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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 67 Nixon, Christopher W. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 266-9017 nixon@stikeman.com Christopher Nixon is counsel in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. His practice focuses on business law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures, private equity, corporate and trust reorganizations and corporate governance. Chris' practice involves both transactional and advisory assignments, representing, among others, oil and gas exploration entities, oilfield service entities, investment funds and investment dealers in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. Nordick, D'Arcy Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5508 dnordick@stikeman.com D'Arcy Nordick is a corporate partner in the Toronto office. He is a member of the Management Committee and is the former Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Toronto office. He is also a member of the Private Equity, Mining and Financial Products & Services Groups. D'Arcy is one of the most well-regarded corporate and securities lawyers in Canada and has over 20 years' experience advising both foreign and domestic clients in a variety of industries on business law matters including mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), corporate finance, corporate governance, structured financial products, licensing and joint ventures, project development, restructuring and general corporate and commercial law. His diverse clientele includes banks, governmental and quasi-governmental entities, securities dealers, investment funds, private equity firms, technology companies, health care companies, industrial companies, retailers, infrastructure/P3 participants, mining and resource companies, food services companies, transportation companies, and media and telecom companies. Obee Tower, Meaghan Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5274 mobeetower@stikeman.com Meaghan Obee Tower is a partner in the Banking & Finance, Financial Products & Services, Insurance & Reinsurance, and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups. Her practice focuses on secured and unsecured lending, debt financing, financial services regulation and corporate insolvency/restructuring. In terms of her banking and finance practice, Meaghan has extensive experience as counsel to borrowers, lenders and lending syndicates in private acquisition financings, corporate finance, private equity leveraged acquisition financing, debtor-in-possession lending, asset-based lending, and various other types of financing, both domestic and cross-border across a broad spectrum of sectors. Meaghan's regulatory practice focuses on providing advice to banks, trust companies and the insurance sector on regulation and compliance matters, including in connection with both normal course regulatory compliance such as licensing and reporting, and regulatory matters in connection with extraordinary transactions such as formation, acquisitions and dispositions. Meaghan has been recognized in a number of legal publications in the Asset-Based Lending and Banking & Finance practice areas. Parappally, Justin Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5591 jparappally@stikeman.com Justin Parappally is a partner in the Banking & Finance Group. He has expertise in acquisition financing, gold streaming transactions, mining debt finance, forward gold sales, debtor-in-possession financing, and asset-based lending transac- tions. Justin acts for financial institutions, non-bank lenders and borrowers in domestic, cross-border, and international banking and lending transactions. He acts for private equity funds in connection with leveraged acquisitions and acts as corporate counsel to numerous Canadian corporations. Justin is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in the Toronto office. Park, Melinda Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9795 mpark@blg.com Partner in BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group. Former Chair of the Partnership Board, the firm's highest gov- erning body, the first woman at BLG to hold the position and six-year member of the Partnership Board. Former regional group manager for the Corporate & Capital Markets Group in Calgary. Practises securities and corporate law with a focus on securities, corporate finance, and commercial transactions. Represents corporate clients on securities and cor- porate matters, including governance, mergers & acquisitions, going public in Canada, and financings. Regularly advises boards of directors and committees of public and private companies. Obtained an LLB from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Saskatchewan. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1992. Vice Chair of Board of Governors of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Recipient of the Calgary Influential Women in Business award in 2021. Named Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in 2017. Rec- ognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.