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Grant, K. Vanessa A. Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP (416) 216-4056 vanessa.grant@nortonrosefulbright.com
Ms. Grant's practice focuses on public and private corporate finance (including
private equity) and M&A. She works with national and international clients
across all industries, with a focus on technology (including fintech and AI) and
life sciences (including digital healthcare, therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and
agribusiness). Co-Director of the Osgoode Hall LLM programme in business law.
Gorman, William (Bill) Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4118 bgorman@goodmans.ca
Mr. Gorman's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate finance and
M&A. He represents public companies and underwriters in the energy sector in a
range of transactions including initial public offerings, debt and equity financings
and mergers & acquisitions.
Gibson, QC, FCPA, FCA, Cheryl A. Dentons
Canada LLP (780) 423-7310 cheryl.gibson@dentons.com
Mr. Gibson practises in numerous facets of taxation law. She has extensive
experience in the resolution of income tax and GST disputes including
criminal tax evasion matters and focuses on getting results in a timely and
efficient manner. She advises on pension matters and has prepared opinions
on numerous tax and GST topics.
Gamble, Ian J. Thorsteinssons LLP
(604) 602-4290 gamble@thor.ca
Mr. Gamble represents several corporate clients in the mining, forestry,
telecommunications, oil & gas, energy and real estate sectors. His corporate
and international tax practice includes merger & acquisition structuring,
tax opinions, CRA audit and transfer pricing defence, and tax appeals.
Gagné, Martin R. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(418) 640-2001 mrgagne@fasken.com
Mr. Gagné specializes in corporate, commercial and real estate law, as well
as corporate and project financing. A large part of his practice is devoted to
mergers & acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and reorganizations. He
represents clients operating in various industries such as natural resources,
specifically the mining, forestry, and oil & gas sectors.
Freeman, Sheldon Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-6256 sfreeman@goodmans.ca
Mr. Freeman practises M&A, corporate finance and securities law
advising on a wide range of domestic and cross-border matters, including
acquisition and defence strategy, transaction structuring and all relevant
legal considerations. He also acts on a broad range of capital markets
transactions and advises on corporate matters ranging from formation
to shareholder disputes and liquidity events.
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a team led by John Torrey and including Da-
vid Ferris and Dan Conrad (Banking ), Allyson
Roy (Real Estate), Brad Freelan (Securities) and
Chris Steeves (Tax).
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Scotiabank acquisition
of Jarislowsky,
Fraser Ltd.
On May 1, 2018, Scotiabank announced the
completion of its $950 million acquisition of Jaris-
lowsky, Fraser Ltd. to create the third-largest Cana-
dian active asset manager with $166 billion in assets
under management (as of December 31, 2017).
Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a
leading financial services provider in North Amer-
ica, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central
America, and Asia-Pacific, with a team of more
than 88,000 employees and assets of over $915 bil-
lion (as at October 31, 2017).
Jarislowsky, Fraser is one of Canada's leading
independent investment management firms,
managing the portfolios of pension funds, foun-
dations and endowments, corporations and indi-
viduals in Canada, the United States and inter-
nationally — representing more than $40 billion
in assets under management.
Scotiabank was represented internally with a
team that included Ian Arellano (EVP & Gen-
eral Counsel), Anita Mackey (SVP & Associate
General Counsel), Alex MacMillan and Doug
Robertson (Senior Counsel, Strategic Transac-
tions). Torys LLP provided external legal support
with a team led by (Ricco) A.S. Bhasin and which
also included Susan Nickerson, Richard Johnson,
Cameron Koziskie, Robert Fatt, Michael Meguid
and Marko Trivun.
Stephen A. Jarislowsky (founder of Jaris-
lowsky, Fraser Ltd.) and S.A. Jarislowsky Invest-
ments Inc. were represented by Davies Ward
Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a team that in-
cluded William Rosenberg, Justin Vineberg,
Brian Bloom, Olivier Désilets, Adam Fanaki and
Christina Sauro.
Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. was represented by Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that included
Peter MacGowan, Navin Joneja, Howard Levine
and Kathleen Penny.
e partners of Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. were rep-
resented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that
included André Roy, Michel Gélinas (then at the
firm), Julien Robitaille-Rodriguez, Luc Bernier,
Adam Drori, and Hélène Bussières.
Stephen A. Jarislowsky (founder of Jaris-
lowsky, Fraser Ltd.) and S.A. Jarislowsky Invest-
ments Inc. were advised by Richard Lewin from
