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Corporate 2013

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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LAWYERS TO WATCH Th Jason D. Roth NA Bennett Jones LLP Jason Roth is a partner in the firm's Calgary office specializing in energy construction and project development. He represents clients in the oil and gas, power and resource development industries. Particular expertise in the drafting and negotiating of tender documentation, engineering, procurement and construction contracts. Experience assisting foreign-based entities with the development of their Canadian energy assets. From 2005 to 2006 Roth acted in Doha, Qatar for a 15 mtpa LNG project owner and in 2008 was seconded to TAQA North Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC as general counsel. Roth obtained a LLB from the University of Victoria and LLM from Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan). Jason was called to the Alberta Bar in 2001. Member of the Canadian Bar Association. Named a "Rising Star: Leading Lawyers Under 40" by Lexpert® in 2012. Tel: (403) 298-2070 Fax: (403) 265-7219 rothj@bennettjones.com Amandeep Sandhu Amandeep Sandhu is a partner in the firm's Capital Markets and M&A Group, working out of McMillan's Vancouver office. Sandhu advises a broad range of companies on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, private placements, public equity and debt financings, and stock exchange listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange. Sandhu also provides detailed advice to companies with respect to securities regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure requirements and corporate governance matters. Sandhu was seconded to Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP as a Foreign Associate from 2003 to 2004. He is the recipient of an Author of the Year – Company Law Canada award from Lexology (2010). Sandhu is the President of the South Asian Bar Association of British Columbia and a director of the North American South Asian Bar Association. Sandhu travels to India regularly to build on and enhance relationships and business opportunities. McMillan LLP Tel: (604) 691-7448 Fax: (604) 893-2673 amandeep.sandhu@mcmillan.ca Patrick M. Shea Patrick Shea practices in the Firm's Business Law Group, advising corporate and private equity clients in Canadian, US and international mergers and acquisitions across a wide range of industries and representing sponsors and investors in connection with the formation of an investment in private-equity funds in Canada and abroad. He is the relationship partner for many Canadian clients and international clients that operate in Canada, including large public companies, small- and mid-sized businesses, privateequity firms, hedge funds, investment banks and entrepreneurs. He routinely advises these and other clients on a wide variety of corporate and commercial law matters, including complex commercial agreements and arrangements. An alumnus of Princeton University and McGill Law School, Shea is fluent in English and in French. In 2012, Shea was recognized by Lexpert® as a "Rising Star,", honoring Canada's leading lawyers under the age of 40. In the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, he was recognized as one of the leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers in Canada. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (514) 982-5055 Fax: (514) 982-4099 patrick.shea@blakes.com Melaney Wagner Partner in the Corporate Restructuring Group. Practice focuses on commercial insolvency, restructuring, bankruptcy and financial services. Has participated in significant Canadian and cross-border commercial matters and restructurings with experience in recapitalizations and arrangements under the CBCA, commercial financing transactions, receiverships and CCAA restructurings. Acts as counsel for debtors, creditors, monitors, receivers, trustees and potential purchasers. Has acted for key parties in many complex matters, including the recapitalizations of Tembec, Ainsworth Lumber and Cinram and the restructuring or receiverships of Nortel Canada, Catalyst Paper, Cinram, Extreme Fitness, Pliant, Hollinger, Mosaic Group Inc., TCT Logistics and Maksteel. Speaker at legal education seminars and has co-authored a number of articles on insolvency-related issues. Serves as a director and Vice Chair of the Canadian Network of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and on the education committee of the TMA's Toronto Chapter. Also a member of INSOL International. Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4258 Fax: (416) 979-1234 mwagner@goodmans.ca 144 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca E-00-Lawyers to Watch.indd 144 13-05-23 11:40 AM ABITA ABRA ACCUR ADDY, AHME AINLE ALBRE ALLEN ALLEY AMATO ANDER ANDIS ARMS ATCHE ATLAS AYLWA AZIZ, A BAIN, BAIN, BAIRD BALDW BALFO BALFO BARB BARK BARN BARN BARR BATE, BAUER BAYNE BEAIR BÉLAN BELSH BENN BENN BENTL BERTO BINDE BINNI BIRD, BIRIN BODR BOIDM BOMH BOOTH BORD BORD BORG BOSCA BOUCH BOUR BRAIT BRAN BREEN BREND BRUSS BUCHA BURK BURSE CAMP CANN CARD, CAREL CARFA CASTI CHADW CHAIT CHAM CHAN, CHENG CHRIS CLARK COCKB COHEN COHEN COLEM CONNO COTNO COUZI CRAIG CRANK CROSB CROW CUSIN CUTHB DALGL DAVIE DEAN,

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