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54 www.lexpert.ca D'Avignon, Julie Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 266-9062 jdavignon@stikeman.com Julie D'Avignon is a partner and head of the Tax group in Calgary. Her practice focuses on providing tax advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, equity investments, flow-through share transactions, and financings. Julie has extensive experience working with Canadian and international clients, public and private entities, tax-exempt entities, and private equity firms. Julie has particular experience in resource and energy taxation, including with respect to Canadian and international oil and gas, mining, pipeline, and renewable energy projects. Davis, Paul D. McMillan LLP > (416) 307-4137 paul.davis@mcmillan.ca Paul is one of Canada's leading public mergers and acquisition lawyers. He is widely recognized for providing trusted counsel on numerous high-profile proxy battles and precedent-setting contested transactions. Paul's practice is focused on M&A, proxy fights, corporate governance, corporate finance and business restructuring for both private and public issuers across a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, energy, mining and manufacturing. Paul leads the firm's Capital Markets & Securities Group nationally as well as the firm's public mergers and acquisitions practice. Paul brings a unique insider's perspective to his clients, having served as the head of investment banking at a Toronto-based brokerage firm, and a senior officer of several public and private companies before returning to private practice. Recognized for success in his dealings with boards of directors, management teams and regulatory bodies, Paul has served as a director of 10 public companies, including as chair or a member of the audit, corporate governance and special committees. Paul is also a prolific author and speaker in the areas of securities law and corporate governance. Decicco, Michael Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-6863 mdecicco@stikeman.com Michael Decicco is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and capital markets groups. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate finance, and general corporate and commercial matters. Mike has significant experience representing clients on complex M&A transactions (including SPAC qualifying transactions), minority and majority investments, and strategic transactions across a range of industries including information technology, energy, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, mining, and entertainment. He regularly acts on complex capital markets transactions, including IPOs, private placements, and business combinations. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Custodio, Kevin Anthony Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3390 kcustodio@stikeman.com Kevin A. Custodio is a partner in the corporate group. His practice primarily focuses on domestic and cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions involving both public and private companies as well as private equity and venture capital. Kevin's experience includes advising several Canadian and foreign clients in acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and general commercial negotiations across industry sectors. He is a member of the Montreal office's students & stagiaires committee, which oversees recruitment for this office. d'Anglejan-Chatillon, Alix Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3240 adanglejan@stikeman.com Alix d'Anglejan-Chatillon is a partner and co-head of the financial products & services group. She practises principally in the areas of Investment Management, the regulation of capital markets, and derivatives. Her clients include North- American, European, and Asian-based investment fund managers, including managers of mutual funds, pooled funds, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds, and fund of fund structures, as well as commercial and investment banks, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other financial sector stakeholders. She also represents pension plans, family office, high-net-worth and other institutional and buy-side market participants in connection with their investments in various investment funds and other asset management structures. She advises her clients on all transactional and regulatory aspects of their organization, operations, fundraising activities, downstream investments, and securities and derivatives trading, as well as in connection with M&A, spin-out, and other corporate transactions in the asset management space.

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