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Sananes, Solomon Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4411 solomon.sananes@nortonrosefulbright.com Solomon Sananes practises corporate finance and securities (including both private placements and public financings), mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. In corporate financing, he acts in numerous Canadian and Canada/US cross-border offerings of debt, equity and derivative instruments on behalf of issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters. In mergers and acquisitions, he participates in a variety of significant transactions, acting for both buyers and sellers of public and private companies. He also advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuous disclosure obligations, governance issues and the conduct of shareholders' meetings. Schein, Noah Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-4032 noah.schein@nortonrosefulbright.com Noah Schein's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and borrowers in connection with finance transactions including bilateral and syndicated financings, securitizations, debt capital markets transactions and insolvency and restructuring matters. Noah's experience includes asset-based loans, acquisition financings, first lien/second lien financings, capital call facilities and speciality finance transactions. Noah also advises clients on corporate and other transactional matters. Sculnick, Jeremy Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3329 jsculnick@stikeman.com Jeremy Sculnick is a partner in the Corporate Group whose practice focuses on Canadian and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance transactions. He works with domestic and multi-national private and public companies as well as investors across a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on life sciences and technology. Jeremy also has extensive experience in venture capital financings, strategic investment transactions, public company matters and corporate governance. He is a member of the Students & Stagiaires Committee, which oversees recruitment of new lawyers for the Montreal office. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 71 Seager, Robert A. Voorheis & Co. LLP > (416) 947-1449 rseager@voorco.com Rob is a leading special situations advisor and has been centrally involved in directing high profile shareholder disputes, proxy contests, M&A transactions, special committee mandates, internal and independent corporate investigations and complex restructurings. Rob regularly serves as a trusted strategic advisor to institutional and other significant stakeholders, boards of directors and executive management teams to address their most important opportunities and crisis situations. In 2023, Rob was appointed to the OSC's Securities Advisory Committee, a committee of leading securities practitioners and other industry experts established to advise the OSC and its staff on a variety of matters including policy initiatives and capital markets trends. Previously, Rob practised securities law at Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP and, in 2015, completed a secondment with the Office of M&A at the OSC. Rob received his JD from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University with a specialization in corporate law, his International Business Law Certification from the Global Law Program at the Bader International Study Centre, and his Bachelor of Commerce from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Rob has also completed Levels I and II of the CFA Program. LAWYER TO WATCH Seddon, Elly Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4234 eseddon@blg.com A partner in BLG's Vancouver office, Elly focuses her practice on corporate finance and commercial lending transactions, including innovation and technology finance, acquisition finance, asset-based lending, commercial real estate finance, commercial mortgage-backed securities lending, insurance finance, capital call facilities and mezzanine lending. She advises financial institutions, private lenders, corporate borrowers and private funds on domestic or cross-border bilateral and syndicated loan transactions, as well as complex intercreditor arrangements between such various parties. Addition- ally, Elly has been involved in various insolvency-related matters, including corporate restructurings, DIP financings, bankruptcies and receiverships under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Past president of the Association of Women in Finance. Education: JD (Queen's University). Admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2013.