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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 Clay Horner Clay Horner, a nationally and internationally recognized leading advisor for mergers and acquisitions in Canada, is Chair of the firm. He was named in the 2011 edition of the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as one of the 10 most highly regarded mergers and acquisition individuals in the world (the only Canadian to receive this honor). Horner has extensive experience in counseling senior management and boards of directors of leading public and private corporations. He has acted on many significant transactions with US and international law firms and investment banks, particularly in respect of cross-border transactions. Horner was lead counsel to the Wise Persons' Committee, appointed to recommend the best securities regulatory system for Canada and, as a former managing partner of the New York office, worked extensively in cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and financing. He is a former sessional lecturer and has spoken to legal and business audiences internationally. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1986. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6590 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto G T F chorner@osler.com Glen R. Johnson Partner in Torys' Corporate and Capital Markets Practice. Practice focuses on securities regulation and corporate finance matters, including domestic and crossborder securities offerings. Significant experience on a wide range of public-equity and debt offerings, private placements and M&A transactions, with particular emphasis on structured products. Advises issuers, investment dealers and other securities industry participants on regulatory compliance matters, including listings, governance and disclosure issues, and dealer trading activities in Canada. Recognized in The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada — Leading lawyer in corporate finance and securities; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2012 — Repeatedly recommended practitioner in corporate finance and securities. Past member, Securities Advisory Committee, Ontario Securities Commission and served as adjunct professor teaching Securities Regulation at U of T Law School. LLB, 1992, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; BA, 1989, Queen's University. Ontario Bar, 1994. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8146 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto G T F grjohnson@torys.com Jay C. Kellerman Managing Partner of firm's Toronto office. Partner in corporate commercial section and leader of the firm's Global Mining Group. More than 25 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, primarily involved in securities related matters, including financings and mergers and acquisitions. Clients include public companies and Canadian securities dealers, as well as independent committees involved in considering change of control transactions. Recently ranked #2 in Who's Who Legal's top 10 list of the world's most highly regarded mining lawyers. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for natural resources; The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Mining and Corporate Finance & Securities; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada in the areas of Corporate Finance & Securities and Mining; and the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers. Member of PDAC. Has spoken at a number of seminars and conferences on corporate, mining and securities law topics. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5201 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto T F jkellerman@stikeman.com Patricia A. Koval Corporate and securities law practice focuses on corporate finance, investment funds, M&A and governance. Acts in structuring international, cross-border and domestic public/private financings, and in the design of enhanced or new financial products/ services. Expertise in REITs, listed closed-end funds, ETFs, mutual funds, pooled funds and hedge funds. Acts in structuring acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations, including take-over bids, arrangements, proxy contests for control, and negotiated acquisitions. Acted for AV Transworks in its take-over bid for Minacs Worldwide; Hindalco Industries in its acquisition of Novelis; Aditya Birla Group in the Canadian aspects of its acquisition of Columbian Chemicals; Blue Ribbon Fund Management, in the proxy contest for control of the management of the Citadel Group of Funds, and Helix BioPharma in its proxy contest. Co-chair, Torys' India Group. Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, teaching courses in M&A. Past Chair, Board of Directors, WWF Canada. MBA/LLB, 1981. BA, Economics, 1977. Governor General's Gold Medal. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7356 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto pkoval@torys.com 76 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 76 13-05-16 1:51 PM Bl T F

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