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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Sharon C. Geraghty Partner in Torys' Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Emphasis on M&A, corporate governance and securities law. Listed in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global. Acts for two of Canada's leading financial institutions and one of Canada's largest communications/media companies. Acted for TMX Group in its proposed US$6.9-billion merger with LSE Group and the competing successful takeover bid by Maple Group; ArcelorMittal in its new joint venture arrangements for Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation; Rogers Communications in its acquisition of Score Media; Manulife Financial in its $2.5-billion equity offering in 2009, $2.275-billion equity offering in 2008 and $2-billion credit facility; National Bank Financial in its acquisitions of Wellington Financial and HSBC Securities; the special committee of Minera Andes in its merger with US Gold; and CanWest Global in its take-over bid for WIC and the subsequent division of WIC's assets among its key shareholders; LLB, 1986, University of British Columbia. Ontario Bar, 1988. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8138 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto G T F sgeraghty@torys.com Stephen H. Halperin Member, Executive Committee. Co-chair of corporate/securities group. Lead counsel, Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for third-party ABCP Restructuring (2007–9). Highest ranking for past nine years for corporate/M&A by Chambers Global. Named "Toronto Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers and one of top 25 capital markets lawyers worldwide in Euromoney's The Best of the Best. Representative clients/matters: Canadian Tire in acquisition of Forzani Group; Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in acquisitions of Timothy's and Van Houtte, TOTAL in acquisition of UTS Energy; Norilsk Nickel in acquisition of LionOre Mining; Avion Group in acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage; Fortress Investment in acquisition of Intrawest; Royal Group Technologies, in response to Cerberus's unsolicited bid and sale to Georgia Gulf; Hummingbird in acquisition by Open Text; Mackenzie Financial in response to CI Fund Management's hostile bid and sale to Investors Group; Abitibi-Consolidated in acquisition of Donohue; and Schneider in response to hostile bid by Maple Leaf and sale to Smithfield. Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4115 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto G T F shalperin@goodmans.ca Clay Horner Clay Horner, a nationally and internationally recognized leading advisor for mergers and acquisitions in Canada, is Chair of the firm. He was named in the 2011 edition of the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as one of the 10 most highly regarded mergers and acquisition individuals in the world (the only Canadian to receive this honor). Horner has extensive experience in counseling senior management and boards of directors of leading public and private corporations. He has acted on many significant transactions with US and international law firms and investment banks, particularly in respect of cross-border transactions. Horner was lead counsel to the Wise Persons' Committee, appointed to recommend the best securities regulatory system for Canada and, as a former managing partner of the New York office, worked extensively in cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and financing. He is a former sessional lecturer and has spoken to legal and business audiences internationally. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1986. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6590 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto T F chorner@osler.com Peter E.S. Jewett Chair of Torys' Corporate and Capital Markets Practice. Practices a wide range of corporate/securities law, with particular expertise in M&A and corporate governance, as well as national/international corporate finance. Participated in many of Canada's largest acquisitions and divestitures, including privatizations of major federal and provincial enterprises. Recent transactions include Petro-Canada's merger with Suncor Energy; Cognos's acquisition by IBM; Husky Injection Molding's acquisition by Onex; Algoma Steel's acquisition by Essar Global; Ontario First Nations LP settlement with the province of Ontario with regard to gaming revenues; Westcoast Energy's acquisition by Duke Energy; and Chapters's merger with Indigo Books. Internationally recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in corporate finance and M&A. Has participated on a number of OSC and CBA committees relating to corporate and securities law. Vicechair of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council. Author of the Canadian chapter of International Insider Dealing (FT Law & Tax, 1996, 2003). Ontario Bar, 1974. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7364 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto pjewett@torys.com 112 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 112 13-05-16 1:56 PM B T F