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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 90 www.lexpert.ca Rusaw, Cameron M. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 863-5555 crusaw@dwpv.com Cam is a trusted advisor to numerous Canadian and international private equity funds and companies, leading on a range of M&A, private equity, and venture capital deals, financings, joint ventures, and information technology transactions. His practice is primarily cross border and spans many different industries – including digital infrastructure, pharmaceutical/life sciences, retail, healthcare, and technology. He is a former co-chair of the annual Canadian Private Equity M&A forum, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a member of the American Bar Association, International Bar Association, and the Canada Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Select Recognition: Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, IFLR1000; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, M&A, Technology; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year 2018, 2023 and 2025, Toronto). Sagan, Maria McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7851 maria.sagan@mcmillan.ca Maria Sagan is a highly respected financial services lawyer with over fifteen years of experience representing both borrowers and lenders. She has deep expertise in domestic, cross-border, and multi-jurisdictional financings and routinely acts for major Canadian and foreign banks, private equity firms, and domestic and international corporations. Maria advises on a wide range of financing transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, asset-based lending, acquisition finance, derivatives and structured transactions, securitizations, syndicated loans, and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings. Her practical and solutions-focused approach is informed by her secondment with the derivatives legal group of a leading Canadian bank, where she gained valuable insight into negotiating derivatives contracts with global financial institutions. Widely recognized in the industry, Maria has been named to the Secured Finance Network's Top 40 Under 40 and identified by The Secured Lender as a leading woman in commercial finance. Maria has also contributed to the business community through her service on the Board of Directors of the Association for Corporate Growth, Toronto Chapter, and as Co-Chair of its Young Professionals Committee. Sananes, Solomon Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4411 solomon.sananes@nortonrosefulbright.com Solomon Sananes practises corporate finance and securities (including both private placements and public financings), mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. In corporate financing, he acts in numerous Canadian and Canadian/US cross-border offerings of debt, equity, and derivative instruments on behalf of issuers, selling shareholders, and underwriters. In mergers and acquisitions, he participates in a variety of significant transactions, acting for both buyers and sellers of public and private companies. He also advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuous disclosure obligations, governance issues and the conduct of shareholders' meetings. Schein, Noah Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-4032 noah.schein@nortonrosefulbright.com Noah Schein's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on cross-border and multi- jurisdictional structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders, and borrowers in connection with finance transactions including bilateral and syndicated financings, securitizations, debt capital markets transactions, and insolvency and restructuring matters. Schein's experience includes asset-based loans, acquisition financings, first lien/second lien financings, capital call facilities, and specialty finance transactions. Schein also advises clients on corporate and other transactional matters. Scoler, Joel Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 863-5506 jscoler@dwpv.com Joel's practice focuses on national and international banking and finance, representing financial institutions and private equity firms. He has expertise in a broad range of finance-related matters, with an emphasis on financing of the acquisition of portfolio companies by private equity firms, leveraged buyouts, and takeover bid financings, mezzanine and subordinate debt, capital call and margin credit facilities, and asset-based lending. He is widely viewed as one of Canada's leading lawyers in finance and is regularly and consistently retained by CIBC, BMO, BNS, Royal, TD and National in connection with their sophisticated and complex financings. Select Recognition: Chambers Global (Band 1); Chambers Canada (Band 1); The Legal 500 Canada (Leading Partner); IFLR1000; Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross- Border Lawyers; Lexpert Special Edition: Finance; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexology Index: Banking.