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www.lexpert.ca 31 Belovich, Donald G. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5606 dbelovich@stikeman.com Donald Belovich is a partner in the capital markets, securities, and Mergers & Acquisitions groups and co-head of the cannabis group. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public financings, and complex corporate reorganizations. Donald also acts as counsel to issuers and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings and other public offerings and private placements. He regularly advises issuers, boards of directors, and special committees on the structuring of M&A transactions, negotiating key transaction documentation, directors' fiduciary duties, and other corporate governance, compliance, and general matters. Belsher, Cameron, KC McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (604) 643-7985 cbelsher@mccarthy.ca Recent experience acting as lead counsel includes: friendly and hostile mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies (both domestic and cross-border); debt restructurings; going-private transactions; proxy contests for control; initial public offerings; other public and private equity financings; all aspects of private equity M&A; royalty trust acquisitions and restructurings; and acting as general counsel and strategic advisor to management teams and their Boards. Bennett, Michael J. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (403) 260-3532 mbennett@mccarthy.ca Michael Bennett is a partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Canada. His practice focuses primarily on corporate finance and securities, mergers & acquisitions, corporate acquisitions and dispositions, and joint ventures. He has acted for both issuers and underwriters on a broad range of public company matters, including financings, takeover bids and plans of arrangement, corporate governance, and other securities matters. He has significant experience negotiating and dra ing major agreements in connection with private acquisition and disposition transactions. He has also structured partnerships and other joint ventures in connection with major projects in the oil and gas industry. In addition to e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Michael is also recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as a Leading Lawyer in Corporate Law. He was called to the Alberta bar in 1999 and the British Columbia bar in 1997. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Calgary Bar Association, and Law Society of Alberta. Bennett, Steven D. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5209 sbennett@stikeman.com Steven Bennett is a partner and co-head of the Mining group. He is also a member of the corporate, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity groups and the firm's emissions trading & climate change practice. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities, private equity transactions, and general corporate and commercial law. Steven has significant experience representing domestic and international clients in inter-jurisdictional transactions in the mining and resources sector. Steven has represented companies, boards of directors, special committees, management teams, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, financial advisors, and other transaction participants in a wide range of M&A transactions (including plans of arrangement, takeover bids, amalgamations, and share and asset purchase transactions), joint venture and option agreements, streaming transactions, royalties, and project acquisitions. Steven also regularly advises issuers and investment dealers in connection with equity and debt offerings, and counsel's clients on corporate governance and securities law and stock exchange compliance matters. Bharmal, Ally Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (604) 631-4987 abharmal@fasken.com Ally Bharmal is a corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate/commercial, and board governance Partner based in the Vancouver office. Ally works with clients across the business life-cycle; from start-up and incorporation matters, seed and growth stage financing, to complex M&A, strategic investment, venture capital, and private equity transactions. Ally has extensive experience in the technolog y industry, and the food, beverage and agribusiness industry, and co-leads the firm's national food and beverage group. He is actively involved in the sectors in which he practices, and understands the industries in which clients operate. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ally completed his Computing Science degree and worked for various technolog y companies, including TELUS. Ally has advised his clients on many of Canada's leading transactions in the technolog y and food and beverage industries, and has won awards for his M&A work. He has notable experience in Board governance matters, and holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers

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