The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS William J. Braithwaite Chair of the firm and member of the Executive Committee and Partnership Board. Practices primarily in M&A and corporate finance and has acted on some of the most significant cross-border merger transactions. Represents a wide range of corporations, boards of directors, bankers and institutional shareholders, and advises governments and regulatory authorities on policy and other initiatives. Recognized in International Financial Law Review's IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms as a leading lawyer in M&A; The Best Lawyers in Canada in corporate, M&A, and securities law, and named the 2013 Toronto Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year and the 2012 Toronto Securities Law Lawyer of the Year; the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Was counsel to the IDA Task Force that examined the modernization of Canada's securities legislation. Past Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. Special lecturer in Osgoode Hall's part-time LLM program. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5654 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto wbraithwaite@stikeman.com Matthew Cockburn Practices corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Acts for a wide variety of private-equity firms, advising on management buyouts and leveraged buyouts of public and private companies. Regularly advises acquirors and targets in connection with public take-over bids, plans of arrangement, and private acquisitions and divestitures. Also has extensive experience in the corporate finance area, including advising issuers and underwriters on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. Regularly represents CPPIB, Ontario Teachers', OMERS Private Equity, Torquest Partners, Clairvest and Birch Hill Equity Partners, among others. Listed as a leading lawyer in corporate securities, private equity and M&A by various publications, including Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2012. Recognized by Lexpert® as one of Canada's top 40 under 40 lawyers. LLB, 1993, University of Toronto; BA (Honors), 1989, Queen's University. Ontario Bar, 1995. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7662 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto mcockburn@torys.com Jeremy D. Fraiberg Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Co-chair of Osler's Mining Group. Practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance. Has acted for public and private companies and investment bankers on a range of acquisitions, securities offerings and other corporate transactions. Was a senior policy advisor to the Wise Persons' Committee, which was appointed to recommend the best securities regulatory system for Canada. Has taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on contested mergers and proxy contests and has spoken and written about a range of legal issues. After graduating from law school, served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer at the Supreme Court of Canada. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2000. Tel: (416) 862-6505 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto jfraiberg@osler.com Jean M. Fraser Jean Fraser advises public and private companies, investment dealers and governments on corporate, financing and M&A matters. Her M&A experience includes public takeover bids, asset acquisitions and divestures, privatizations and corporate restructurings. Fraser's experience also includes advisory assignments providing governance advice to the boards of directors and board committees of public companies. Her financing experience includes domestic and cross-border public and private offerings of debt and equity, initial public offerings and infrastructure financings. Fraser has written and lectured on both securities and corporate law matters in various forums and is a member of the Senior Securities Advisory Group to the Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission and a past member of the Ontario Securities Commission Policy Advisory Committee. She is recognized in numerous legal publications as a leading Canadian M&A, corporate governance and corporate finance specialist. Fraser is also a former managing partner of the firm. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6537 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto jfraser@osler.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 111 D-00-Bios.indd 111 13-05-16 1:56 PM