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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 83 O'Shea, James Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 367-7577 joshea@dwpv.com A partner in the Fund Formation and Private Equity practice groups, James advises a broad range of international and Canadian clients – from global asset managers to emerging and first-time sponsors – with private fund formation, fundraising, structuring, and ongoing management throughout the fund lifecycle. He also advises on co-investments, general partner-led restructurings, and carried interest arrangements across the private capital space. James is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. He regularly speaks at programs related to private funds presented by the Canadian Venture Capital Association and the American Bar Association Business Law Section. Select Recognitions: IFLR1000, Lexpert Special Edition: Finance, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Paperman, Jason Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3689 jpaperman@stikeman.com Jason Paperman is a partner in the corporate group. His practice focuses primarily on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Jason regularly advises private and public companies as well as investors, both domestic and multinational, across a wide range of industries, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, reorganisations, and other strategic transactions. He also has extensive experience working with private equity funds and private equity portfolio companies, as well as advising on all aspects of cross-border private equity. Jason is a member of the students & stagiaires committee, which oversees recruitment of new lawyers for the Montreal office. Paquette, André McMillan LLP > (514) 987-5078 andre.paquette@mcmillan.ca André Paquette is a leading corporate lawyer with a business law practice centered primarily on mergers and acquisitions, business financing, and corporate structuring, including for non-share capital corporations and not-for- profit organizations. Drawing on his extensive expertise and business acumen, André advises and assists Canadian and foreign companies in strategic commercial transactions and operations, including in the acquisition and sale of businesses. Focused on achieving objectives while adopting a client-centric risk management strategy, André serves the manufacturing, energy, waste and residual material management, as well as food, beverage and agribusiness industries, with strong commitment to their best interests. André routinely offers sage advice on contracts, venture capital financing, the changing landscape of regulations and legislation impacting businesses in Quebec, and more. Parappally, Justin Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5591 jparappally@stikeman.com Justin Parappally is a partner in the Banking & Finance group. He has experience in acquisition financing, leveraged buyout transactions, take-private financings, gold streaming transactions, mining debt finance, forward gold sales, debtor-in-possession financing, and asset-based lending transactions. Justin acts for financial institutions, non-bank lenders, and borrowers in domestic, cross-border, and international banking and lending transactions. He acts for private equity funds in connection with leveraged acquisitions and acts as corporate counsel to numerous Canadian corporations. Justin is a member of the diversity and inclusion committee in the Toronto office. Park, Melinda, KC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9795 mpark@blg.com Melinda Park has practised securities and corporate law for over 20 years, with a focus on securities, corporate finance, and commercial transactions. She represents corporate clients on securities and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and reverse take-overs (RTOs), going public in Canada, and financings by way of prospectus and private placement offerings. She regularly advises boards of directors and committees of public and private companies. Park has extensive experience advising corporate clients and structuring business transactions. She regularly provides expertise on corporate governance and continuous disclosure for companies listed on both the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX. Obtained an LLB from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Saskatchewan. Called to the Alberta bar in 1992. Vice chair of Board of Governors of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Park is a member of BLG's Environmental, Social and Governance initiative. She was appointed to the King's Counsel in 2024. Recipient of the Calgary Influential Women in Business award in 2021. Named Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in 2017. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.