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66 www.lexpert.ca Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Johnson, Philippe Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 841-6501 pjohnson@dwpv.com As a Managing Partner of the firm, Philippe is dedicated, as always, to embracing our clients' high-stakes challenges and providing them with innovative, clear, and efficient solutions. Philippe has spent more than two decades advising leading companies – Canadian, US, and international – on their most important Canadian investments. He has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private placements, financings, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, and other major projects. Cross-border and international deals are a significant area of focus. Philippe has been a member of our Management Committee since 2012. He is currently the outgoing Chair of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, which promotes the prosperity of the city and its businesses as well as a director of Fondation Serge Marcil, which focuses on improving the well-being of children in Haiti and Africa. Jones, Joel B. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9658 jjones@blg.com Joel Jones advises clients on a broad range of securities and corporate matters. He has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and disposition of both private and public companies; financing transactions, including public and private offerings of equity securities; and compliance with both corporate and securities regulatory requirements relating to stock exchange listings, corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, and shareholders' meetings. Jones also represents corporate clients in the negotiation, drafting, and review of various commercial agreements. Jones is a member of BLG's Audit Committee, is chair of BLG's International Committee and US Task Force, and is national lead of BLG's Agribusiness Sector Group. Prior to joining BLG, Jones worked as an equities trader in New York and as a crude-oil trading analyst in Calgary. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law) and Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers. Education: JD (University of Calgary), Advanced Leadership Program (Harvard Law School), Mergers & Acquisitions: Structuring and Leading Deals Program (Harvard Law School). Admitted to the Alberta bar in 2007. Kandev, Michael N. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 841-6556 kandev@dwpv.com Michael is a partner in the Tax, M&A, Private Equity, and Private Client practices. He has a broad tax practice with a particular focus on large, complex, cross-border M&A. Clients turn to him for meticulous and innovative tax advice. He works with major Canadian, US, and other publicly traded companies, PE and hedge funds, as well as tax-exempt institutions on investments, divestments, financings, fund formations, M&A, reorganizations, and real estate and resource projects. Michael provides counsel on disputes with tax authorities and has particular expertise in international tax issues, including foreign affiliate, tax treaty ,and transfer pricing matters. He also advises high-net worth individuals and their family offices on estate planning, personal trusts, and immigration and emigration matters. A frequent speaker at tax conferences, Michael publishes extensively in a variety of tax periodicals. He is a councillor and president of the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association. He is a contributing editor to Wolsters Kluwer International Tax Journal. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; ITR's World Tax; Best Lawyers in Canada. Karantzoulis, Gus Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6336 gkarantzoulis@blg.com Karantzoulis is a partner in BLG's Financial Services Group and regional leader of the Structured Finance and Securitization Group. Leading practitioner in financial services, focusing on lending, securitization, debt-capital markets, private-equity, and project/infrastructure financing. Advises Canadian and foreign institutional and alternative lenders, as well as borrowers, on secured and unsecured lending and other financing transactions, including senior and subordinate debt and cross-border financing, cash flow financing, syndicated loans, and secured and unsecured notes/bonds. Advises issuers, note trustees, debenture trustees, and collateral agents on variety of debt-capital market issuances. Represents participants in structured finance and securitization transactions on wide variety of asset classes (with particular experience in commercial and residential mortgage loans, credit card receivables, and other trade receivables). Advises a broad array of clients, including governments, on power projects across Canada and the financing of Canadian public-private infrastructure projects. Recognized in Chambers Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and IFLR1000. Education: MBA from Rotman School of Management and LLB from University of Toronto. Admitted to the Ontario bar in 2002. Kattan, Philippe Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3245 pkattan@stikeman.com Philippe Kattan is a partner in the Tax group. His main areas of practice include domestic and international mergers & acquisitions, cross-border financings, corporate restructurings, investment fund structuring, and public offerings.