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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 80 www.lexpert.ca Linett, Amanda Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5217 alinett@stikeman.com Amanda Linett is a partner and co-head of the mining group and a member of the firm's partnership board. She is also a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets groups and a member of the management committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic), private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Amanda has extensive experience advising senior management, boards of directors, special committees, and other transaction participants in numerous M&A transactions (both friendly and hostile), as well as private equity firms and pension funds on public and private M&A transactions and strategic investments. She also represents issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, and regularly provides advice on corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters. Lippa, Matthew Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-3942 matthew.lippa@nortonrosefulbright.com Matthew Lippa's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on multi-jurisdictional and cross- border structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions and borrowers in lending transactions, including asset-based lending, syndicated financings, covered bonds and notes, insolvency and restructuring and securitizations. Lippa regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, regulatory matters and commercial contracts, and acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, private equity firms and corporate borrowers in connection with the structuring and negotiating of lending arrangements. Lévesque, Éric Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-2415 erlevesque@stikeman.com Éric Lévesque is a partner and member of the Tax group. He provides tax and legal advice on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. An important part of his practice also involves advising Canadian pension funds on their various investments and he has worked closely on the tax aspects of setting up various investment funds. Levy, Serge Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3194 sergelevy@stikeman.com Serge Levy is a partner and head of the Montreal office's debt financing and projects & infrastructure groups. His practice is focused on Banking & Finance, corporate finance, financial services, and commercial law. He is routinely involved in high-profile, sophisticated debt financing transactions representing corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike, on both a secured and unsecured basis. Serge has acquired a wealth of experience in the area of cross-border leveraged finance transactions with a focus on traditional (cash flow) as well as asset-based lending. He has also had significant experience in various financing fields, including in insolvency and restructuring transactions (including debtor-in-possession financings), public debt offerings, real estate, receivables, mining, project financing, leveraged buyout, and factoring transactions. He is a member of the Montreal office's students and stagiaires committee and of the associates committee. Levin, Jon Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP > (416) 865-4401 jlevin@fasken.com Jon Levin has an unmatched reputation for providing top-level advice. An advocate of exemplary client service, Jon has acted as lead counsel in high-profile financings, takeovers and restructuring transactions. In the corporate governance area, Jon has advised special committees and has provided strategic guidance on board procedures and the implementation of governance polices in response to new legislation and developments. Jon has served as a director of a number of public and private companies, and has served as an advisory panel member to equity investment funds. He was a member of the board of directors and audit committee of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and served as a member of the board of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. He has been retained by numerous financial institutions and other clients as an expert witness in relation to certain legal and banking practices.

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