The Lexpert Special Editions profiles selected Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in Corporate, Infrastructure, Energy and Litigation law and relevant practices. It also includes feature articles on legal aspects of Canadian business issues.
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Martindale, Graeme D. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4179 gmartindale@blg.com Graeme Martindale is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. His practice focuses on the areas of securities and capital markets. Graeme advises clients in a range of matters, including corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, mining, and corporate law. He acts for public companies, investment dealers, REITs, boards, and special committees, advising on initial public offerings, public and private equity and debt financings, compliance matters, and corporate governance. Graeme also assists clients with disclosure obligations regarding National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. He has been recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada, e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, and IFLR1000. Graeme was also named as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2016) and as Vancouver Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Governance Practice in e Best Lawyers in Canada (2018). McCormick, Timothy Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6091 tmccormick@blg.com Timothy McCormick is a partner practising corporate and securities law in the firm's Toronto office. Tim's clients include Canadian, US, and foreign public, private, and multinational companies representing a broad range of industries, investment and merchant banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and sovereign funds. Tim is frequently involved in transactions with international aspects and has extensive experience in a variety of commercial and corporate finance matters, including initial public offerings, alternative go-public transactions, restructurings, reorganizations, joint ventures, and debt and equity financings. Additionally, Tim has assisted in setting up Canadian operations of multinational corporations, as well as the incorporation and shareholders' agreement in connection with domestic start-ups. McNaughton, Robb Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9689 rmcnaughton@blg.com Robb is a partner at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the M&A and Capital Markets Group. His cli- ents include local and multinational mining and resource issuers along with national and international funds and investment banks focused on the sector. Robb and his team completed over the last year or so more than a dozen mining-related listings and financings. Robb is a national leader in public listings on the NEO and TSX. He has been a leader in innovation and his accomplishments include RTO structures for NEO listings, and the first trust and international capital pool companies, among other things. Robb is a member of the TSX Venture Exchange Local Advisory Committee. Robb's professional experience includes working as the vice-president of Strategy and Corporate Operations at Assante Corporation, a financial services company formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that was sold to CI Financial for approximately $850 million. He was previously an executive of a large private company in Japan. Robb has sat on multiple public and private company boards of directors (including resource issuers) and has a large shareholder activism practice specializing in hostile and special situations. Nawata, Denise FARRIS > (604) 661-1746 dnawata@farris.com Denise Nawata is a corporate-commercial partner practising in the fields of corporate finance & securities, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance law. Her practise is focused on complex business transactions, for both public and private companies at various stages of their corporate growth. Denise acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including natural resources (with extensive experience in mining and oil & gas transactions), technology, and life sciences. In 2016, Denise was named as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. She was also recognized as a 2017 Lexpert® Leading Lawyer to Watch, and in 2022 Lexpert® Special Editions on Global Mining, Energy, Technology, and Finance and M&A. She is recognized in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2022 and e Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 direc- tory for her work in mergers & acquisitions, corporate, and securities law. Admitted to the Alberta Bar (2005) and British Columbia Bar (2006). Paul, Sacha R. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP > (204) 934-2571 srp@tdslaw.com Sacha's practice focuses primarily in two areas of law — Aboriginal law and public/administrative law. Sacha has experience working for resource developers, such as mining companies, forestry companies, and hydro-electric utilities, in engaging with First Nations and Metis communities, particularly when it comes to future resource developments or the impacts of past developments. Sacha has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Manitoba, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Sacha teaches Indigenous Economic Development and the Law with Shoshanna Paul at Robson Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba as of 2019. Sacha has been active as a volunteer with the Law Societies in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. In 2016, he became a Bencher for the Manitoba Law Society. Sacha has been a member of the Manitoba Law Reform Commission since 2015. He has been repeatedly recognized in Lexpert® and e Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialty of Aboriginal Law. www.lexpert.ca 15 Lexpert-ranked leading mining lawyers