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www.lexpert.ca 63 Gingrich, Sarah A. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (587) 233-4103 sgingrich@fasken.com Sarah's practice is focused on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, and corpo- rate governance. Canadian and international corporations, underwriters, and investors rely on Sarah for her practical, results-oriented approach to complex legal issues across a wide range of industries, including energy, oil and gas, mining, technology, transportation, and financial services. Sarah has extensive experience on domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions and public and private mergers and acquisitions. Sarah frequently acts on going-public transactions, plans of arrangement, amalgamations, public offerings, private equity transactions, strategic investments and take-over bids. Sarah is trusted by management and boards of directors of publicly-listed and private companies for her corporate governance and strategic advice, as well as her extensive experience in corporate structuring and securities regulatory mat- ters. Sarah holds an ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors and has acted as corporate secretary for a number of public and private entities. Sarah is the co-leader of the Firm's Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Group in addition to being the Practice Group's leader in Calgary. Godbout, Olivier Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-2436 ogodbout@stikeman.com Olivier Godbout is a partner in the corporate group. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of Securities, corporate fi- nance, domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, and governance matters. Olivier advises cli- ents from a wide range of industries, including transportation, telecommunications, and manufacturing. In 2016, Olivier worked in Stikeman Elliott's London office, where he acted for issuers and underwriters in corporate finance transactions as well as for foreign companies involved in acquisitions in Canada. Prior to joining the corporate group, Olivier was a member of the firm's litigation & dispute resolution group and was involved in various commercial litigation cases. Godfroy, Aude Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3360 agodfroy@stikeman.com Aude Godfroy is a partner in the Banking & Finance and real estate groups. Her practice covers all aspects of financial services, with a focus on debt financings, on both national and international stages. Aude regularly represents corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike across a wide range of industries including the infrastructure and power sectors in a variety of corporate transactions, such as corporate financings, acquisition financings, project financings, and capital call financings. She has also had the opportunity to act for investors, including development finance institutions, in their investments in emerging markets aligning the rise of impact investing and growth. Goh, Tzen-Yi McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-8189 tgoh@mccarthy.ca Tzen is a partner in our Toronto office and a member of the firm's Real Property, Construction Law, Securitization and Asia Groups. He is also a member of the firm's Board of Partners. Tzen maintains a general real estate practice, with a particular emphasis on real estate financings (including private placements (mortgage bonds), credit tenant financings, syndicated bank facilities, project financing and commercial mortgage lending), acquisitions and sales, property development and commercial leasing (including solar panel roo op leases). Has extensive experience in the area of public offerings/private placements of commercial mortgage-backed securities. Goldman, Alyson F. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (403) 260-3680 agoldman@mccarthy.ca Alyson is a corporate lawyer who acts as counsel to various public and private companies, independent committees, underwriters and financial advisors on various securities and corporate law matters. Her extensive experience includes advising on public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, financial advisory matters, corporate governance matters, takeover bids, mergers, reorganizations and other business combinations, shareholder activism, proxy contests, stock exchange listing matters, regulatory compliance, and general corporate matters for public and private companies. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers