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Déry, Pierre Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (418) 640-5009 pierre.dery@nortonrosefulbright.com Pierre Déry is a senior partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. His practice focuses on private mergers and acquisitions, private equity financings, corporate reorganizations, and technology transfers. Over the last 10 years, he has acted in a number of significant national and cross-border transactions mainly in the fields of agribusiness, health services, technologies, insurance, and infrastructure. He has also acted in a number of initial public offerings for companies in the Quebec region. He holds the title of CPA as well as CA since 1989. He is a former lecturer on financial accounting and corporate taxation at Université Laval. He also holds a master's degree in business law from Université Laval. Deschamps, Mathieu Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4344 mathieu.deschamps@nortonrosefulbright.com Mathieu Deschamps deals with all aspects of corporate and business law. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as setting up complex structures in connection with equity and debt financings, involving both publicly traded and privately held companies. He frequently acts in multi-jurisdictional transactions in Canada, the US, and abroad in various sectors of the economy, including the circular economy, oil and gas and renewable energy, transportation, food, pharmaceutical, financial, insurance, securities advisory and trading, and entertainment industries. He is also involved in the negotiation of shareholders' and partnership agreement as well as various commercial contracts for large corporations, institutional investors, SMEs, and start-ups. In addition to his practice, Deschamps is currently the leader of the private M&A team for the Montreal office. He also oversees the firm's three-year partnership with Zù to support entrepreneurs in the entertainment and technology sectors by offering them legal assistance services. His past experience as a market analyst for a mining company during his studies allows him to bring industry experience to his work. Besides his law degree, he also obtained a bachelor of commerce. Devereux, Mike Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-6803 mdevereux@stikeman.com Mike Devereux is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups and a member of the Associates Committee in the Toronto office. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, private equity transactions, strategic transactions such as joint ventures, partnerships and significant investments, and corporate finance transactions. Mike has advised issuers, boards of directors, special committees, management teams, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, financial advisors and other transaction participants in a wide range of M&A transactions, both public and private, as well as issuers and securities dealers in numerous corporate finance transactions. He also regularly advises clients on corporate governance and securities law compliance matters, shareholder activism and take-over preparedness. Dionne, Pascale Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-2516 pdionne@blg.com Pascale heads BLG's Montreal corporate and commercial group, as well as the firm's Quebec practice in public infrastructures. Her special expertise in commercial law includes extensive experience in corporate finance. Having worked with a wide array of clients on a variety of transactions, Pascale has a broad and thorough understanding of business issues. is helps her devise optimal strategies and achieve desired outcomes for the benefit of all parties involved. Pascale has unique expertise in mezzanine and subordinated financing, as well as with structuring and negotiating intercreditors arrangements. She is also experienced in the taking of security interest over various class types of assets and rights, including aircra, aircra engines, mining rights and contracts. She has been recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada since 2020, including as Lawyer of the Year for Montreal in Project Finance Law in 2023. Dlin, Adam M. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (604) 631-1307 adlin@stikeman.com Adam Dlin is a partner in the Corporate Group. Adam's practice is focused on private mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. Adam has advised on numerous Canada/US cross-border acquisitions as well as transactions across Canada. Concentrated on the middle market, Adam's clients span a range of industries and include business owners, investors, private companies, limited partnerships and private equity funds. Clients consistently seek out Adam for his keen business sense, deep knowledge of the law and responsiveness when navigating complex transactions. www.lexpert.ca 39 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers