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74 www.lexpert.ca Laffin, John Richard Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5289 jrlaffin@stikeman.com J.R. Laffin is a partner and a co-head of the capital markets and public Mergers & Acquisitions group. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law, with a particular emphasis on public mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder activism, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. He has acted for issuers, private equity funds, boards of directors, special committees, and other transaction participants in numerous M&A transactions, including both friendly and hostile transactions. He also regularly provides advice on corporate governance, general corporate and securities regulatory compliance, and exemptive relief matters to various clients, including Canadian and international corporations across a broad range of industries. J.R. is a leading M&A lawyer and has been recognized for his impressive corporate experience by the most prominent legal directories, including the International Financial Law Review's IFLR1000: e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2022 as highly regarded in mergers & acquisitions, and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance & securities, and private equity. Laflamme, Mathieu McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (418) 521-3018 mlaflamme@mccarthy.ca Mathieu Laflamme is Co-Head of McCarthy Tétrault's National Private Equity Practice and a partner in the Business Law Group. An accomplished practitioner and trusted advisor for many clients of the firm, Mathieu's practice focuses on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Mathieu is highly regarded for his creative, practical advice and deep understanding of market terms for private equity, energy and infrastructure, agriculture, private debt, venture capital, real estate and impact investment funds. He is a key advisor to fund sponsors on all aspects of the fund formation and capital raising process and to governments and other institutional investors in connection with their investments in private funds. He also frequently acts for both corporations and investors in private equity and venture capital transactions. Mathieu is highly involved in the Canadian private equity industry. Notably, he is a member of the Board and Executive Committee of Réseau Capital, the Chair of Réseau Capital's advisory committee in Quebec City and a member of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association's (CVCA) fund formation model documents committee. Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Kufeldt, Kent D. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4195 kkufeldt@blg.com Kent Kufeldt has over 35 years of experience working with public and private companies and investment dealers in completing a broad range of transactions, including merger, acquisition, and reorganization transactions (both public and private); providing general corporate governance advice as well as specific corporate transaction advice to Board of Directors and Special Committees of Directors in transactions of all types, including in respect of shareholder activism situations; and corporate finance transactions representing public issuers and investment dealers in public and private debt and equity transactions, initial public offerings and cross-border financing transactions. roughout his career, Kufeldt has been involved in many innovative transactions in both the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions areas. Kufeldt is the national business leader of BLG's Securities & Capital Markets Group. He is also a member of the firm's Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) leadership team. Recognized in e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and e Best Lawyers in Canada. Education: LLB (University of Toronto). Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2011 and the Alberta Bar in 1999. Kyte, Kevin Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3346 kkyte@stikeman.com Kevin Kyte is a partner in the corporate group. His practice focuses primarily on domestic and international cross-border private and public Mergers & Acquisitions, securities, governmental requests for proposals and contracts, foreign investment, and regulatory issues in business and financing transactions, including joint ventures, outsourcing, private placements, privatizations, reorganizations, corporate governance, and corporate support on insolvencies. Kyte has over 30 years of extensive experience servicing clients in many industries, including infrastructure, energy, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, pulp and paper, aluminum, steel, construction, heavy equipment manufacturers, engineering, mining, technology, VoIP, and so ware. In addition to private M&A, his work has a particular emphasis on commercial matters, including T's & C's, limitations of liability, procurement, Incoterms, JV agreements, and language laws. Kyte's work experience also includes working on global cross-border transactions, namely in the US, Europe, Australia, India, Indonesia, and the Caribbean. Labrecque, Nicolas Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4950 nicolas.labrecque@nortonrosefulbright.com Nicolas Labrecque is managing partner of our Montréal office. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law and commercial real estate. Experienced in complex transactions of all sizes in various sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, services, renewable energy and retail, Labrecque is known for his business sense and his ability to find with our clients original and innovative solutions. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes numerous private and public Canadian, US and cross-border transactions where he has represented Canadian, US and European companies in acquisitions and sales of businesses in Canada, the United States and Latin America. In his real estate practice, he has represented owners, developers and industrial tenants in purchasing and leasing real property in Canada.

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