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72 www.lexpert.ca Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Lemieux, David Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4250 david.lemieux@nortonrosefulbright.com David Lemieux practises corporate financing and restructuring. He regularly represents lending syndicates, borrowers, and investors in the areas of project financing, public and private takeover bids, asset acquisitions, monetization, securitization, structured finance, and debt restructuring, whether the financing is Canadian, cross- border, or foreign. In this capacity, he organizes and leads teams of lawyers to close these transactions. He is involved in negotiating, preparing and finalizing all aspects of these transactions, including corporate structuring, credit documentation, agreements between creditors, security documents, and the restructuring of debt. Lennard, John J. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5566 jlennard@stikeman.com John J. Lennard is a partner and Co-Head in the Toronto office's Tax Group. He works closely with leading private and public companies, as well as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and Crown corporations on corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, investment fund formation, and corporate finance matters. He frequently consults on cross-border transactions, structuring non-resident investment into Canada and outbound investment by Canadian multinationals. John also advises high-net-worth individuals on a wide variety of taxation matters. John's clients turn to him for his practical and business-oriented advice on all aspects of domestic and international tax planning. In addition to his tax planning practice, John represents taxpayers in tax audit matters and in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial taxation authorities, and acts as counsel in tax litigation matters before the courts. A frequent speaker at tax conferences and contributor to various tax publications, John is particularly well-regarded for his thought leadership on the taxation of hedge funds and other private investment funds. Leopold, John W. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3111 jleopold@stikeman.com John Leopold is a preeminent corporate lawyer who has been repeatedly recognized both nationally and internationally as one of Canada's elite practitioners in Mergers & Acquisitions and corporate law. John is ranked by Chambers Canada as a Band 1 leading lawyer in corporate/commercial where he is described as having an outstanding reputation, with one of his clients calling him "one of the finest M&A and general business lawyers I have worked with" and with several market commentators describing him as "an incredible lawyer with good business sense." He was also named by Best Lawyers in Canada (2019), based on peer review within the legal community, as Montreal Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year. John has been recognized consistently by Who's Who Legal Canada and the International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance, with clients describing him as "absolutely terrific," "always my first port of call," and "bringing real value to any deal" and attesting to his "outstanding calibre" and "all around technical excellence." John's standing in the private equity world was evidenced when he was named as one of the 30 Most Influential Private Equity Attorneys in the World by Private Equity International (the only Canadian to receive this honour). Lévesque, Éric Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-2415 erlevesque@stikeman.com Éric Lévesque is a partner and member of the Tax group. He provides tax and legal advice on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. An important part of his practice also involves advising Canadian pension funds on their various investments and he has worked closely on the tax aspects of setting up various investment funds. Levy, Serge Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3194 sergelevy@stikeman.com Serge Levy is a partner and head of the Montreal office's Debt Financing and Projects & Infrastructure groups. His practice is focused on Banking & Finance, corporate finance, financial services, and commercial law. He is routinely involved in high-profile, sophisticated debt financing transactions representing corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike, on both a secured and unsecured basis. Serge has acquired a wealth of experience in the area of cross- border leveraged finance transactions with a focus on traditional (cash flow) as well as asset-based lending. He has also had significant experience in various financing fields, including in insolvency and restructuring transactions (including debtor-in-possession financings), public debt offerings, real estate, receivables, mining, project financing, leveraged buyout, and factoring transactions. He is a member of the Montreal office's students and stagiaires committee and of the associates committee.