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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS B T F MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS William M. Ainley Corporate partner practicing corporate and securities law with emphasis on M&A, corporate finance, corporate governance and private equity. Lead counsel to both acquiror and target in many unsolicited take-overs and negotiated M&A transactions. Lead counsel in numerous complex public financings, including north and southbound cross-border financings and structured financings. Examples include Xstrata's acquisition of Falconbridge and bid for LionOre; Reuters merger with Thomson; BHP Billiton's acquisition of Anglo Potash; KGHM's acquisition of Quadra FNX and Temasek's strategic investments in Inmet Mining and Platmin. Awarded Best M&A Lawyer in Canada 2009 by World Finance magazine. Named a leading corporate/M&A lawyer and star individual in Chambers Global. Recognized as a leading M&A lawyer in the IFLR1000, Who's Who Legal, The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. BA, LLB, MA, Cambridge University; BCL, LLB, McGill University. Called to Ontario Bar (1981). Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5509 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto T F wainley@dwpv.com Richard J. Balfour Practices corporate and securities law, with emphasis on M&A. Represented TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in its acquisition by Maple Group and its proposed merger with LSE Group; The Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition of Dundee Wealth; Thomson in its acquisition of Reuters (Canada's first dual-listed company structure); Sun Life Financial in the sale of its interest in CI Financial; CTVglobemedia in its acquisition of CHUM; TSX Group in its demutualization IPO; Sun Life Financial in its acquisition of Clarica Life; and Sun Life in its demutualization. Advising the Minister of Finance (Canada) on national securities regulation. Advised Daniels Task Force and Government of Ontario on OSC rule-making (1994) and OSC on regulations that opened the Canadian securities industry (1986–1987). Chair, Board of Governors of The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Assistant professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1978–1981. AB, 1971, Princeton University; BLitt, 1974, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); JD, 1978, Harvard University. Ontario Bar, 1980. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7339 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto O T F rbalfour@torys.com Jeff Barnes Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Member of BLG's Securities & Capital Markets Group. Practices principally in M&A, corporate governance and board advice, mining, debt and equity financings, restructurings, reorganizations, privatizations, infrastructure, energy and project finance. Member, Senior Legal Advisory Committee to the Chair, OSC. Former Chair, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Co-chair, Canada Committee of ABA International; and Vice Chair, International Energy and Natural Resources Committee, ABA Section of International Law. Former member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the OSC. Also recognized in, among others, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in areas including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and project finance. Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013. Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1976. Tel: (416) 367-6720 Fax: (416) 361-7089 Toronto jbarnes@blg.com 110 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 110 13-05-16 1:56 PM O T F