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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 90 www.lexpert.ca Muth, Andreea Pallett Valo LLP > (905) 247-4915 amuth@pallettvalo.com Andreea Muth is a partner in the business law group at Pallett Valo LLP. She advises business owners and private corporations on the structure and implementation of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, as well as comprehensive business succession planning. Combining her unique blend of corporate/commercial law and estate planning experience, Andreea sets up structures that are tailored to each client's specific estate and business needs. With foresight and experience, she helps clients looking to sell or exit their businesses plan the departure, including strategies for using family trusts and estate freezes. She also advises her clients on general corporate and commercial matters. Andreea has held increasingly senior positions, including her current role as chairwoman of the Ontario Bar Association's Business Law section, and organizes continued professional development for Ontario business lawyers. She is also a member-at-large and newsletter co-chairwoman for the Toronto branch of STEP, helping to bring relevant trust and estate planning content to over 1,000 practitioners in the GTA. LAWYER TO WATCH Nathans, Lara McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-8470 lnathans@mccarthy.ca Lara is McCarthy Tetrault's Industry Strategy Leader, responsible for leading the firm and our people to understand and align with our clients and their industries. As the founder of, and a leading practitioner in, our Retail and Consumer Markets Group, Lara is a trusted advisor to consumer-facing businesses looking to establish or grow in the Canadian market. She advises global retailers and brands entering Canada (through M&A, e-commerce, bricks and mortar or a combination) on their market entry strategies and related legal issues. She advises retail industry clients on operational issues, new channels, business lines and customer experiences, and growth across markets. Lara excels at negotiating M&A transactions, loyalty and credit card programs and commercial matters for retailers (including e-commerce/digital) and consumer-facing businesses. She provides guidance on multifaceted strategic and operational issues. Morphy, Randy S. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4216 rmorphy@blg.com Randy Morphy maintains a corporate tax practice with a focus on resource taxation, international taxation, and public company transactions including spin-outs, acquisitions, reorganizations and financings. He has extensive experience developing and implementing international investment and holding structures for Canadian corporations with operations in foreign jurisdictions. He also regularly provides structuring advice to foreign entities making investments into Canada, particularly in the mining, real estate, and technology sectors. Morphy obtained a BA from the University of British Columbia and an LLB from the University of Alberta. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2005. Murray, Ronald G. FARRIS > (604) 661-9306 rmurray@farris.com Ron's practice focuses on M&A, complex commercial transactions, and financings (equity, debt, and alternative structures). He advises TSX-listed issuers, private companies, investment funds, and special committees on structuring M&A transactions (both negotiated/unsolicited), directors' fiduciary duties, and other corporate governance and regulatory matters. Ron brings a detail-driven approach to matters that don't fit a template, regularly advising on cross-border deals. He combines deep transactional and capital markets expertise with the broad perspective of a general counsel, balancing legal rigour with business realities. Before joining FARRIS in 2000, Ron was corporate finance counsel at the Vancouver Stock Exchange, where he advised staff and executives on securities law matters and assisted with Canada's stock exchange realignment, which saw the TSX become the exclusive platform for senior equities, the Montreal Exchange the hub for derivatives trading, and the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges amalgamate to form what is now the TSX Venture Exchange. Ron is a past Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the CBA (BC Branch) and a former member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee, which advises the BC Securities Commission on securities law and policy matters. Muggah, Sean A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4020 smuggah@blg.com Sean Muggah is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and regional manager of the Corporate Commercial and Securities and Capital Markets Groups. Muggah has experience with mergers & acquisitions, disposition and acquisition of businesses on behalf of Canadian, US, and international companies, cross-border transactions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, and partnership agreements in a variety of industries, including professional services such as engineering and computer services. His practice includes infrastructure and energy projects, and power and electricity. He advises financial institutions on regulatory and other corporate/commercial matters, and has experience advising clients in the education and not-for- profit sectors. He is recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), Lexpert Special Edition: In astructure, Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A, Lexpert Special Edition: Energy, and e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid-Market).

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