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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 106 www.lexpert.ca Stevens, Sean S. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (416) 868-3352 sstevens@fasken.com Sean Stevens is Co-Leader of the Firm's Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Group and the Chair of the Ontario Region's Business Law Group. His practice is focused on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate reorganizations and infrastructure projects. Clients include public and private companies, private equity funds and their investors, business owners and project sponsors and financers. For two decades Sean has provided strategic advice to clients on transformational transactions. Clients rely on Sean for creative and pragmatic advice in structuring, negotiating and completing critical business transactions. Sean has led deals across a wide range of industries including communications, infrastructure, energ y, manufacturing, technolog y and logistics, to name a few. Sean is also a trusted advisor to several private equity and venture capital funds and provides strategic advice in connection with fund formation issues, negotiations with investors and ongoing governance matters, as well as on investments and dispositions by those funds. Stewart, Brett McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7115 brett.stewart@mcmillan.ca Brett Stewart is a partner in McMillan's Toronto office with a cross-border transactional practice focused on assisting domestic and foreign clients with negotiated transactions including private equity and venture capital investments, buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations. As chairwoman of the American Bar Association's private equity and venture capital committee, she possesses a strong understanding of the North American market and assists US entities making inbound investments into Canada. Her work spans a number of industries with particular experience in agri/food, technolog y, aerospace/defence, manufacturing, and transportation. She co-authors the Canadian chapter of the Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide to Private Equity. Previously, she acted as adjunct faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, teaching business associations. She has been identified as a rising star by both Lexpert and IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide. Steeves, Christopher J. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (416) 868-3401 csteeves@fasken.com Christopher Steeves is the Leader of the firm's Tax group. Frequently advising Canadian businesses in corporate restructurings and acquisitions, Christopher also assists with income tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border financings, and financial instruments including derivatives, securities lending and collective investment funds. With extensive experience in transfer pricing and the resolution of disputes with Canadian tax authorities, Christopher has worked with clients and advisors outside Canada to develop innovative, tax-efficient means of accomplishing cross- border business objectives. Stevens, Eric Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4437 eric.stevens@nortonrosefulbright.com Eric Stevens practises in the area of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and private financings. Stevens regularly acts in major national and cross-border acquisitions, including strategic acquisitions for public and private companies. He was a recipient of the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 award and has since received several other awards. Stevens has been involved for many years in various charitable causes close to his heart as a member of various corporate boards. Steiner, Daniel E. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (604) 641-4892 dan.steiner@nortonrosefulbright.com Dan Steiner is a partner in our business group and the head of our Vancouver office's mergers and acquisitions team. He advises companies, private equity funds, family offices and pension plans regarding mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, the formation and financing of business ventures, and general corporate law matters. Steiner has extensive experience in Canada-US and domestic transactions. He has advised clients involved in the infrastructure, technolog y, manufacturing, resource, entertainment, hospitality and transportation industries.

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