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60 www.lexpert.ca Leopold, John W. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3111 jleopold@stikeman.com John Leopold is a preeminent corporate lawyer who has been repeatedly recognized both nationally and internationally as one of Canada's elite practitioners in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. John is ranked by Chambers Canada as a Band 1 leading lawyer in corporate/commercial where he is described as having an outstanding reputation with one of his clients calling him "one of the finest M&A and general business lawyers I have worked with" and with several market commentators describing him as "an incredible lawyer with good business sense". He was also named by e Best Lawyers in Canada (2019), based on peer review within the legal community, as Montreal Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year. John has been recognized consistently by Who's Who Legal Canada and the International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance with clients describing him as "absolutely terrific", "always my first port of call", "bringing real value to any deal" and attesting to his "outstanding caliber" and "all around technical excellence". John's standing in the private equity world was evidenced when he was named as one of the 30 Most Influential Private Equity Attorneys in the World by Private Equity International (the only Canadian to receive this honour). Lévesque, Éric Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-2415 erlevesque@stikeman.com Éric Lévesque is a partner and member of the Tax Group. He provides tax and legal advice on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. An important part of his practice also involves advising Canadian pension funds on their various investments, and he has worked closely on the tax aspects of setting up various investment funds. Levy, Serge Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3194 sergelevy@stikeman.com Serge Levy is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group. His practice is focused on banking law, corporate finance, financial services and commercial law. He is routinely involved in high-profile, sophisticated debt financing transactions representing corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike, on both a secured and unsecured basis. Serge has acquired a wealth of experience in the area of cross-border leveraged finance transactions with a focus on traditional (cash flow) as well as asset-based lending. He has also had significant experience in various financing fields, including in insolvency and restructuring transactions (including debtor-in-possession financings), public debt offerings, real estate, receivables, mining, project financing, leveraged buyout and factoring transactions. He is a member of the Montreal office's Students and Stagiaires Committee and of the Associates Committee. Linett, Amanda Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5217 alinett@stikeman.com Amanda Linett is a partner and Co-Head of the Mining Group. She is also a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Capital Markets Groups and a member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic), private equity and corporate finance transactions. Amanda has extensive experience advising senior management, boards of directors, special committees and other transaction participants in numerous M&A transactions (both friendly and hostile) as well as private equity firms and pension funds on public and private M&A transactions and strategic investments. She also represents issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, and regularly provides advice on corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters. Lippa, Matthew Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-3942 matthew.lippa@nortonrosefulbright.com Matthew Lippa's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on multi-jurisdictional and cross-border structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions and borrowers in lending transactions, including asset-based lending, syndicated financings, covered bonds and notes, insolvency and restructuring and securitizations. Matthew regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, regulatory matters and commercial contracts, and acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, private equity firms and corporate borrowers in connection with the structuring and negotiating of lending arrangements. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers