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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 99 Richardson, Robert J. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7632 rrichardson@mccarthy.ca Mr. Richardson's practice focuses on M&A, corporate governance, and crisis remediation. He acts for public companies, private equity, special committees and financial advisors in connection with a broad range of matters, including contested and distressed transactions. During a 30-year career, Mr. Richardson has worked on many prominent transactions, including Canada's largest successful unsolicited takeover bid, Canada's largest insolvency restructuring, Canada's largest equity offering and the contested acquisition of Canada's largest stock exchange. Prior to rejoining McCarthy Tétrault LLP in 2018, Mr. Richardson was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Canada) at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and a managing director and Board member at CIBC World Markets Inc., CIBC's principal investment banking subsidiary. Mr. Richardson also spent a year as special counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission, while on loan from McCarthy Tétrault. He is a graduate of Trent University (BA), Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB and LLM) and the Canadian Army's RESO program. He is an Adjunct Professor at Western University's Faculty of Law, where he teaches a course on crisis management, and has taught Corporate Finance at Western University and Osgoode Hall Law School. Riddell, Peter Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4536 peter.riddell@nortonrosefulbright.com Peter Riddell is the Montréal local co-chair of our business law group. Riddell's practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and other complex commercial arrangements, carve-out transactions, and corporate and commercial law. He represents clients in various industries, including aerospace, agriculture, technolog y, pharma, renewable energ y and entertainment. Riddell has developed a relatively broad corporate practice ranging from advising large multinational corporations in the context of cross-border M&A, to smaller emerging scale-ups in early- and later-stage financings. He has a great deal of experience representing Canada-based corporations in connection with their international M&A and other transactions, leveraging NRF's global platform to assist with jurisdiction- specific matters that arise in these transactions. Rogers, R.D. Jeffrey McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7818 jeff.rogers@mcmillan.ca Jeff Rogers is a partner in the firm's Financial Services Group. He has broad experience in all aspects of debt financing. Jeff acts for major Canadian and foreign financial institutions, pension funds, lending funds and borrowers on a broad cross- section of domestic and cross-border transactions and restructurings. His practice includes syndicated lending, leveraged acquisitions, asset based lending, second lien debt, tender offer financing, high yield, dip lending and subordinated debt. He is a regular speaker at conferences and client in-house training programs on financial transactions and secured lending, and has written on lending matters for major industry publications, including most recently, the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending and Secured Finance. Recent notable transactions include Jeff 's work for the arrangers on the Cleveland Cliffs acquisition of Stelco, acquisition financings for Star Leasing, Converge Technology Solutions and a number of syndicated lending mandates for Canadian banks with major public companies. Jeff is also recognized for his contributions in the area of banking and finance in a number of directories including Lexpert, Chambers Canada, IFLR1000, and Best Lawyers. Rolland, Dominique Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-6463 drolland@stikeman.com Dominique Rolland is a partner in the corporate group, practising mainly with the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions and projects & infrastructure groups. Since the beginning of his practice, Dominique has been involved in several mergers and acquisitions transactions in the infrastructure and energ y industry, in particular on public private partnerships (PPP) and renewable energ y projects across Canada. He has also acquired extensive experience in the area of project development and finance in the infrastructure and energ y industry. Romano, Simon A. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5596 sromano@stikeman.com Simon Romano is a partner in the capital markets and mergers & acquisitions groups. His practice focuses on Securities, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. He advises public companies, financial institutions, underwriters, investment funds, private equity funds, real estate investment trusts and income trusts, alternative trading systems, and regulatory and self-regulatory organizations. He also advises on corporate governance and executive compensation matters. Simon was instrumental in the structure and launch of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in Canada. As a knowledgeable lawyer with over 30 years of experience, Simon is known to take on the most complex and technical legal challenges in Canadian capital markets. He is highly regarded for his extensive experience, as recognized by national and international legal directories.

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