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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Pierre A. Raymond Partner in the Montréal office. Served as Chair of the firm (2006 – 2012) and as member of the Partnership Board and Executive Committee (1997 – 2012). Even though he stepped down as Chair, he continues to coordinate our firm's multiple country and regional initiatives and maintains a management role in our Montréal office, focused on client relations. Practice focuses primarily on public M&A, securities regulation and corporate finance. Counsel to various corporations with regard to national and international securities offerings, tender offers and financings. Counsel to US and European clients with respect to Québec law in connection with international privatizations, tender offers and acquisitions. Named by Lexpert® as one of "Canada's Top 30 Corporate Dealmakers" and Best Lawyers' 2013 Montréal Private Funds Law Lawyer of the Year. Recognized by the IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2013; Chambers Global 2013: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; and The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3061 Fax: (514) 397-3415 Montréal praymond@stikeman.com Steeve Robitaille Partner and head of the Corporate/Commercial Group in the Montréal office. Practices principally in public and private M&A and corporate finance. Advises on corporate governance matters. Included in The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; and The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013. Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as one of "40 Corporate Lawyers to Watch" in 2006 and as one of the "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 Lawyers" in 2004. Recent M&A mandates include: Saputo's acquisition of Morningstar; Fibrek's defense mandate in connection with Resolute's hostile take-over bid; Genivar's combination with WSP; 20-20's privatization and sale to Vector; Transcontinental's acquisition of Quad Canada from, and sale of Transcontinental's Mexican operations to Quad. Recent corporate finance mandates include: secondary offerings by Jolina of a portion of its interest in Saputo and Transforce; and underwriters' counsel in Uni-Select and Transforce public offerings. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3024 Fax: (514) 397-3624 Montréal srobitaille@stikeman.com Peter J. O'Callaghan Corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions practice in Vancouver. Practice includes public- and private-equity financings, arrangements, take-over and issuer bids and independent counsel to investment dealers and boards of directors. Has extensive experience in share and asset acquisitions and divestitures, shareholders' and joint venture agreements. Clients are primarily in the mining sector. Acted for issuers and underwriters in respect of many mining transactions in Canada, the US, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Took a year off from private practice to act as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and general counsel of a Canadian public company. Member of CBA's securities law and business law subsections and Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Recognized in Chambers Global 2013: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms ‒ 2011 Edition. Admitted to BC Bar in 1985. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3345 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver peter.ocallaghan@blakes.com Robert J. Engbloom, QC Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (403) 267-9405 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary Practicing primarily M&A, corporate and securities law, Bob Engbloom acts for a broad range of businesses generally and on transactional matters. Engbloom is lead counsel on a wide variety of significant transactions and has extensive experience on mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations and related-party transactions. Engbloom regularly advises boards of directors and special committees on both governance matters and substantive transactions. Although Engbloom's practice is primarily in the natural resources and energy areas, including considerable experience in the oil sands and renewable energy sectors, he acts for a number of clients and on transactions in other industries as well. Lexpert® identifies Engbloom as a leading lawyer in Banking, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, and Energy (Oil & Gas). Engbloom has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 in the areas of corporate, M&A and securities and by Chambers Global in the area of corporate/M&A. Engbloom led the Norton Rose Canada team acting for Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor, valued at $55 billion. robert.engbloom@nortonrose.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 117 D-00-Bios.indd 117 13-05-23 12:15 PM