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www.lexpert.ca 59 Leduc, Pierre-Yves Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3696 pyleduc@stikeman.com Pierre-Yves Leduc is a partner in the Securities Group. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of public and private, domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, securities and corporate finance. Pierre-Yves has over 20 years of extensive experience advising issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements, and corporations in acquisitions and divestitures. He also has a solid track record of advising both buyers and sellers on numerous take-over bids, going-private and restructuring transactions, in addition to advising on corporate governance matters. He services clients in many industries, including agribusiness, hospitality, food & beverages, manufacturing, pharmaceutics and paper. He serves as Co-Chair of the Montreal office's Associates Committee and is active in the recruitment, development and retention, and promotion of associates. Pierre-Yves' strong corporate commercial practice is recognized by many legal directories such as Chambers Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Legge, Dion J. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-9438 dion.legge@nortonrosefulbright.com Dion Legge practises tax law. His practice focuses on the income tax aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, debt and equity financings, and the taxation of flow-through vehicles. Mr. Legge also advises on tax-planning issues related to international structures for Canadian-based multinational corporations, on investments by non-residents in Canada, and on structuring cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and financings. Legge, Jennifer G. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5660 jlegge@stikeman.com Jennifer Legge is Head of the Banking & Finance Group. She is also a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups, as well as a member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office. Jennifer advises her clients on a diverse range of corporate and business law matters, having over 25 years' experience in structuring, negotiating, documenting and administering a wide variety of financing arrangements, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated secured syndicated financings, term loan and asset based loan facilities, bilateral credit facilities, acquisitions and leveraged buyout financings, project and P3 financings, margin loans, unitranche loans, amendments and extensions, intercreditor arrangements and dividend recaps. Jennifer advises her clients in structuring, negotiating and documenting merger and acquisition transactions across a range of industries. She acts for strategic buyers of businesses, for entrepreneurs in dispositions of family-owned businesses and for private equity investors in acquisitions and dispositions. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Lemieux, David Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4250 david.lemieux@nortonrosefulbright.com David Lemieux practises corporate financing and restructuring. He regularly represents lending syndicates, borrowers and investors in the areas of project financing, public and private takeover bids, asset acquisitions, monetization, securitization, structured finance and debt restructuring, whether the financing is Canadian, cross-border or foreign. In this capacity, he organizes and leads teams of lawyers to close these transactions. He is involved in negotiating, preparing and finalizing all aspects of these transactions, including corporate structuring, credit documentation, agreements between creditors, security documents and the restructuring of debt. Lennard, John J. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5566 jlennard@stikeman.com John J. Lennard is a partner in the Tax Group. He works closely with leading private and public companies, as well as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms and Crown corporations on corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, investment fund formation, and corporate finance matters. He frequently consults on cross-border transactions, structuring non-resident investment into Canada and outbound investment by Canadian multinationals. John also advises high-net-worth individuals on a wide variety of taxation matters. John's clients turn to him for his practical and business-oriented advice on all aspects of domestic and international tax planning. In addition to his tax planning practice, John represents taxpayers in tax audit matters and in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial taxation authorities, and acts as counsel in tax litigation matters before the courts. A frequent speaker at tax conferences and contributor to various tax publications, John is particularly well-regarded for his thought leadership on the taxation of hedge funds and other private investment funds.