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74 www.lexpert.ca Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Lorito, John G. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5272 jlorito@stikeman.com John Lorito is a partner in the Tax Group. His practice focuses on tax elements of corporation transactions, with particular emphasis on corporate reorganizations, mergers, and acquisitions in domestic and cross-border transactions, investment funds, corporate joint ventures, REITs, corporate finance, and international taxation. John regularly represents clients across various industries, including financial services, real estate, telecommunications, mining, retail, and more. He has acted as counsel on federal and provincial income tax appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court (General Division). John has over 30 years of experience and is highly regarded for his skilled handling of tax matters and providing practical solutions for complex tax issues. He is recognized as a leading tax lawyer in Canada by the legal industry's most prominent directories, including Chambers and Lexpert. Low, Michael J. Lawson Lundell LLP > (604) 631-9137 mlow@lawsonlundell.com Michael has over 20 years experience representing both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of transactions involv- ing debt financing, including operating and term credit facilities provided by banks and other financial institutions (both individually or as part of a syndicate), acquisition financing, including leveraged buyout transactions which frequently involve multiple tiers of secured and unsecured debt, commercial lease financing, asset-based loan facili- ties, and subordinated or mezzanine debt financing. Michael's experience extends to the financing of a wide variety of businesses across a range of sectors, including many different manufacturing concerns, commercial and residential real estate development, construction, aircraft operations and a variety of service providers. Michael's work frequent- ly involves interprovincial and other multi-jurisdictional financing transactions and he has considerable experience in dealing with the multi-jurisdictional issues arising in such transactions. He is recognized for his legal expertise by The Best Lawyers in Canada and was named their Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Law in 2022 and for Asset-Based Lending Practice in 2023 and 2025, in Vancouver. Michael is called to the British Columbia bar. MacDonald, Cameron A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6240 cmacdonald@blg.com Cameron advises public and private clients in a wide range of industries, including those seeking disruptive change through technology. He practises corporate and securities law with clients ranging from emerging and high-growth companies to large multinational companies and financial institutions listed on Canadian and foreign stock exchang- es. Cameron is experienced in representing senior management, boards of directors, acquirors, targets, and special committees, in public and private M&A transactions (hostile and friendly), proxy contests and restructurings. He also has extensive experience advising issuers and investment banks on corporate finance and regulatory matters and has led numerous initial public offerings (IPOs), including SPAC IPOs, as well as reverse takeovers (RTOs), "at-the- market" equity distribution programs (ATMs), substantial issuer bids (SIBs), normal course issuer bids (NCIBs) and other new issues, secondary offerings and private placements, both domestic and cross-border. Mr. MacDonald is the co-chair of BLG's national Sports & Gaming Law practice group and was recognized as one of Lexpert's Top 40 Canadian Lawyers under 40 in 2015. MacKay-Dunn, R. Hector, KC FARRIS > (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com Senior partner Hector MacKay-Dunn, KC, has 30+ years of experience providing advice to high-growth public and private companies and public institutions, over a broad range of industry sectors including early and advanced stage life sciences, technology, health, exploration and development mining companies, cleantech and large-scale long- term infrastructure services projects, advising on corporate domestic and cross-border public and private securities offerings, M&A, international partnering & licensing transactions, and to boards of directors and independent board committees on corporate governance matters. Hector is recognized in the Lexpert Special Editions: Technology and Health Sciences, and Mining; in The Best Lawyers in Canada; and in Chambers Canada. Hector received the 2014 Life Sciences Milton Wong Leadership Award, King's Counsel (BC) designation in 2003, and AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Hector has served as board member with a number of private and public companies and the board of the BC Tech Association, Chair of the BC Innovation Council and Genome BC and the board of Tennis Canada. Admitted to the BC, Alberta, and Ontario bars. MacKenzie, Daphne J. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5695 dmackenzie@stikeman.com Daphne MacKenzie is a partner in and former head of the Banking & Finance group and a former member of the firm's partnership board and executive committee. Her practice focuses on banking, project finance, restructurings, insolvency, and public debt securities. Daphne acts for financial institutions and borrowers in cross-border banking and project finance transactions, and for creditors, debtors, receivers, and monitors in commercial insolvencies and restructurings. She acts for private equity funds in connection with leveraged acquisitions and acts as corporate counsel to numerous Canadian corporations. Daphne advises lenders, sponsors, and borrowers in connection with project finance transactions in the mining sector. These transactions involve mining projects in Canada, the US, South America, Europe, and Africa. Daphne has been recognized in numerous legal publications as a leading lawyer in, among other practice areas, banking & finance, project finance, and asset-based lending.