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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 88 www.lexpert.ca Miks, Kristopher Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (604) 641-4806 kristopher.miks@nortonrosefulbright.com Kristopher Miks' practice focuses on securities and corporate law in a wide range of industries, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and providing corporate governance and securities regulatory advice. Miks has represented both purchasers and vendors involved in friendly and hostile mergers and acquisitions transactions, including takeover bids, plans of arrangement, reverse takeovers and other business combination transactions. He has also advised issuers, underwriters and institutional investors in a wide range of financing transactions, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, private placements and alternative forms of equity and debt financing. In addition, Miks frequently provides advice to Canadian public companies on their disclosure, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities law obligations. Additionally, Miks frequently advises entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging growth companies on corporate structure, governance, financing and licensing matters. LAWYER TO WATCH Milazzo, Anthony Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > (BLG) (416) 367-6666 amilazzo@blg.com Anthony Milazzo is a partner and member of BLG's Corporate Commercial Group. He is an experienced corporate and business transactions lawyer and trusted legal advisor to his clients. Milazzo practises corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and finance. He represents Canadian and foreign public and private companies, financial institutions, and private equity sponsors. His clients range from emerging companies to market leaders operating across a broad spectrum of industries including healthcare, technology, life sciences, manufacturing, food, energy and distribution. He is thoroughly familiar with the business and legal challenges regularly faced by emerging and established technology companies. Milazzo is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, and American Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and a former Adjunct Professor at Western University Law School (Advanced M&A). He graduated from Faculty of Law at Queen's University (1995) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto (1989). Milazzo was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1997. McNaughton, Robb Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9689 rmcnaughton@blg.com Robb McNaughton is a partner at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the M&A and Capital Markets Group. His clients include local and multinational mining and resource issuers along with national and international funds and investment banks focused on the sector. McNaughton and his team completed over the last year or so more than a dozen mining-related listings and financings. McNaughton is a national leader in public listings on the NEO and TSX. He has been a leader in innovation and his accomplishments include RTO structures for NEO listings, and the first trust and international capital pool companies, among other things. McNaughton is a member of the TSX Venture Exchange Local Advisory Committee. McNaughton's professional experience includes working as the vice-president of Strategy and Corporate Operations at Assante Corporation, a financial services company formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that was sold to CI Financial for approximately $850 million. He was previously an executive of a large private company in Japan. McNaughton has sat on multiple public and private company boards of directors (including resource issuers) and has a large shareholder activism practice specializing in hostile and special situations. Métivier, Amélie Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-6496 ametivier@stikeman.com Amelie Metivier is a partner in the corporate group in Montreal. Her practice focuses on securities, Capital Markets, and public mergers and acquisitions. With over 15 years of extensive corporate experience, Amelie has represented clients in high-profile transactions and is vastly regarded for her corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions experience. She regularly acts for industry-leading listed companies, underwriters, and investors in connection with public offerings, bought-deal transactions, cross-border offerings, and private placement transactions. Amelie also regularly advises on continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance matters, and other ongoing securities law questions. She is a member of the Montréal office's students & stagiaires committee, which oversees recruitment for this office. Amelie is recognized by e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer repeatedly recommended for her strong corporate finance & securities practice. Meighen, Christian McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4165 cmeighen@mccarthy.ca Christian Meighen is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault's National Tax Group in Montreal. His practice focuses on corporate tax and tax planning. Christian advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as domestic and international corporate reorganizations. He is also experienced in the tax aspects of restructuring of insolvent or financially distressed corporations. Christian has acted for large Canadian and foreign corporations in matters relating to general corporate tax issues as well as domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Christian has lectured at the HEC Montreal Law Faculty of Université de Montréal in the Master of Laws (Taxation) program for 20 years and is a frequent speaker on tax matters at conferences and seminars, and has authored or co-authored articles and presentations for various organisations such as the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF) and the Canadian Tax Foundation. Christian is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the APFF, and the Canadian Bar Association. He obtained his law degree at the Université Laval in 1996 and his Masters in taxation at the Université de Montréal in 2000. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1998.

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