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CONTENTS 3 fortuna favet fortibus June 2013 Special Edition Contents Editor-in-Chief: Jean Cumming Project Editor: Gina Fusco Project Process Lead: Jill Grove Managing Editor: Tim Wilbur Art Directors: Brianna Freitag John Kieffer Cover Photography: Don Dixon Director, Strategic Partnerships: David Bienstock Account Manager: Joseph Galea Client Development: Grace So Marketing & Circulation: Mohammad Ali This Lexpert Insert is published two to four times a year by Carswell, a division of Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto, ON, M1T 3V4 TIME TO LOOK FOR A CORPORATE LAW PARTNER? 4 By Jean Cumming All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted without written permission. By Anthony Davis 6 www.lexpert.ca Tel: (416) 609-8000 Fax: (416) 609-5840 REITs: A CANADIAN SUCCESS STORY 26 ACTIVISM COMES OF AGE 20 IP IN THE DEAL By Sandra Rubin This Lexpert Insert is printed in Canada. © Copyright Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. All rights reserved. By Bev Cline 14 RECENT BIG DEALS FROM THE PAGES OF LEXPERT ® A NEW RULE BOOK By Sandra Rubin 32 Compiled by Gena Smith LEXPERT® RANKED LAWYERS Abitan, Sandra Ahmed, Firoz Ainley, William M. Allard, David A. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (514) 904-5648 sabitan@osler.com Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (416) 862-6696 fahmed@osler.com Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (416) 863-5509 wainley@dwpv.com Lawson Lundell LLP (604) 631-9108 dallard@ lawsonlundell.com Ms. Abitan's restructuring practice focuses on domestic and international corporate restructurings and reorganizations. Her clients include private and public corporations, financial institutions, strategic purchasers and equity sponsors. Mr. Ahmed's tax practice focuses on M&A, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and international taxation. Previously seconded to the Ruling Directorate of the CRA as a senior rulings officer in the corporate reorganizations section. Mr. Ainley has been lead counsel for bidders and target boards in many of Canada's largest, most complex public company M&A transactions, and has advised foreign purchasers in numerous foreign acquisitions of major Canadian resource companies. Mr. Allard's M&A, corporate finance and securities law practice focuses on advising private and public companies on transactional and general corporate commercial matters and reorganizations, as well as governance and compliance issues. ROB.indd 3 Armstrong, Andrew R. McCarthy Tétrault LLP (416) 601-8310 aarmstro@mccarthy.ca Mr. Armstrong's practice focuses on capital markets and private transactions. He counsels fund managers and underwriters on the creation of investment products and issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private financings. Aziz, Andrew W. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (416) 862-6840 aaziz@osler.com Mr. Aziz focuses on corporate finance, investment funds and financial institutions work. Extensive retail structured products and ETFs experience. Also specializes in M&A for financial services firms and investment fund mergers and restructurings. 13-04-23 12:00 PM