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56 www.lexpert.ca Koumanakos, Dean Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3355 dkoumanakos@stikeman.com Dean Koumanakos is a partner and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He served as Managing Partner of the London Office for over seven years. His practice focuses primarily on advising foreign and domestic clients on a range of mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, strategic and private equity transactions, corporate finance matters as well as insol- vency-based restructurings workouts, and related transactions. Dean's clients include US, Canadian and foreign public, private and multi-national companies and funds across a broad range of sectors and industries. Kraus, Dean Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5215 dkraus@stikeman.com Dean Kraus is a partner in the Tax Group. His practice encompasses all aspects of income taxation in corporate and com- mercial transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, private equity investments, financings, REITs, partnerships and joint ventures. Dean's expertise has been recognized by Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, e Best Lawyers in Canada, among others. Kufeldt, Kent D. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4195 kkufeldt@blg.com Kent Kufeldt is a partner in BLG's Vancouver and Calgary offices and the national business leader of the firm's Securities & Capital Markets Group. Also a member of the BLG's Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Leadership Team. He represents public issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity financings, initial public offerings, and cross-border financing transactions. Kent has experience with merger, acquisition, and reorganization transactions, acting for both acquiring companies and target companies in hostile takeovers and negotiated acquisitions. Kent has been involved in innovative transactions in both the corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions areas. Member of the Board of Governors of Business Council of British Columbia. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada. Education: LLB (University of Toronto). Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2011 and the Alberta Bar in 1999. Kyte, Kevin Stikeman Elliott LLP (514) > 397-3346kkyte@stikeman.com Kevin Kyte is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily on domestic and international cross- border private and public mergers & acquisitions, securities, governmental requests for proposals and contracts, foreign investment and regulatory issues in business and financing transactions, including joint ventures, outsourcing, private placements, privatizations, reorganizations, corporate governance and corporate support on insolvencies. Kevin has over 30 years of extensive experience servicing clients in many industries, including infrastructure, energy, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, pulp and paper, aluminum, steel, construction, heavy equipment manufacturers, engineering, mining, technology, voice-over IP and soware. In addition to private M&A, his work has a particular emphasis on commercial matters, including Ts & Cs, limitations of liability, procurement, Incoterms, JV agreements and language laws. Kevin's work experience also includes working on global cross-border transactions, namely in the United States, Europe, Australia, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean. Labrecque, Nicolas Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4950 nicolas.labrecque@nortonrosefulbright.com Nicolas Labrecque is a partner, as well as Montreal chairman of the business law group at Norton Rose Fulbright. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, and commercial real estate. Experienced in complex transactions of all sizes in various sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, renewable energy, and retail, Labrecque is known for his business sense and his ability to find original and innovative solutions with clients. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes numerous private and public Canadian, US, and cross-border transactions where he has represented Canadian, US, and European companies in acquisitions and sales of businesses in Canada, the US, and Latin America. In his real estate practice, Labrecque has represented owners, developers, and industrial tenants in purchasing and leasing real property in Canada. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers