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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 89 Milelli, Sven O. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (604) 643-7125 smilelli@mccarthy.ca Sven Milelli is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver. He advises Canadian, US and international public and private companies and investors in a wide range of industries regarding mergers & acquisitions, securities offerings, joint ventures and corporate governance matters. Recognized as a leading lawyer in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Mid-Market, Private Equity and Energ y. Formerly a senior associate with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. Millette, Claudine Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3174 cmillette@blg.com National business leader of BLG's Financial Services Group. Claudine Millette focuses her financial services practice primarily on lending and financing, insolvency, and corporate restructuring. More specifically, Millette represents banks and other financial institutions, both nationally and internationally, arranging credit facilities and security transactions. She also advises financial institutions in restructuring credit arrangements for businesses facing financial difficulties. Millette handles both public and private financing, including syndicated transactions, asset-based lending transactions, acquisition financing transactions, project financing, cross-border transactions, and leveraged financing. She is also recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada. Millette obtained her LLB from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1998. Mitchell, Craig Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5509 cmitchell@stikeman.com Craig Mitchell is a partner in the Banking & Finance group. His practice focuses on banking, restructurings, and workouts. He has experience in private acquisition financings, takeover bid financings, debtor-in-possession financings, asset-based lending, and mezzanine lending. Craig acts as counsel to both lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border financings in North America, Europe, and Asia, and as counsel to creditors and debtors in commercial insolvencies and restructurings. He also acts as counsel to private equity funds in connection with leveraged mergers and acquisitions. Montagne, Hadrien McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4135 hmontagne@mccarthy.ca Hadrien Montagne is the Quebec Region Business Law Group Practice Lead. His practice is primarily focused on mergers & acquisitions, securities law matters, public financings and private equity, both domestic and cross-border. Hadrien has participated in numerous going-private transactions of publicly listed issuers and Canadian and cross-border mergers & acquisitions across a wide range of industries. In the course of these transactions, he has acted for a diversified range of clients, including the selling companies as well as strategic and financial buyers. Hadrien has also acted as counsel to issuers and underwriters in various public offerings (including initial public offerings) and private placements of publicly listed issuers. Moriartey, Michelle N. FARRIS > (604) 661-9325 mmoriartey@farris.com Michelle is a partner in the Tax Group and leads the Tax Litigation Practice at FARRIS LLP. Michelle has extensive experience in all aspects of tax litigation and dispute resolution, including representing clients in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the BC Ministry of Finance, from the audit and objection stages to appeals before the courts. Michelle regularly appears on tax matters before the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and all levels of courts in British Columbia. Michelle also resolves tax problems through other means, including voluntary disclosures, taxpayer relief requests, rectification and rescission proceedings and remission applications. Michelle advises clients in respect of a wide range of Canadian tax issues, including tax avoidance, real property transactions, residence for tax purposes, employee and shareholder benefits, taxation of trusts and estates, RRSPs and TFSAs, offshore tax compliance, and GST/HST. In the insolvency context, Michelle is regularly consulted regarding director's liability tax issues, complex payment arrangements with the CRA, and to provide advice in the restructuring context relating to isolating or otherwise addressing tax liabilities within a corporate group.

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