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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES C Bob J. Wooder Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Partner in the securities group. Practice focuses primarily on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions. Recent transactions include advising Capstone Mining in connection with its purchase of Far West Mining, Brazauro Resources in connection with its acquisition by Eldorado; the underwriters in connection with equity offerings by Silver Wheaton, Pretium, Primero and Silver Standard. Has extensive experience advising on mergers & acquisitions, including advising Petaquilla Copper in connection with the hostile bid by Inmet, Hathor Exploration in connection with the hostile bid by Cameco Corporation and Aurizon in connection with the hostile bid by Alamos Gold and advising special committees of Canplats Resources, Brett Resources, Cumberland Resources and Viceroy Exploration. Tel: (604) 631-3330 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver T F bob.wooder@blakes.com Ross Bentley Ross Bentley practices in the areas of securities law and mergers & acquisitions. He has experience in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border (MJDS) equity and fixedincome financing transactions, including offerings of investment grade and high yield debt. Bentley has acted as counsel to issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders, including in respect of offerings by participants in the airline, pipeline, energy infrastructure, agribusiness, oil & gas services, oil & gas exploration and development, and railroad sectors. He has acted for acquirors and targets on a number of domestic and cross-border take-over bids and plans of arrangement, and has been involved in advising issuers in connection with various shareholder activism matters, including proxy contests, and also regularly advises issuers in connection with corporate governance requirements, continuous disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters and general corporate matters. He has spoken on various matters including cross-border merger & acquisition transactions and defense strategies in response to unsolicited bids. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9720 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary ross.bentley@blakes.com Robert J. Engbloom, QC Practicing primarily M&A, corporate and securities law, Engbloom acts for a broad range of businesses generally and on transactional matters. Engbloom is lead counsel on a wide variety of significant transactions and has extensive experience on mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations and related-party transactions. Engbloom regularly advises boards of directors and special committees on both governance matters and substantive transactions. Although Engbloom's practice is primarily in the natural resources and energy areas, including considerable experience in the oil sands and renewable energy sectors, he acts for a number of clients and on transactions in other industries as well. Lexpert® identifies Engbloom as a leading lawyer in Banking, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, and Energy (Oil & Gas). Engbloom has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 in the areas of corporate, M&A and securities and by Chambers Global in the area of corporate/M&A. Engbloom led the Norton Rose Canada team acting for Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor, valued at $55 billion. Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (403) 267-9405 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary Fi O T F robert.engbloom@nortonrose.com Pat C. Finnerty Practice focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A and public and private offerings. Recent transactions: sale of Nexen to CNOOC for $17 billion; sale of Forzani Group to Canadian Tire for $771 million; MEG Energy's $700-million IPO; UTS Energy's successful defense of Total's unsolicited take-over bid and subsequent friendly sale to Total; Forzani Group's successful defense of Crescendo's proxy contest; sale of Saxon Energy Services to First Reserve and Schlumberger; Agrium's acquisition of UAP for C$2.6 billion and related cross-border C$1.375-billion equity offering; Nexen's acquisition of Encana's North Sea assets for C$2.1 billion. Member: Legal Advisory Committee to Canadian Securities Transition Office. Recognized in Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and M&A Lawyers, PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook, Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global, and Lexpert®'s "Canada's Top 30 Dealmakers. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9608 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary pcf@blakes.com 88 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 88 13-05-16 1:53 PM O T F