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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Carruthers, Stuart S. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5600 scarruthers@stikeman.com Stuart Carruthers is a partner and member of the Insurance & Reinsurance, financial products & services, and mergers & acquisitions groups. He is widely recognized as the preeminent transactional, commercial, governance, and regulatory advisor to insurance and reinsurance companies and brokers in Canada. Stuart is repeatedly cited for both his transactional and regulatory experience in the industry by numerous leading directories, including Chambers – Band 1, IFLR1000 – Market Leader in Canada, Who's Who Legal: Canada – Most Highly Recommended Practitioner, and Lexpert – Most Highly Recommended in Ontario. Stuart has particular experience in insurance, reinsurance, and related financial services transactions and regulatory matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of insurers and books of business, formation and licensing of insurers and intermediaries, financing transactions, outsourcing transactions, white labelling initiatives, and advice on a broad range of distribution, market conduct, compliance, and other regulatory matters. Stuart has acted on more than 30 completed sales of Canadian insurance companies. Castiel, Peter Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3272 pcastiel@stikeman.com Peter Castiel is chairman of the firm and the executive committee, where he oversees the strategic direction, management, and client service for the firm. Peter is also focused on his mergers & acquisitions practice. He has extensive experience in advising Private Equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and leading public and private companies in connection with complex acquisitions, divestitures, and investments. Cerqueira, Carlos A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6575 ccerqueira@blg.com Carlos Cerqueira is a partner at BLG and has practised corporate/commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and other complex transactions. He has extensive international experience, having worked in London for four years and the Middle East for three years, typically advising international clients on transactions in Canada or Canadian clients expanding internationally. Cerqueira is a trusted advisor for a number of Canadian and international public companies, as well as large privately held entities, in various industries. He acts for strategic purchasers, industry consolidators, private equity clients, and venture capital investors. Cerqueira provides strategic advice and regularly leads large teams of transaction lawyers and subject matter experts. He provides practical advice and expert counsel, working closely with in-house counsel, business stakeholders, and other outside advisors to effectively and efficiently complete transactions. www.lexpert.ca 47 Carr, Brian R. Thorsteinssons LLP > (416) 855-6549 bcarr@thor.ca Brian Carr has extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate tax issues with special emphasis on resource taxation, tax litigation, and corporate reorganizations. He is former chairman of the Canadian Tax Foundation, past chairman of the national taxation law section of the Canadian Bar Association, and former co-chairman and member of the CBA/CICA joint committee on taxation and former editor of the Canadian Tax Journal. He is a co-author and co-editor-in-chief of Canadian Resource Taxation, a reference book on the taxation of the resource industries. In 1996, he was co-winner of the Canadian Tax Foundation's Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award as co-author of "Today's Butterfly." In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to the Canadian Tax Foundation. In 2016, he was awarded the inaugural Award of Excellence by the tax section of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Tax Foundation. Carmona, Eric Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5597 ecarmona@stikeman.com Eric Carmona is a partner in the Real Estate group. His practice focuses on commercial real estate and encompasses all aspects of real property transactions, including the purchase, sale, and financing of commercial office complexes, retail shopping centres, residential apartment buildings, hotels, retirement homes, and long-term residences, as well as secured lending. Eric is an accomplished real estate lawyer whose capabilities set him apart as one of the country's leading real estate attorneys. He is highly regarded for his expert handling of the whole transactional process from financing to purchase, including significant cross-border deals. He has extensive experience in joint venture structuring, portfolio acquisitions, financings, and restructurings (acting on behalf of both lending syndicates and corporate borrowers). He is knowledgeable across a range of asset classes including commercial, residential, retail, senior living, and industrial. Eric also practises corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on the acquisition and/or privatization of public real estate enterprises and capital markets transactions.

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