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www.lexpert.ca 73 Kostic, Kosta Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (514) 397-7458 kkostic@fasken.com Kosta Kostic is a partner in our Corporate/Commercial group in the Montreal office. He has a broad range of experi- ence in business law, particularly in the areas of corporate finance, securities law and mergers and acquisitions. Kosta represents clients in various industries in the context of complex commercial transactions. He advises both issuers and investment dealers in private and public debt and equity offerings. He also has extensive experience as lead counsel in a number of major private and public merger and acquisition transactions and corporate reorganization and restructuring transactions. He has acted for clients in connection with their initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Securities Exchange. Kosta advises clients in the mining, oil and natural gas, renewable energy, information technology, biotechnology, manufacturing, retail and transportation industries with respect to their ongoing corporate and securities law obligations. Koumanakos, Dean Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3355 dkoumanakos@stikeman.com Dean Koumanakos is a partner and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He served as managing partner of the London office for over seven years. His practice focuses primarily on advising foreign and domestic clients on a range of mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, strategic and private equity transactions, corporate finance matters, as well as insolvency-based restructurings workouts and related transactions. Dean's clients include US, Canadian, and foreign public, private, and multinational companies and funds across a broad range of sectors and industries. Krahn, Reinhold G. Lawson Lundell LLP > (604) 631-9174 rgkrahn@lawsonlundell.com Reinhold advises clients on both international and domestic income taxation matters, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations, and cross-border transactions. He regularly provides taxation and structuring advice to large institutions and pension funds as well as large public and private clients on multibillion-dollar transactions. Reinhold has extensive experience in structuring complex financial transactions relating to investments across Canada, the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia in a variety of fields, including resources, real estate, and large indus- try. Reinhold also has extensive experience in structuring tax efficient investment structures for foreign investors acquiring and making investments and acquisitions in Canada. He is recognized in International Tax Review's World Tax Rankings, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Chambers Canada for Tax Law. He was named Tax Law Lawyer of the Year in Vancouver for 2013 by Best Lawyers. Reinhold is called to the British Columbia bar (1993). Kraus, Dean Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5215 dkraus@stikeman.com Dean Kraus is a partner in the Tax group. His practice encompasses all aspects of income taxation in corporate and commercial transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, private equity investments, financings, REITs, partnerships, and joint ventures. Dean's experience has been recognized by Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and e Best Lawyers in Canada, among others. Kravitz, Neil Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (514) 397-7551 nkravitz@fasken.com Neil Kravitz is the Co-Leader of our Montreal office Corporate group and the Firm's Cross-Border and International Practice. Neil is recognized as a leading lawyer in mergers & acquisitions, securities law and cross-border transactions. He acts for domestic and foreign acquirers and targets, issuers, entrepreneurs, private equity funds, and investment banks with a practical, deal-oriented approach. Neil advises on public and private M&A transactions, equity and debt financings, shareholder activism and corporate governance. Neil regularly advises Boards and Special Committees on governance and ESG matters. Providing counsel on a wide range of matters, Neil has gained deep industry insight in the aerospace, life sciences, industrial, financial services, retail and technology sectors. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers