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Au, Alethea Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5514 aau@stikeman.com Alethea Au is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions group (with a focus on technology companies). She has counselled a range of clients including private equity funds, strategic corporate buyers, and founder clients across various industries in complex matters related to mergers and acquisitions, including structuring, risk mitigation, divestitures, minority and majority investments, use of representation, and warranty insurance and related transactional and transitional issues. She also has experience in a wide range of corporate commercial matters relating to information technology, including technology exploitation (development and commercialization) and e-commerce, licensing, joint ventures, business process outsourcings, general corporate commercial, and corporate governance matters. Her experience extends across different industries including financial services, insurance, retail, telecommunications, and the provision of so ware and related services. e extent of Alethea's knowledge and experience in both M&A and technology allows her to provide valued advice to clients in an efficient and practical manner in both M&A transactions and ongoing corporate commercial transactions (especially in the technology sector). Auger, Jocelyn Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (514) 397-7694 jauger@fasken.com Jocelyn Auger is a partner in the Business Law Group in our Montreal office. His field of experience extends to marketing, intellectual property protection, financing, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity. A member of the Barreau du Québec since 1997, Jocelyn has successfully combined his legal background with the business experience he acquired during his years as a senior manager. He has worked in the information technology and telecommunications industries, as well as in green technologies. His knowledge spans several areas of practice. Jocelyn brings a unique range of talents and experience to every project and team that he joins. Babos-Marchand, Hugo McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4156 hbmarchand@mccarthy.ca Hugo is a partner in our Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group and the Practice Lead of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group in Quebec. He has built an excellent reputation with clients in the Canadian market drawing on his experience, knowledge, and extensive network in the industry. He understands the issues they face, takes the time to grasp their unique goals, and is able to provide creative and practical solutions and effective strategies. Recognized as a leading lawyer in bankruptcy and restructuring matters, Hugo regularly acts for all types of actors in these files, including secured creditors, debtor companies, court officers, lenders on distressed and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, and purchasers. Over the years, Hugo has been involved in the most prominent bankruptcy and restructuring files in the province of Québec and has been counsel on a number of precedent-setting cases. Bachynski, Jared Stikeman Elliott LLP > (604) 631-1430 jbachynski@stikeman.com Jared Bachynski is a partner in the corporate and securities group and is also a member of the technology group. Jared advises clients on a range of Canadian and cross-border transactional matters, including public and private M&A, public and private equity financing, growth equity investments, joint ventures, and general corporate and securities law matters. He also has experience advising private equity funds on completing investments and managing portfolio companies across a range of industries. In addition, Jared works with founders of startup companies in formation and financing of new ventures. Baird, Gordon D. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7892 gbaird@mccarthy.ca Focuses on lending and secured transactions, with particular emphasis on power, financial services, financial market infrastructure, private equity, and communications industries. Acts for banks, non-bank lenders, and borrowers on domestic, cross-border, and international debt transactions. Recent transactions include acting for lenders to hydroelectric, wind, and solar generation facilities at the operating level, the holding company level, and the super holding company level; acting for central clearing parties and their lenders on liquidity facilities of various types, including syndicated repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions; acting for pension fund-related commercial paper issuers and a financial institution on their backstop liquidity facilities; acting for lenders and borrowers in respect of equity commitment letter-based facilities, capital call facilities, subscription facilities, net asset value facilities, and hybrid facilities for domestic and international private equity funds; and acting for lenders on single-lender and syndicated margin loans secured by significant blocks of public company securities, including in the context of a takeover bid, financing acquisitions of hydroelectric generation projects, and financing in respect of non-operating projects. www.lexpert.ca 25 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers