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www.lexpert.ca 13 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Abudulai, Suhuyini Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6732 sabudulai@blg.com Suhuyini Abudulai's practice focuses on transactional and regulatory matters in financial services, with particular expertise in Canadian consumer protection laws and the regulation of financial services in Canada. Among other professional experience, Abudulai is co-chair of the Small and Medium Bank Forum (Canada) and is a member of the Department of Finance's Advisory Committee on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. In 2020, Abudulai was named a Lexpert Rising Star and was previously recognized as a Precedent Setter in Precedent magazine. She was called to the bar in Ontario in 2009. Adler, Yosef Aird & Berlis LLP > (416) 637-7986 yadler@airdberlis.com Yosef is a member of the firm's Corporate/Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology and International Transactions Groups. His practice revolves around advising purchasers and vendors in local, national, and international mergers and acquisitions. Yosef optimizes corporate structures, secures equity and debt financing, advises on shareholder disputes, and structures and negotiates business transactions. He counsels startups, venture capital funds, investors, and strategic businesses involved in acquisitions. Yosef is experienced in successfully guiding businesses and private equity firms through acquisitions or divestitures. Through his growing practice involving private businesses, he offers legal and strategic advice to entrepreneurs on a wide range of matters. Yosef leverages his extensive legal and business expertise, as well as an innovative approach to business law, in efficiently drafting and negotiating terms of agreements and deal structures. He also facilitates succession plans and supports potential target companies in organizing and positioning themselves for acquisition. Allard, David A. Lawson Lundell LLP > (604) 631-9108 dallard@lawsonlundell.com David practises primarily in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance & securities law. He has extensive experience focused on advising private and public company clients on transactional and general corporate commercial matters, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, and corporate governance issues. Major transactional work includes the sale and purchase of large-scale manufacturing and processing operations and businesses; multi- jurisdictional structured sale transactions; private equity and venture capital investments; convertible debt financings; early-stage financings; and corporate restructuring transactions and proceedings. He works with clients at all stages of development, from senior public companies to startups and entrepreneurs, and represents clients across a variety of industries, including forestry, services, and technology. He is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Law, M&A Law, and Natural Resources Law, and was named Vancouver Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Law (2019) and M&A Law (2021). He is recognized by Chambers Canada for his Corporate/Commercial and Forestry expertise. He is called to the British Columbia bar. Altman, Jordan Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 807-0694 jaltman@dwpv.com Jordan is a seasoned advisor on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions who has built a track record leading significant, high-stakes transactions. He has represented public and private companies on private M&A and restructuring transactions of all sizes, regularly advising international clients on doing business in Canada. His industry experience spans telecommunications, software, financial services, entertainment, natural resources, energy, manufacturing, and engineering, among others. Jordan has taken leading roles on numerous milestone transactions, both domestic and cross-border, across a wide array of industries for some of the firm's most important clients. Clients appreciate Jordan's practical, innovative approach and his hands-on leadership style, which brings clarity and confidence to even the most complex corporate transactions. Altshuler, Sherri Aird & Berlis LLP> (416) 865-3081 saltshuler@airdberlis.com Sherri is Co-Chair of the Cannabis Group and Life Sciences Group and member of the Capital Markets, Corporate/ Commercial, Mines & Minerals, Capital Pool Company, and Startups Groups. Her practice is focused on mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, public and private financings, and ongoing corporate and commercial matters. She has specialized expertise in capital markets transactions in the REIT, cannabis, technology, psychedelics, and mining sectors, including with respect to board governance, securities, and financing matters. She regularly advises corporations on public offerings, private placement financings, flow-through financings, reverse takeovers, stock exchange listings, continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and the formation and completion of qualifying transactions for companies established under the TSX Venture Exchange Capital Pool Company Program. Sherri is a member of the TSX Venture Exchange Ontario Advisory Committee and a former member of the Ontario Securities Commission Small and Medium Enterprises Committee. Sherri also instructs Corporate Finance at Windsor Law School and is a frequent public speaker. Additionally, Sherri is called upon by the media to comment on the legal, regulatory, and investment issues surrounding psychedelics in Canada.