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52 www.lexpert.ca Cloutier, Nicolas McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4102 ncloutier@mccarthy.ca Practice focuses on dispute resolution and litigation in federal, provincial and property tax matters, as well as in commodity taxes. He challenges information requests, searches and seizures, reassessments and collection measures. His practice also includes related administrative law issues, including judicial review of administrative decisions. Nicolas maintains a long- standing position at the forefront of tax and regulatory issues raised by the sharing economy and electronic commerce. Coburn, Michael R. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (604) 631-4832 mcoburn@fasken.com Mike Coburn is a tax Partner in Vancouver. His practice includes advising Canadian and international clients on a broad range of tax matters. Clients look to Mike for his extensive experience with a myriad of tax issues including tax implications and structuring of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, financings, and other business transactions. Both corporate and personal tax clients trust Mike to provide the most efficient and effective means of completing a transaction. In addition to his transaction experience, Mike assists clients with: structuring mutual funds trusts, mortgage investment corporations, unit trusts and other tax-orientated vehicles; tax-effective reorganizations of both private and public companies; disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and other taxing authorities; structuring both "in-bound" and "out- bound" cross-border investments; providing legal opinions on questions of tax law; and providing general advice on a variety of on-going compliance matters. Coiteux, Vanessa Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3681 vcoiteux@stikeman.com Vanessa Coiteux is a partner in the corporate and privacy & data protection groups. Her practice focuses on Securities, public and private mergers & acquisitions, and corporate financing. She frequently advises issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private offerings in Canada and abroad, as well as TSX-listed securities issuers on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and continuous disclosure requirements matters. Vanessa focuses on cybersecurity and advises public and private companies on legal, ethical, and governance issues. She advises clients on a wide range of privacy, data security, and information management matters, including information security breach responses, crisis management, investigations, compliance, governance, and disclosure, and provides advice on best cybersecurity business practices. Vanessa works with businesses from various industry sectors including the engineering, communications, computer science, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and retail industries. She is a member of the firm's associates committee and the Montreal office's premises committee. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Ciardullo, John J. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5235 jciardullo@stikeman.com John Ciardullo is managing partner of the Toronto office, where he is responsible for overseeing management, strategic direction, and client service. He is also a member of the partnership board, executive committee, management committee and, the diversity, equity & inclusion committee. He is former head of the corporate department and the capital markets and public Mergers & Acquisitions groups. John has experience in a broad range of corporate transactions and has led some of Canada's most noteworthy domestic and cross-border M&A and restructuring transactions. He has significant experience advising Canadian boards, special committees, banks, regulatory authorities, and governments on a wide variety of matters, including compliance with legal, regulatory, and fiduciary issues, crisis management, and transactional matters such as acquisition and defence strategy. John's stand-out M&A work is recognized by the legal industry's most reliable and trusted sources. In 2021, John was the only Canadian named among the Top 50 Global M&A Lawyers by Global M&A Network, which identifies highly respected, successful, and innovative lawyers from worldwide deal-making communities. Clifford, John F. McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7134 john.clifford@mcmillan.ca John's practice is focused on M&A transactions, complex commercial matters and reorganizations, and competition law matters. He has extensive experience advising a diverse range of PE and other clients on domestic and cross-border deals across many industries. Recognized internationally for his M&A and competition law expertise and experience, Who's Who Legal identifies John as one of the top M&A lawyers in Canada and states that John is "top notch by all accounts", "very client focused" and "always delivers". John is a long-time member of the ABA M&A Committee. He was the inaugural Chair of a working group of Canadian M&A deal lawyers that studies and develops reports for the ABA's M&A Committee on trends in deal terms used in Canadian private company acquisitions, and was Chair of that working group for seven years. Currently, he is Co-Chair of a Task Force that is updating the ABA's model asset purchase agreement. Over a 5-year period, John was named to the prestigious global list of OUTstanding Leading 100 LGBT+ Executives, in recognition of his business achievements and impact on LGBT inclusion within McMillan and externally. Previously he received a Lexpert Zenith Award and an Out On Bay Street "Leaders To Be Proud Of " Award.

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