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Shapiro, Elliot Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4516 elliot.shapiro@nortonrosefulbright.com
Elliot Shapiro's practice is transaction-oriented, with a focus on corporate and securities law, public and private M&A,
infrastructure and P3 financing. He is renowned as one of Canada's leading securities lawyers as a member of the Quebec
securities regulator's (AMF) Financial Advisory Committee for over five years. Mr. Shapiro regularly advises public
companies and their boards of directors and committees on strategic, disclosure and governance matters, and he has also
set up an infrastructure fund and worked on various licensing and commercial arrangements. In recent years, he has been
involved in a variety of high-profile, large-value and/or particularly complex public and private M&A transactions across
various sectors and has led multiple cross-border Canada-US corporate finance transactions both on a public and private
placement basis.
Sheng, Barbara Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3693 bsheng@stikeman.com
Barbara Sheng is a partner in the Corporate Group. Her practice is primarily focused on domestic and cross-border
mergers and acquisitions involving both public and private companies and investments funds, corporate reorganizations
and restructurings, and going-private transactions. In 2014, Barbara practised in the New York office of Stikeman Elliott.
Barbara is a member of several firm committees, including the Montreal office's Students & Stagiaires Committee and
Knowledge Management and Legal Innovations Committee. She is also Co-Chair of the National Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion Committee.
Sigouin, C. Nicole Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-3929 nicole.sigouin@nortonrosefulbright.com
Nicole Sigouin practises in all areas of banking and finance. She has extensive experience acting for financial institutions
and borrowers in connection with domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, asset-based lending, project
finance, acquisition financings, and complex financial restructurings (including the ground-breaking $32-billion restruc-
turing of third-party asset-backed commercial paper in Canada). She is a member of the firm's special situations team,
applying her experience to urgent and critical corporate reorganizations.
Silverman, Howard S. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6119 hsilverman@blg.com
Howard S. Silverman is a partner and member of the Financial Services Group of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He is a
graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1991. His practice emphasizes
representation of lenders, as well as borrowers, in a variety of lending transactions, including secured and unsecured
financing, bilateral and syndicated credit facilities, cross-border financing, asset-based lending, acquisition financing,
government finance and debtor-in-possession financing. He has published and presented various papers on related loan and
security issues and has been an instructor at the Bar Admission Course. He has also been recognized in e Best Lawyers
in Canada (Banking and Finance), Chambers Global: e World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Banking and Finance),
Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Banking and Finance), Legal 500 Canada (Banking and
Finance), and Who's Who Legal: Canada (Banking).
Silversmith, Warren Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3181 wsilversmith@stikeman.com
Warren Silversmith is a partner in the Corporate Group, and Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Montreal.
Warren primarily focuses his practice on private equity and venture capital, project development and finance and mergers
and acquisitions, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions. In addition to Canadian corporate entities, Warren
has acted for a number of US private equity and US venture capital firms on a wide range of acquisitions and investments for
clients across various industries such as technology, life sciences and consumer goods manufacturing. Prior to joining the firm
in November 2003, Warren spent three years working at a leading New York City law firm.
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