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66 www.lexpert.ca Morillon, Chantal Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (418) 640-5160 chantal.morillon@nortonrosefulbright.com Chantal Morillon's practice focuses on bank financing and real estate law. She has acted for clients in various domestic and cross-border financings in a variety of sectors, including real estate, manufacturing, agri-food, natural resources, renewable energy, and maritime financing. She has also acquired extensive skills in using loans and subsidies to fund affordable housing. At the start of her career, Morillon worked several years in the legal department of a large multinational pulp and paper company before moving on to private practice. She acts for both lenders and borrowers. She has significant experi- ence in draing and negotiating financing documents, and counsels clients on how to structure and set up secured loans, syndicated loans, multi-jurisdiction financing, construction financing, and inter-lender agreements. Morillon is known for her practical approach, strong business acumen, and quick responsiveness to clients. She practises in both French and English. Morphy, Randy S. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4216 rmorphy@blg.com Randy maintains a corporate tax practice with a focus on resource taxation, international taxation, and public company transactions including spin-outs, acquisitions, reorganizations and financings. He has extensive experience developing and implementing international investment and holding structures for Canadian corporations with operations in foreign jurisdictions. He also regularly provides structuring advice to foreign entities making investments into Canada, particular- ly in the mining, real estate, and technology sectors. Randy obtained a BA from the University of British Columbia and an LLB from the University of Alberta. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2005. Murray, Ronald G. FARRIS > (604) 661-9306 rmurray@farris.com Ron's practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings (both public and private), and complex commercial transactions. He has extensive experience advising public and private companies, investment funds, and special committees on structuring M&A transactions (negotiated and unsolicited), directors' fiduciary duties, and other corporate governance and securities law matters. Ron regularly advises on cross-border securities transactions. An inno- vative and practical problem-solver, Ron is able to balance legal rigour with business realities. Prior to joining FARRIS in 2000, Ron was the corporate finance lawyer at the Vancouver office of the predecessor to the TSX Venture Exchange, assisting with the realignment of Canada's stock exchanges based on market specialization (including the amalgamation of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges) and providing general securities law advice to staff and executives. Ron is a Past Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) and a past member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee (SLAC), providing advice to the British Columbia Securities Commission on legal and policy issues relating to securities regulation. He has been an instructor for various securities law seminars. 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 practice 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 the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. She was also recognized as a 2017 Lexpert Lawyer to Watch, and in the 2023 Lexpert Special Editions on Mining, Energy, and Finance and M&A. She is also recognized in e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024, and the 2024 e Best Lawyers in Canada directory for her work in mergers & acquisitions, corporate, and securities law. Admitted to the Alberta Bar (2005) and British Columbia Bar (2006). Nigro, Mario Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-6810 mnigro@stikeman.com Mario Nigro is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity & Venture Capital Groups. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, financings and complex corporate reorganizations, and general business law. Mario has extensive experience working with private equity firms, search funds, independent sponsors, and venture capital firms on sophisticated transactions including acquisitions and dispositions. He has also worked on a variety of Canadian private equity fund transactions including buyouts, leveraged buyouts, and secondaries, for leading private equity firms. Mario also routinely advises owner operators who are looking at selling their businesses. He has worked with both entrepreneurs looking to sell a minority interest to grow their businesses and owners looking for a complete exit. Mario has significant experience across all industries and has represented some of the leading food, retail, services, technology, and manufacturing businesses in Canada including a leading provider of outsourced office and workplace solutions. He works with a number of fast- growing technology companies through their acquisitions, dispositions, financings and growth capital transactions. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers