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 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 T F cpennycook@dwpv.com Stephen N. Pincus Partner, Executive Committee member, Chair of the firm's Business Development Committee, head of one of its business law groups, and Chair of its REITs and income securities practice. Extensive practice in corporate, M&A, private-equity and capital markets. Has acted as lead counsel on many significant transactions, and played a key role in the development of Canada's real estate capital markets, the country's seniors housing sector, and cross-border IPOs for a broad range of businesses and assets. Clients include public and private companies, investment banks and private-equity funds. Advises boards and activist shareholders on corporate governance and was retained by Industry Canada to lead a major governance study. Recognized as a leading lawyer by Lexpert®, Best Lawyers, Chambers, IFLR, Euromoney, PLC and Law Business Research. MBA and LLB (Gold Medalist). Founding Chairman and a director of the Canada/ South Africa Chamber of Business. Author of The Canadian REIT Handbook. Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4104 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto T F spincus@goodmans.ca Pa Brian M. Pukier Partner and former head of the Toronto office's Public M&A Group. His practice is focused on public companies with emphasis on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance transactions, complex corporate reorganizations and public policy. He has extensive experience in counseling senior management and boards of directors of leading public and private corporations. He has advised on a large number of merchant banking and private-equity investments. Recognized in The Lexpert®/ American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for M&A; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, M&A and Private Equity; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business for corporate/M&A; The Best Lawyers in Canada for M&A; and The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers as a leading lawyer in M&A. Frequent speaker and writer on M&A and securities regulatory topics. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5567 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto C T F bpukier@stikeman.com Simon A. Romano Partner practicing principally in securities, public and private mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance. Advises domestic and international corporations and dealers in friendly and hostile take-overs, mergers and corporate finance matters, and on investment funds, alternative trading systems, REITs and private-equity funds. Carries out work for public companies, financial institutions, underwriters, privateequity funds and regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, and also advises on corporate governance and securities enforcement matters. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; PLC Which Lawyer?; The 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. Formerly seconded to the OSC as special counsel and former member of its Securities Advisory Committee. Co-authored the first book on Canadian income funds. Former clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5596 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto sromano@stikeman.com 80 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 80 13-05-16 1:52 PM T F