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62 www.lexpert.ca Gilbert, François M. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4417 fgilbert@mccarthy.ca François Gilbert is a partner in the Financial Services Group of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. François is qualified to practise in both Ontario and Quebec and has 30 years' experience as a banking and finance lawyer, with expertise covering a broad range of sectors including structured finance, project finance, syndicated lending, securitization and derivatives. François has broad experience of syndicated loans, inter-creditor and cross-border security issues, asset-based lending and acquisi- tion finance. He has also been involved in a number of project financings in the mining (both in Canada and internation- ally), energy (including natural gas and wind power) and infrastructure PPP sectors. He has significant expertise relating to OTC and exchange-traded derivatives; structured products with embedded derivatives such as share, index and credit-linked notes; clearing and settlement systems; the regulation of derivatives, exchanges and clearing houses; repos; repackaging transactions; cash and synthetic structured credit transactions based on novel classes of debt (e.g., project finance and emerging market debt); and advising financial institutions and pension/investment funds in the context of structured transactions driven by tax or regulatory considerations. Gill, Sony Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 266-9015 sgill@stikeman.com Sony Gill is a partner in the Capital Markets and mergers & acquisitions groups. His practice focuses on public and private company creation, growth, restructuring, and value maximization. He has extensive experience in the negotiation, structuring, and consummation of a broad range of corporate finance, securities, and M&A transactions, including public and private debt and equity financings, strategic investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations, restructurings, takeover bids, reverse takeovers, asset acquisitions and divestitures, share purchases and dispositions, plans of arrangement, spin- outs, and other forms of business combination and corporate activity. Sony acts as counsel to a wide range of clients, including oil and gas exploration and production companies and energy services companies. He also advises underwriters and investment dealers on a broad range of matters, including financings, business combinations, corporate assignments, and regulatory matters. In addition, Sony acts for a broad spectrum of clients in the agribusiness industry, advising public and private issuers, investment banks, and emerging entities. More recently, Sony has been named as a Top 10 M&A Lawyer in Canada by MergerLinks for 2023. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Gerchikov, Victor Stikeman Elliott LLP > (604) 631-1408 vgerchikov@stikeman.com Victor Gerchikov is a partner in the Corporate and securities group of the Vancouver office. Victor's practice is primarily focused on securities, corporate finance, public and private M&A, joint ventures, and general corporate and commercial matters. In addition, Victor represents issuers and underwriters in equity offerings and advises public companies with respect to corporate governance matters, securities law compliance, and stock exchange regulations. Victor's industry experience includes mining, technology, clean technology, consumer goods, and financial services. Gereluk, Marlow Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-8113 marlow.gereluk@nortonrosefulbright.com Marlow Gereluk acts as lead counsel in syndicated and bilateral debt financings, project financings, asset-backed lending and offerings of bonds, debentures, and convertible debt, both national and cross-border. He also advises clients in connection with distressed debt offerings and restructurings, and inter-creditor negotiations. Gereluk has extensive experience with derivatives, particularly with commodity, cross-currency and interest rate hedging transactions, credit default swaps, and equity derivatives, and has been a frequent author and speaker on the subject. He also has acted on a wide variety of business acquisitions and corporate restructurings for clients ranging from large multinationals to formation-stage enterprises. In addition to the private practice of law, Gereluk has worked as a ratings analyst and an investment banker in London, England. Gereluk applies his broad experience in his approach to the law, providing efficient commercial legal advice. Gereluk advises on transactions and agreements governed by Alberta law and English law. Gibney, Paul J. Thorsteinssons LLP > (416) 864-9245 pjgibney@thor.ca Paul Gibney's practice focuses on personal, corporate, and trust planning for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, executives, owner–managers, and their businesses, both domestic and international, including corporate reorganizations, estate planning, purchases and sales of businesses, immigration and emigration, non-profit organizations, and charities. He also represents taxpayers in their dealings with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in the context of audits, appeals, and voluntary disclosures. He served as policy advisor to the Minister of National Revenue in Ottawa in 1996 and 1997. In that capacity, he developed significant contacts within the CRA. He has spoken at a significant number of conferences on tax matters including the Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Tax Conference, the STEP Annual Conference, and conferences presented by the Ontario Bar Association, the Strategy Institute, the Canadian Institute, and the Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development Programme. He has also served as an instructor for the bar admission course of the Law Society of Ontario, the CBA Tax Law for Lawyers Annual CLE, the CBA Will, Estate and Trust Fundamentals Course for Estate Practitioners, and the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.

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