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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 96 www.lexpert.ca Pletcher, Fred R. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4245 fpletcher@blg.com Fred Pletcher is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and the national leader of BLG's Mining Group. He provides practical advice on complex transactions and prides himself on achieving exceptional results for clients. Pletcher advises public companies and underwriters in connection with mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, and general commercial matters. In the mining field, Pletcher acts for Canadian and international mining companies in acquisitions and dispositions of mines, development projects and exploration properties, joint venture and option agreements, royalty and streaming transactions, expropriations, and NI 43-101 reporting obligations. Pletcher o en advises boards of directors and special committees of public companies. He also has considerable experience in the field of shareholder activism. He frequently speaks and publishes papers on corporate, securities, and mining issues. He is recognized as a leading Canadian practitioner in these areas in numerous Canadian and international ranking publications. Plummer, George A. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7796 gaplummer@mccarthy.ca George Plummer is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault's Real Property and Planning Group in Toronto as well as a New York-called foreign legal consultant. His practice focuses on real estate (including financing), secured lending and project finance and capital markets. Having moved to Toronto a er three years of practice at a major New York law firm, George has extensive experience in the real estate sphere, having represented several multinational banks and other lending institutions in mezzanine and mortgage financing transactions. Since joining McCarthy Tétrault, George has been involved in a number of complex transactions, including representing a group of pension funds, as co-lenders, for a US$625 million acquisition facility in connection with the acquisition by a US private equity fund of an industrial property portfolio in the Greater Toronto Area. He also acted for a syndicate led by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in providing $325 million credit facilities to Revera Inc. As a skilled lawyer, George is listed in the Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law category by Best Lawyers in Canada. He was called to the New York bar in 2014 and the Ontario bar in 2017. Phelan, Jason McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4162 jasphelan@mccarthy.ca Partner in the firm's Business Law Group in Montreal. Practice focuses on corporate finance, securitization and banking law across a variety industries including Financial Services, Energy & Resources, Power, and Infrastructure. He specializes in helping clients with the national and international implementation of various types of credit facilities and the taking of security. Jason obtained his BCL/LLB from McGill University and holds a Master in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Young Bar Association of Montreal. Pleasant, Jeremy McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7906 jpleasant@mccarthy.ca Jeremy Pleasant is a Partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. Jeremy acts for various public and private companies, including many leading financial sponsors, on a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions, particularly in the technology, energy transition, infrastructure and real estate industries. Jeremy was previously based in the Firm's New York office, where he focused on Canada/US cross-border M&A transactions and financings, providing Canadian corporate advice to US-based clients acquiring assets or conducting business in Canada. Piasta, John E. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (403) 260-3714 jpiasta@mccarthy.ca John's practice focuses on public and private mergers & acquisitions (M&A), capital markets transactions, including cross-border financings, and corporate governance matters. In the course of his practice John regularly: i) acts for issuers and investment dealers in respect of private and public debt and equity offerings, financial advisory services, and regulatory compliance; ii) advises clients in connection with corporate and asset acquisitions and dispositions; and iii) acts for public and private entities in relation to ongoing corporate and securities law compliance as well as governance and securityholder matters. His extensive experience in the M&A space includes takeover bids, plans of arrangement, amalgamations, and corporate reorganizations.

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