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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 100 www.lexpert.ca Williams, Nicholas C. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 863-5559 nwilliams@dwpv.com Nick's practice focuses on finance, private M&A, and energy, with a particular emphasis on project finance, infrastructure and energy development/acquisitions, secured lending, and public-private partnerships. He has participated in numerous project finance, public-private partnership, infrastructure, private M&A, and private equity transactions across multiple sectors, including energy (hydro, wind, solar, and nuclear), infrastructure, and mining. He also has significant expertise in syndicated lending, having acted for lenders and borrowers on syndicated domestic and multijurisdictional financing transactions. Clients of various types – including banks, life insurance companies, infrastructure funds, investors, developers, and government agencies – rely on Nick for his insightful advice and practical approach to resolving commercial and legal issues. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; IFLR1000; The Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers; Best Lawyers in Canada's Toronto Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025, and Toronto Project Finance Law Lawyer of the Year 2018; Lexpert Special Editions: Energy, Finance, M&A, Infrastructure; Lexology Index; Expert Guides – Project Finance. Wilson, David T. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 863-5517 dwilson@dwpv.com David advises on Canadian and cross-border securities transactions with a focus on capital markets and is known for his practical and innovative solutions. He has extensive experience representing public and private companies, investment banks, and institutional investors on a broad range of transactions both in and outside Canada. These transactions include debt and equity offerings (public and private), liability-management transactions, PIPEs and other private investments, mergers, and takeover bids. David is also a key contributor in shaping Canadian capital markets regulation through his frequent commentary to Canadian securities regulators. David's vast experience advising on offerings from both Canadian and US perspectives allows him to effectively bridge differences in securities law and practice between Canada and the United States. He is admitted to both the Ontario and New York Bars. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; IFLR1000; Lexpert Special Edition: Finance; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Who's Who Legal: Capital Markets; The Canadian Law Awards. Wolfensohn, Dan Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 841-6503 dwolfensohn@dwpv.com Dan is a highly-regarded banking and finance lawyer who leads his national and cross-border practice from Montreal. He regularly leads large, complex, and innovative transactions, including cross-border financings and first-of-their-kind structures in emerging asset classes. Dan has deep technical expertise across the full spectrum of commercial financing matters, with particular strength in leveraged and acquisition financings, complex cross-border credit facilities, subscription and fund finance, asset-backed securitizations, and syndicated corporate financings. He acts as trusted counsel to a broad range of clients, including prominent corporate borrowers, leading private equity sponsors, major pension fund managers, and top-tier financial institutions. Dan leverages his decades of commercial finance experience in guiding these clients through their most significant and strategically important transactions with a pragmatic and commercially focused approach that delivers results. Dan is a member of our Montreal Student/Stagiaire Evaluation Committee and our Opinion Review Committee. He is co-chair of the Secured Transactions Subcommittee of the UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of the ABA and an active member in the Montreal Opinion Working Group subcommittee of the CBA. Young, Janel Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 781-9190 jyoung@stikeman.com Janel Young is a partner in the Corporate Commercial group whose practice focuses on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance and securities. She acts for private and public companies and investment funds on a broad range of matters including public and private offerings of securities, initial public offerings, asset and share purchase and sale transactions, plan of arrangement transactions, and corporate reorganizations. Janel also acts for public entities with respect to stock exchange listings, corporate governance, and securities regulatory compliance matters. Zed, Joe Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 350-2588 jzed@blg.com Joe Zed's practice focuses on public and private corporate finance transactions and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He also advises Canadian and international companies on a wide range of corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. Zed routinely acts for various internationally based private equity funds in connection with the marketing and sale of funds into Canada.