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PROJECT FINANCE/TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS Nicholas C. Williams Partner in the Banking, Infrastructure and Energy practices. Practice focuses on banking and project finance, PPP, infrastructure development, secured lending and private equity. Involved in numerous project finance, PPP, infrastructure and privateequity transactions advising lenders, sponsors, equity investors, developers, operators, purchasers and various levels of government across a variety of sectors. Extensive experience in syndicated lending, having acted for lenders and borrowers on syndicated domestic and multijurisdictional financings. Named Toronto Project Finance Law Lawyer of the Year 2012 by The Best Lawyers in Canada. Repeatedly listed as a leading lawyer in banking & finance, project finance, PPP & infrastructure, and energy by Chambers Global. Also recognized as a leading project finance and banking lawyer in IFLR1000, Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory. LLB, University of Western Ontario. Called to Ontario Bar in 1989. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5559 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto T F nwilliams@dwpv.com Robert G. Borduas Robert G. Borduas is a partner of Norton Rose Canada. He has significant experience in bank financing, commercial leasing, securitization and general commercial law. He has particular expertise in project financing, derivative products and structured financing. He acts as lead counsel representing borrowers and financial institutions in syndicated loan, securitization and factoring transactions, as well as cross-border leasing transactions and syndication and sub-participation transactions. Borduas has also acted as counsel in some of the most important public-private partnerships in Canada. Borduas is leader of Norton Rose Canada's infrastructure practice and Co-chair of Norton Rose Canada's debt finance team. He was a member of the Mulroney-Johnson Commission that advised the Government of Québec on the implementation of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Québec Bar (1988). Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (514) 847-4524 Fax: (514) 286-5474 Montréal O T F robert.borduas@nortonrose.com D T F TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS Michael G. Beairsto Michael (Mike) Beairsto is a partner in the Business Law Department of Dentons Canada LLP, practicing corporate commercial law and specializing in technology and e-commerce/Internet matters. Beairsto heads the Technology Law practice in the Toronto office and is a member of Dentons' Technology Practice. Beairsto has extensive experience in information technology and e-commerce transactions, including technology licensing, acquisition, corporate M&A, reseller, outsourcing, privacy and e-commerce/Internet matters. In addition to ranking in The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory for Computer & IT Law and Technology Transactions, he is listed in other Canadian and international directories. Editor of lawsof.com, an online legal information service, focusing on technology and e-commerce. Member, Expert Round Table for the Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communications and Marketing (2nd Cdn. Ed.) university marketing texts. Bachelor of Business Administration (85) and LLB (87) from University of New Brunswick. Recipient ‒ Centennial Medal and Certificate of Commendation from Scouts Canada. Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (416) 862-3412 Fax: (416) 863-4592 Toronto michael.beairsto@dentons.com 126 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 126 13-05-16 1:58 PM G H T F