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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 94 www.lexpert.ca Park, Melinda, KC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9795 mpark@blg.com Melinda Park has practised securities and corporate law for over 20 years, with a focus on securities, corporate finance and commercial transactions. She represents corporate clients on securities and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and reverse take-overs (RTOs), going public in Canada, and financings by way of prospectus and private placement offerings. She regularly advises boards of directors and committees of public and private companies. Park has extensive experience advising corporate clients and structuring business transactions. She regularly provides expertise on corporate governance and continuous disclosure for companies listed on both the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX. Obtained an LLB from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Saskatchewan. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1992. Vice chair of Board of Governors of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Park is a member of BLG's Environmental, Social and Governance initiative. She was appointed to the King's Counsel in 2024. Recipient of the Calgary Influential Women in Business award in 2021. Named Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in 2017. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Parker, Andrew C. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7939 aparker@mccarthy.ca Andrew is co-head of the firm's National Capital Markets Practice and is a partner in the firm's Business Law Group in Toronto. Recognized as a leader in his field, Andrew's practice focuses on corporate and securities law in general, including corporate finance (both domestic and cross-border), mergers and acquisitions, collective investment vehicles and registration and licensing matters. Andrew's expertise in equity and debt capital markets combined with his practical, thorough, and responsive approach consistently make him the top choice for clients with sophisticated corporate and securities matters. Highly regarded by a variety of key sources, Andrew is involved in both public and private offerings for issuers, investors and underwriters with extensive experience in debt capital markets transactions (including high-yield offerings). Clients count on Andrew's deep understanding of the technical aspects of securities law to help guide them through complex legal matters efficiently and effectively. Paperman, Jason Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3689 jpaperman@stikeman.com Jason Paperman is a partner in the corporate group. His practice focuses primarily on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Jason regularly advises private and public companies as well as investors, both domestic and multinational, across a wide range of industries, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions. He also has extensive experience working with private equity funds and private equity portfolio companies, as well as advising on all aspects of cross-border private equity. Jason is a member of the students & stagiaires committee, which oversees recruitment of new lawyers for the Montreal office. Parappally, Justin Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5591 jparappally@stikeman.com Justin Parappally is a partner in the Banking & Finance group. He has experience in acquisition financing, leveraged buyout transactions, take-private financings, gold streaming transactions, mining debt finance, forward gold sales, debtor- in-possession financing, and asset-based lending transactions. Justin acts for financial institutions, non-bank lenders, and borrowers in domestic, cross-border, and international banking and lending transactions. He acts for private equity funds in connection with leveraged acquisitions and acts as corporate counsel to numerous Canadian corporations. Justin is a member of the diversity and inclusion committee in the Toronto office. Paquette, André McMillan LLP > (514) 987-5078 andre.paquette@mcmillan.ca André Paquette is a leading corporate lawyer with a business law practice centered primarily on mergers and acquisitions, business financing, and corporate structuring, including for non-share capital corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Drawing on his extensive expertise and business acumen, André advises and assists Canadian and foreign companies in strategic commercial transactions and operations, including in the acquisition and sale of businesses. Focused on achieving objectives while adopting a client-centric risk management strategy, André serves the manufacturing, energy, waste and residual material management, as well as food, beverage and agribusiness industries, with strong commitment to their best interests. André routinely offers sage advice on contracts, venture capital financing, the changing landscape of regulations and legislation impacting businesses in Quebec, and more.

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