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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BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Blair W. Keefe Head of Torys' Financial Institutions Practice and co-head of Torys' Payments and Cards Practice. Practice focuses on corporate and regulatory issues relating to financial institutions, including M&A, payment issues and corporate finance. Provides regulatory advice on the establishment of new banks, trust companies and insurance companies under the applicable federal financial services legislation. Regulatory counsel to Canada's three largest insurance companies and several Schedule I and II banks and foreign bank branches. Highly recommended for his banking and financial institution practice in various publications internationally, including The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Woodward White's Best Lawyers in Canada 2013; and Euromoney's IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2013. Co-editor, Carswell's Consolidated Bank Act and Regulations. Has published numerous articles on financial institution regulatory matters. MBA/LLB, Dalhousie University. LLM, Osgoode Hall Law School. Ontario Bar. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8164 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto O T F bkeefe@torys.com Andrew J.F. Kent Andy Kent's business law practice is focused on restructuring and debt finance. For many years he has been rated in leading directories as a preeminent restructuring practitioner, as a leading banking lawyer and as one of Canada's foremost business lawyers. Kent has been commended for his strategic abilities, technical excellence, trouble shooting and problem-solving skills, and for the energetic pursuit of clients' interests. Representative transactions include major reorganizations and financings in all major industry sectors, including many cross-border transactions. Kent has been a key innovator and has led professional efforts to reform Canada's business insolvency laws. He has served as Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and is a Fellow of the Insolvency Institute of Canada. In 2011, Kent was identified as one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. Kent is also the CEO and Managing Partner of McMillan LLP. McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7160 Fax: (647) 722-6715 Toronto O T F andrew.kent@mcmillan.ca Jon Levin Considered one of Canada's leading transactional lawyers; frequently named a leading expert in Canadian banking and insolvency law. Lead counsel in many extremely highprofile takeovers and restructuring transactions including Lexpert ® magazine's top deal of 2012 for advising lenders in Maple Group's $3.8-billion acquisition of TMX, CDS and Alpha. Named one of Canada's 30 leading dealmakers by National Post and Lexpert® and in The 2006 Lexpert ® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers. Ranked by Chambers Global as a leading practitioner in corporate/M&A, banking and finance and restructuring/insolvency; Euromoney's Expert Guides as a leading expert in Canadian corporate governance, insolvency & restructuring and M&A; Who's Who Legal as a leading expert in Canadian banking law, insolvency & restructuring, capital markets, and corporate governance; Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner for banking and finance law, M&A and securities law and Practical Law Company as a Canadian specialist in capital markets, corporate/M&A, finance, private equity buyouts and restructuring/insolvency. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4401 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto T F jlevin@fasken.com Michael D. Matheson Partner in the Financial Services Group of Blakes' Toronto office. Advises domestic and international clients on syndicated lending transactions, take-over bid financings, merger and acquisition financings and debtor-in-possession facilities. Representations have included counsel to the lenders for the financing of Leon's acquisition of The Brick, First Quantum's take-over of Inmet Mining, Harry Winston's acquisition of BHP's diamond assets, CGI Group's take-over of Logica plc, Canaccord Financial's take-over of Collins Stewart plc, Intact Financial's acquisition of Axa Canada, BHP's bid for Potash Corp., Equinox Minerals bid for Lundin Mining, Kinross Gold on its syndicated and acquisition financings and public bond offerings. Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013, The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2012 (Most Frequently Recommended), Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2012. Named Best Lawyers' Toronto Banking and Finance "Lawyer of the Year" for 2012. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2164 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto mcma@blakes.com 58 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 58 13-05-16 1:48 PM T F