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Baraniak, A. Wojtek Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (416) 868-3332 wbaraniak@fasken.com Wojtek is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity and Private Client Services Groups. His practice focuses on business law, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and reorganizations. Wojtek has extensive experience working with public and private clients on numerous acquisitions and dispositions, cross-border transactions, partnership and joint ventures, and the procurement, sale and distribution of a variety of products and services. Wojtek represents leading insurance, food, retail, health, and manufacturing businesses in Canada, as well as provides counsel to private entrepreneurs and private family offices. He works with a number of growing companies and has advised them on financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and growth capital transactions. Wojtek regularly advises insurance brokerages and agencies and has significant experience with insurance brokerage acquisitions and dispositions. He also has extensive experience working with family held businesses, advising them on succession planning, governance, growth strategies, reorganizations and liquidity events. Barbeau, Paul McMillan LLP > (403) 975-3231 paul.barbeau@mcmillan.ca Paul is a Partner in McMillan LLP's Calgary office where he is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Securities groups. Paul has extensive experience in all manner of public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, complex joint ventures and other co-ownership structures and general corporate and commercial transactions. Paul frequently acts for special committees of boards of directors in connection with management buyouts and other M&A transactions. Paul also advises clients on corporate governance matters and general regulatory compliance. Paul's experience includes acting for issuers and underwriters in Canada, the United States and internationally. Paul's clients operate in a broad range of industries, including technology, agri-business, consumer packaged goods, energy, oil field services, utilities, construction, mining, health-care and manufacturing. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions. He is the co-author of the Annotated Alberta Business Corporations Act, published by LexisNexis. Baron, A. Timothy McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7054 tim.baron@mcmillan.ca Tim's practice is focused on debt finance, investment funds and derivatives. His clients include domestic and international asset managers, Canadian and foreign banks, corporations, pension funds and other institutional investors. Tim is regularly sought out to advise on syndicated and asset-backed lending facilities and project finance. He has acted for many of Canada's largest and most sophisticated asset managers and has assisted with the establishment of numerous alternative investment funds, including hedge funds, fund of funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles. Numerous corporate and institutional end-users consult him for strategic advice on derivative transactions and their complex regulatory regimes. Tim has taught sections of the Advanced Business Law Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School and has lectured at Osgoode's Intensive Course in Commercial Loan Finance and Security. He also speaks at numerous conferences and writes on topics related to lending, investment funds and derivatives. Tim is a member of the Managed Funds Association and the Alternative Investments Management Association. Beaudrie, J.R. McMillan LLP > (416) 307-4229 jr.beaudrie@mcmillan.ca Gerald ( J.R.) Beaudrie is a partner in McMillan's Business Law group. J.R.'s well-rounded business practice enables him to provide effective representation to clients dealing with the complex set of laws and regulations affecting their businesses, across various industries, including technology, manufacturing, distribution and professional services. His practice is primarily focused on corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, business structuring and organization, restructurings and reorganizations, the preparation and negotiation of complex commercial agreements and corporate documents, corporate governance and corporate finance. J.R. regularly advises international businesses in connection with establishing a Canadian presence and with their ongoing operations in Canada. In addition to his Canadian LLB degree, J.R. also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an American JD degree. Beaudry, Marie-Andrée Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3663 mabeaudry@stikeman.com Marie-Andrée Beaudry is a partner and member of the Tax group. She focuses on cross-border corporate taxation. She develops tax strategies for Canadian and international expansion, including merger and acquisition structures and strategic repatriation plans. Her main areas of practice include the following: mergers and acquisitions of businesses, corporate reorganization, debt restructuring, cross-border financing, national and international tax consolidation, and public offerings. She also advises on tax issues relating to insolvency matters, Canadian power projects, and cross-border real estate investments. www.lexpert.ca 27 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers

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