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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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BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS David A. Zacks, QC Practice involves advising borrowers and lenders on project financing, infrastructure financing (private and public-private partnerships), renewable energy, forestry and mining financings, syndicated loans, real estate, cross-border transactions and debt restructuring. Former Chair, Banking Law Section, BC branch, Canadian Bar Association. Member, BC Solicitors' Legal Opinions Committee. Admitted to Bar in 1975. Life Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. Recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory, The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert ® magazine, Special Edition on Infrastructure, September 2012, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, The Best Lawyers in Canada, International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: Canada 2012 and the Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3361 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver david.zacks@blakes.com Richard P. Borden Norton Rose Canada LLP Practicing extensively in the area of complex commercial transactions, Rick Borden focuses on larger-scale projects and financings primarily in the energy sector, including oil sands projects, pipeline projects, LNG projects, wind farm projects and P3 infrastructure projects. Borden's clients include major banks and project sponsors and he has developed strong relationships with the key project lending specialists within the major banks. He also has significant experience and expertise in high-yield financing transactions (both cross-border and domestic), as well as joint venture transactions generally. Borden has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 in the areas of banking and project finance law and was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2011 Calgary Banking Law Lawyer of the Year and as the 2012 Calgary Project Finance Law Lawyer of the Year. Tel: (403) 267-8362 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary O T F rick.borden@nortonrose.com Kevin Fougere Practice focuses on corporate lending and project financing. Has extensive experience advising clients and financial institutions on a wide range of financing transactions, including project financing, syndicated transactions, bond financings, acquisition financings, asset- and reserve-based lending and intercreditor agreements. Focuses on financings in the oil and gas, oil sands, pipeline, energy services and renewable power markets. Routinely acts for the major Canadian banks as well as international financial institutions. Recognized as a leading Canadian banking and project finance lawyer by Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global; Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms; Lexpert®/Thomson Canada's The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; Named one of the 2012 Lexpert® "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40"; Who's Who Legal and PLC Which Lawyer?. LLB, 1997, University of Toronto; Alberta Bar, 1999. Ontario Bar, 1999. Torys LLP Tel: (403) 776-3746 Fax: (403) 776-3800 Calgary B T F kfougere@torys.com J. Michael McIntosh Senior partner in the firm's Financial Services Group. Practice focuses on banking, acquisition finance, structured finance and project finance. Recent transactions include financings of oil sands projects, conventional oil & gas reserves, refining assets, pipelines, mining assets and power-generating assets. Lead counsel to the lenders for the financing of Nexen's acquisition of North Sea assets and for the financing of Western Oil Sands' participation in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project with Shell Canada/Chevron Canada. More recently, lead counsel to the lenders financing Husky Energy's acquisition of US refining assets, lead counsel to the lenders financing Cheung Kong Infrastructure's acquisition of TransAlta Power and lead Canadian counsel to the lenders financing the acquisition of Grande Cache Coal. In addition, lead counsel on the credit facilities of Suncor Energy, TransCanada PipeLines, Husky Energy, Canadian Oil Sands, Baytex Energy and Athabasca Oil and co-lead counsel on TransCanada's Keystone Project credit facility. Called to Alberta Bar in 1986; Ontario Bar in 1988. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9791 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary michael.mcintosh@blakes.com 64 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 64 13-05-23 12:20 PM Ka B T F

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