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www.lexpert.ca 13 www.lexpert.ca 13 www.lexpert.ca 13 MacKay-Dunn, QC, R. Hector FARRIS > (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com Senior partner Hector MacKay-Dunn has 30+ years of experience advising high-growth private and public companies, many achieving valuations exceeding $1 billion, and boards and independent board committees over a broad range of industry sectors including tech, clean tech, life sciences, health and mining, on corporate domestic & cross-border public & private se- curities offerings, M&A, international partnering and licensing transactions and corporate governance. Recognized by Lexpert® as being among the Top 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; by Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year 2021 in Biotech and a Leading Lawyer in M&A, tech, corporate and securities; and in Chambers Canada 2021, MacKay-Dunn received the 2014 LifeSciences Milton Wong Leadership Award, Queen's Counsel (BC) designation in 2003 and AV Preeminent 5 out of 5 rating from Martindale-Hubbell. MacKay-Dunn has served on the boards of private and public companies and on the board of the BC Tech Association, board and executive committee member of Tennis Canada, chairman of the BC Innovation Council and director of Genome BC. Admitted to the B.C., Alberta and Ontario bars. Mitchell, Drew M. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP > (204) 934-2368 dmm@tdslaw.com Drew Mitchell practises primarily in the area of corporate and commercial law, advising a wide variety of businesses and technology-based companies on acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and reorganizations, as well as advising on the organization and structure of corporations and other business entities, such as limited partnerships. Mitchell has advised medical device companies, e-commerce companies and startup companies, as well as soware and app developers, and he frequently assists such companies in securing financing, both through debt and equity issuances, as well as assisting with senior and subordinate credit facilities for both specific (such as acquisitions) and general purposes (day-to-day operating requirements). Murray, Ronald G. FARRIS > (604) 661-9306 rmurray@farris.com Ronald G. Murray's practice is focused on M&A, equity and debt financings and complex commercial transactions. He has extensive experience advising public and private companies, investment funds and special committees on structuring M&A transactions, directors' fiduciary duties and other corporate governance and securities law matters, including related-party transactions, takeover bids (both negotiated and unsolicited) and contested shareholders' meetings. Murray regularly advises on cross-border securities transactions. An innovative and practical problem-solver, Murray is able to balance legal rigour with business realities. Prior to joining Farris in 2000, he was the corporate finance lawyer at the Vancouver office of the predecessor to the TSX Venture Exchange. He assisted with the realignment of Canada's various stock exchanges along lines of market specialization (including the amalgamation of the Vancouver and AB stock exchanges) while providing general securities law advice to staff and executives. Murray is a past chairman of the Securities Law Subsection of the CBABC and a past member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee, providing advice to the BCSC on legal and policy issues relating to securities regula- tion. He has been an instructor for various securities law courses/seminars. Nawata, Denise FARRIS > (604) 661-1746 dnawata@farris.com Denise Nawata is a corporate-commercial partner practising in the fields of corporate finance and securities, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance law. Her practice is focused on complex business transactions, for both public and private companies at various stages of their corporate growth. Nawata acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including natural resources (with extensive experience in mining and oil and gas transactions), technology and life sciences. In 2016, Nawata was named as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. She was also recognized as a 2017 Lexpert® Leading Lawyer to Watch, a 2019 Lexpert® Leading Energy Lawyer and a 2020 Lexpert® Leading Global Mining Lawyer. She is recognized in e 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and e 2021 Best Lawyers in Canada directory for her work in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law. Nawata was admitted to the Alberta Bar (2005) and British Columbia Bar (2006). Pocaluyko, R. Troy Wildeboer Dellelce LLP > (416) 361-5802 troy@wildlaw.ca R. Troy Pocaluyko is a partner at Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, practising corporate and securities law. He represents a number of public and private companies in a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, manufacturing, construction, automo- tive, consumer goods, financial services, natural resources and real estate. He also regularly acts for investment dealers, financial institutions, private equity firms, venture capital firms and merchant banks. Pocaluyko counsels clients in both domestic and cross-border public and private financings, M&A transactions, friendly and contested takeover bids, proxy fights and corporate restructurings and reorganizations as well as with respect to corporate governance matters including advising special commit- tees. Pocaluyko sits on the M&A sub-committee of the American Bar Association and participated in the publication of a number of the ABA's Canadian Public Target M&A Deal Points Study and Canadian Private Target M&A Deal Points Study. He is active in his community and sits on the board of the National Diabetes Trust Corporation and was previously a member of the board and executive committee of Food for Life Canada. Lexpert-ranked leading technology lawyers

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