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Cooper, Ira Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9613 icooper@blg.com Ira's practice focuses on corporate finance and, in particular, syndicated lending, banking, corporate lending, commercial lending, project finance, structured finance, acquisition financing, and Personal Property Security Act matters. Ira acts for both lenders and investors, as well as borrowers and issuers, in connection with numerous types of domestic, cross-border, and international debt financings. Recent transactions have included major acquisition financings, financing go-private transactions, corporate credits, financings of private-equity takeovers, private placements, bond issuances, cross-border financings, covenant-based financings, and margined financings, and have included financings in various industries ranging from energy, energy services, and pipelines to agriculture, financial services, aviation financings, and the food industry. His transactions range from investment grade and covenant-based financings, to energy reserves and accounts and inventory margining facilities, to demand credit facilities. Deane, Robert J.C. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4250 rdeane@blg.com Rob Deane is a partner in BLG's Vancouver office and the National Leader of BLG's Arbitration Group. Rob is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading counsel in commercial litigation, international and domestic commercial arbitration, and intellectual property litigation, among other areas. As litigation counsel, Rob has litigated complex cases throughout Canada and at all levels of court, in diverse areas such as contractual disputes, infrastructure and energy disputes, arbitration-related litigation including appeals, mining disputes, life sciences and other intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, securities regulation, information and privacy law, and administrative law. Rob has also appeared in significant arbitration proceedings in North America, Asia, and Europe, under almost all major institutional sets of rules, in a wide array of industry sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, distribution, pharmaceuticals, energy, and mining. Aer graduating from the University of Victoria as the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medallist in 1998, Rob served as a law clerk to the Honourable Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada. Dhaliwal, Nav Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9508 ndhaliwal@blg.com Nav's practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity transactions, corporate governance, share- holder activism, and general securities and corporate law compliance. His extensive mergers & acquisitions practice includes advising clients on public and private mergers, acquisitions, reorganization transactions, takeover bids, amalgamations, plans of arrangement, and private sales. He also advises companies on shareholder activism and corporate governance issues. His corporate finance practice sees him represent both private issuers and publicly traded issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the TSX Venture Exchange. He also acts for issuers, underwriters, and inves- tors in financing transactions, including public and private offerings of debt; equity and convertible securities; and strategic investments by private equity groups. Called to the Alberta Bar in 2010. Doll, Jonathan Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9659 jdoll@blg.com Jonathan is a partner in BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group and is the Regional Leader of BLG's Investment Management Group in Calgary. He acts for public and private companies, fund managers, securities dealers, advisers, and trust companies on securities and corporate law matters. Jon advises clients on mergers & acquisitions and the formation, management, and operation of investment funds, ETFs, private equity funds, real estate funds, and other structures. He acts for cryptocurrency funds and platforms and other digital-asset-based businesses. He also provides advice on a wide range of registration, regulatory, and compliance matters affecting registered firms and individuals. Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2020) of e Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities Law) and since 2022 (Private Funds Law). Jon obtained his LLB from the University of Western Ontario and was called to the Alberta Bar in 2006. www.lexpert.ca 23 Lexpert-ranked leading energy lawyers Coburn, F.F. (Rick) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6038 rcoburn@blg.com Rick is a partner in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Rick practises in the area of environmental law with an emphasis on the development of brownfields properties and environmental aspects of business transactions involving heavy industry, transportation, energy, and infrastructure projects. With members of BLG's Litigation Practice Groups, he also acts as defence counsel on regulatory prosecutions and in civil actions. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada since 2014. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1990.