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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 81 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. As the former Chair of the Ontario Bar Association's Business Law section, she organizes professional development for lawyers and leads efforts to modernize corporate law legislation and business registry services for Ontario business lawyers. She is also the Secretary of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Toronto. LAWYER TO WATCH Nawata, Denise FARRIS > (604) 661-1746 dnawata@farris.com Denise Nawata is a corporate-commercial partner, practising in the fields of corporate finance & securities, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, and corporate governance law. Her practice is focused on complex business transactions, for both public and private companies at various stages of their corporate growth. Denise acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including natural resources (with extensive experience in mining and oil & gas transactions), technology, and life sciences. Denise was named as one of the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2016; a Lexpert Lawyer to Watch in 2017; recognized as a Lexpert Leading Lawyer in Canada and in Lexpert Special Editions – Energy & Mining and Finance & M&A; and in Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada. She is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada directory for her work in mergers & acquisitions, corporate, and securities law. Admitted to the Alberta bar (2005) and British Columbia bar (2006). Neighbor, Mark McMillan LLP > (604) 691-7439 mark.neighbor@mcmillan.ca Mark Neighbor practises business law with a focus on capital markets and securities matters. His exceptional expertise encompasses going public transactions, equity and debt financing, and public mergers and acquisitions. Representing clients in Canada and abroad, Mark has developed deep industry knowledge in the mining and technology sectors. Mark assists clients with listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Securities Exchange through qualifying transactions, reverse takeovers and initial public offerings. Advising on a wide range of complex transactional matters, Mark also helps clients through asset and share acquisitions, going private transactions, corporate reorganizations and spinouts. He also provides advice on continuous disclosure, corporate governance and stock exchange requirements. Nguyen, Stephen Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6021 SNguyen@blg.com Stephen advises private companies on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. He has particular expertise in private mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and commercial arrangements and agreements. He also advises non-profit organizations on corporate, commercial and governance matters. Stephen articled with BLG before joining the firm. He also summered in-house with an international manufacturer of consumer goods. LAWYER TO WATCH Nigro, Mario Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-6810 mnigro@stikeman.com Mario Nigro is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and private equity & venture capital groups and a member of the firm's partnership board. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, financings and complex corporate reorganizations, and general business law. Mario has extensive experience working with private equity firms, search funds, independent sponsors, and venture capital firms on sophisticated transactions including acquisitions and dispositions. He has also worked on a variety of Canadian private equity fund transactions including buyouts, leveraged buyouts, and secondaries, for leading private equity firms. Mario also routinely advises owner operators who are looking at selling their businesses. He has worked with both entrepreneurs looking to sell a minority interest to grow their businesses and owners looking for a complete exit. Mario has significant experience across all industries and has represented some of the leading food, retail, services, technology, and manufacturing businesses in Canada including a leading provider of outsourced office and workplace solutions. He works with a number of fast-growing technology companies through their acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and growth capital transactions.