax disputes before the Courts, having appeared before the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal on significant GST/HST disputes. Bryan assists businesses in all industry sectors, with a particular focus on technology, e-commerce, manufacturing, telecommunications, retail and online marketplaces. LAWYER TO WATCH Hudec, Albert J. FARRIS > (604) 661-9356 ahudec@farris.com Senior Counsel Al Hudec currently focuses his practice on LNG and other resource industry transactions involving Indigenous parties. He has been lead lawyer on many of Canada's most significant resource transactions involving First Nations over the last 13 years. Al is an M&A and Corporate Governance practitioner with over 40 years of experience in all legal aspects of securities and corporate finance, including mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance and independent committee representation, with emphasis on the North American resource (mining, forestry, oil & gas), infrastructure, and technology industries. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers & acquisitions (takeovers and arrangements) and board and special/independent committee representation. Al writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics relating to resource law, Aboriginal law, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance. Al is named in e 2024 Best Lawyers in Canada, e 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and in the 2023 Lexpert Special Editions on Mining and Finance and M&A. Certified Financial Analyst (1994). Called to Bars of Alberta (1981) and BC (1994).