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BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Peter E. Milligan Peter Milligan's practice focuses on securitization and structured finance with an emphasis on creditor's rights. He has provided advice to buyers, sellers, credit enhancers, liquidity lenders and rating agencies in connection with these transactions. Transaction types include automobile and equipment loans, leases and wholesale assets, credit card receivables, mortgages, covered bonds and trade receivables. Recent transactions have focused on residential mortgage loan private securitizations, auto finance securitizations (retail, lease and floor plan) and rental car transactions, in each case acting for both buyers and sellers. He has also taught commercial law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Also recognized in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, IFLR1000 and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Named the Best Lawyers' 2010 Toronto Structured Finance Lawyer of the Year. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1983. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6634 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto pmilligan@osler.com Kevin J. Morley Partner in Osler's Financial Services Group and a leading debt finance lawyer with more than 25 years of experience. As a key advisor to numerous financial institutions, funds and other credit providers, Morley has significant experience in: multijurisdictional asset-based, project, acquisition, commercial, cash flow, equipment, subordinate and mezzanine financings; financial institution regulation; capital market transactions; acquisitions, establishment and divestitures of finance businesses and portfolios; and financial institution licensing and regulation. Morley also has significant insolvency and restructuring experience, having represented creditors in connection with the restructuring or recovery of billions of dollars of debt. Recognized in: The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (most frequently recommended); The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada (Lawyer of the Year 2012 – Equipment Finance); Chambers Global; IFLR; and PLC. Member of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6488 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto kmorley@osler.com Carol D. Pennycook Practice includes syndicated loan transactions, infrastructure and project financings, P3 transactions, corporate reorganizations, debt and equity offerings, M&A, derivative products and property development joint ventures. Recent transactions include acting on P3 transactions in Canada and the US for either the project consortium or their lenders; renewable energy transactions, including joint ventures for wind and solar developments and project financing of renewable energy facilities; revolving and term corporate and acquisition credit facilities; and capital markets bond, debenture and MTN offerings in Canada and the US. Member of the Board of Directors of P3 Canada, a federal Crown corporation. Former Chair, Committee for Review of the Commodity Futures Act (Ontario). Recipient of Lexpert®'s 2009 Zenith Award. Lauded as worldclass and national leading lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR1000, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and Best Lawyers. Called to Alberta (1981) and Ontario (1985) Bars. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5546 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto cpennycook@dwpv.com Robert M. Scavone Partner, Financial Services, and head of Securitization Group, McMillan LLP. Practice focused on structured finance, securitization, secured lending and P3 infrastructure financing. Advises major corporations, financial institutions, investment dealers and government agencies on secured loans, derivatives structures, securitization, reinsurance security agreements, personal property security, and securities transfer law. Represented Government of Canada in connection with $32-billion restructuring of non-bank ABCP market. Chair, Personal Property Security Law Committee, Ontario Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Co-author, Annotated Securities Transfer Act. Ranked in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in Banking & Financial Institutions and in The Best Lawyers in Canada in structured finance. Speaks and publishes on a variety of topics such as cash collateral, guarantees, unanimous shareholder agreements, derivatives, securitization, legal drafting, legal opinions and securities transfer law. McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7901 Fax: (416) 865-7048 Toronto rob.scavone@mcmillan.ca LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 59 D-00-Bios.indd 59 13-05-16 1:48 PM