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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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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES J B T Fa CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES William M. Ainley Corporate partner practicing corporate and securities law with emphasis on M&A, corporate finance, corporate governance and private equity. Lead counsel to both acquiror and target in many unsolicited take-overs and negotiated M&A transactions. Lead counsel in numerous complex public financings, including north and southbound cross-border financings and structured financings. Examples include Xstrata's acquisition of Falconbridge and bid for LionOre; Reuters merger with Thomson; BHP Billiton's acquisition of Anglo Potash; KGHM's acquisition of Quadra FNX and Temasek's strategic investments in Inmet Mining and Platmin. Awarded Best M&A Lawyer in Canada 2009 by World Finance magazine. Named a leading corporate/M&A lawyer and star individual in Chambers Global. Recognized as a leading M&A lawyer in the IFLR1000, Who's Who Legal, The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and the 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. BA, LLB, MA, Cambridge University; BCL, LLB, McGill University. Called to Ontario Bar (1981). Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5509 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto T Fa wainley@dwpv.com Andrew W. Aziz B Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6840 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Partner in the firm's Business Law Department. Practice covers many areas of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance, financial institutions work and investment funds. Has acted for both issuers and underwriters on a variety of corporate finance matters, including both public offerings and private placements. Has extensive retail structured products, ETFs and investment fund experience. Also specializes in mergers & acquisitions by financial services firms and in investment fund mergers and restructurings. Toronto T Fa aaziz@osler.com Richard J. Balfour Practices corporate and securities law, with emphasis on M&A. Represented TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in its acquisition by Maple Group and its proposed merger with LSE Group; The Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition of Dundee Wealth; Thomson in its acquisition of Reuters (Canada's first dual-listed company structure); Sun Life Financial in the sale of its interest in CI Financial; CTVglobemedia in its acquisition of CHUM; TSX Group in its demutualization IPO; Sun Life Financial in its acquisition of Clarica Life; and Sun Life in its demutualization. Advising the Minister of Finance (Canada) on national securities regulation. Advised Daniels Task Force and Government of Ontario on OSC rule-making (1994) and OSC on regulations that opened the Canadian securities industry (1986–1987). Chair, Board of Governors of The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Assistant professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1978–1981. AB, 1971, Princeton University; BLitt, 1974, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); JD, 1978, Harvard University. Ontario Bar, 1980. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7339 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto rbalfour@torys.com 72 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 72 13-05-29 1:00 PM T Fa

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