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www.lexpert.ca 15 www.lexpert.ca 15 Lexpert-ranked leading health sciences lawyers Han, Julie McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7199 julie.han@mcmillan.ca Julie's practice focuses on project financing transactions with particular emphasis on public-private-partnership (PPP) projects. As a respected and trusted advisor to some of the largest and most established contractors, investors and financers of infra- structure assets in Canada, Julie has extensive experience in structuring the financing of hospitals, outpatient care facilities and long-term-care facilities. Recent health-care infrastructure projects on which Julie has advised borrowers or lenders include the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Project in Ontario, the Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre Project in Nova Scotia, the Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Long Term Care Project in Newfoundland and the Burnaby Hospital Redevelop- ment Project in British Columbia. Hatton, QC, James P. FARRIS > (604) 661-9324 jhatton@farris.com James Hatton, QC, is a commercial solicitor with more than 30 years experience in assisting companies to exploit the value of their intellectual property assets. James is the partner responsible for the Technology Group at Farris LLP and is repeatedly recommended by Lexpert® in the fields of Technology Transactions and Biotechnology. Best Lawyers lists James in the practice areas of Intellectual Property Law and Biotechnology Law and named James as Vancouver's "Biotechnology Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2013, 2017 and 2019. Transactions of note include acting for Cardiome in the Cardiome Merck alliance, one of the largest cardiovascular life sciences alliances in the world and the largest in the history of the Canadian life sciences industry. He also acted for United erapeutics in the United erapeutics Lilly alliance, the Licensing Executives Society's Deal of Distinction award winner for the Healthcare Sector. James is a board director, including the board of BC Hydro, Powerex, BC Tech Association and e Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. He is an advisory board member for STEMCELL Technologies and a director and past chairman of LifeSciences BC. He is a former member of the National Research Council of Canada and a former member of the board of governors of Royal Roads University. MacKay-Dunn, QC, R. Hector FARRIS > (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com Senior partner Hector MacKay-Dunn has more than 30 years of experience providing advice to high-growth public and private companies and public institutions, over a broad range of industry sectors including life sciences, technology, health, mining and clean tech, advising on corporate domestic and cross-border public and private securities offerings, M&A, international partnering and licensing transactions and to boards of directors and independent board committees on corporate governance matters. Hector is recognized by Lexpert® as being among the Top 100 Canada/U.S. Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; by Best Lawyers as 2020 Lawyer of the Year in Biotech, 2021 M&A, tech, and corporate & securities; Chambers Canada 2021. Hector is a recipient of the LifeSciences BC Milton Wong Leadership Award, Queen's Counsel (BC) designation for exceptional merit and contribution to the legal profession, and AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Hector has served as board member with a number of private and public companies including Aurinia Pharmaceuticals and Copper Fox Metals and the board of the BC Tech Association, chairman of the BC Innovation Council, Genome BC and the board of Tennis Canada. Admitted to the B.C., Alberta and Ontario bars. Lisus, Jonathan C. Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 598-7873 jlisus@lolg.ca Jonathan's practice focuses on commercial and public law trial and appellate litigation. He has deep experience with infrastruc- ture and P3 related litigation, class actions for plaintiffs and defendants, product liability, oppression remedies, and securities litigation. He appears as counsel in courts and arbitral tribunals across the country and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism and a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. He is a Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and regularly acts as Special Counsel on constitutional challenges to government actions. Jonathan has been lead counsel in many landmark decisions in the area of class actions, professional liability, public and constitutional law, and commercial litigation. He has tried over 80 cases to judgments and argued over 50 appeals in provincial appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.

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