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www.lexpert.ca 17 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Amato, David M.A. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-1861 david.amato@nortonrosefulbright.com David M.A. Amato focuses on corporate finance and is co-chairman of the Norton Rose Fulbright asset-based lending team in Canada. As counsel and advisor to various foreign and domestic financial institutions, private debt funds, insurance companies, and an array of other credit providers, he has significant and industry-leading experience in sophisticated debt financing transactions leading numerous multi-jurisdictional, international, and domestic mandates (including asset-based, cash flow, leveraged acquisition, debtor-in-possession, mine, and project financings). As a leading member of the asset-based lending team (a corporate finance area of practice for which Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized as a leading firm), he represents, and is a trusted advisor to, a number of Canadian and US asset-based lenders. He also has extensive insolvency and restructuring experience acting on behalf of creditors. Ammerman, Darcy McMillan LLP > (613) 691-6131 darcy.ammerman@mcmillan.ca Darcy is co-leader of McMillan LLP's financial services group and a member of SFNet's Women in Secured Finance (WISF) committee. Her diverse practice focuses on complex domestic and cross-border debt financing, financial institution regulation and "near insurance" such as extended warranties. Darcy frequently acts as Canadian counsel on cross-border lending transactions and has been praised for her commercial sensibility and ability to work seamlessly with client teams to solve complex issues. Her transactional expertise includes asset-based lending, acquisition financing, sponsored finance, aircraft financing, debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and other forms of leveraged debt transactions. Darcy is a regular speaker on the topic of secured lending (including as part of the Osgoode Hall Intensive Short Course in Secured Lending & Debt Finance) and financial institution regulation. She is also known for her consistent substantive contributions to key industry publications, including Global Legal Insights – Banking Regulation and National Banking Law Review. In the insurance area, Darcy advises on regulatory approvals, reorganizations and ongoing compliance matters. She is recognized in the IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide. Andersen, Kendall E. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4078 kandersen@blg.com Ken Andersen is a partner in BLG's Vancouver office. He practises in the areas of commercial lending, bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions. Andersen acts for financial institutions, borrowers, and private lenders in secured lending transactions, including syndicated loans, construction financing, land acquisition financing, cross-border financing, asset-based lending, aircraft acquisition and financing, and financing film/video productions. He advises clients on corporate and commercial matters and acts for vendors and purchasers in merger and acquisition, disposition, and acquisition transactions. Andersen has experience in negotiating and structuring LNG projects and long-term terminal services agreements. He acts for debtors, creditors, trustees, and monitors in insolvency, realization, and restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Andersen is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, the IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, Who's Who Legal (Sports & Entertainment), and Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers. Anderson, Christopher Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 367-7448 canderson@dwpv.com Chris is a leading tax advisor handling mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, real estate transactions (including REIT transactions), infrastructure and clean energy transactions, and joint ventures. He advises many of the firm's public corporation clients with respect to acquisitions, complex restructurings, equity offerings, compensation plans, and managing tax risk. He is also a leading advisor to Canadian and global investment funds on negotiating and structuring complex cross-border transactions and developing fund structures that work for management teams and investors across a variety of jurisdictions. Chris is a trusted advisor for several family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including a number of Canada's most successful professional athletes and entertainers. Chris is a co-author of the textbook Canadian Taxation of Trusts. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; International Tax Review's World Tax; The Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Expert Guides – Rising Stars. Archer, Jennifer A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4114 jarcher@blg.com Jennifer Archer is a partner in BLG's Vancouver office. She represents and advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, public procurement, and energy transactions. Archer also has significant experience advising clients in connection with complex commercial agreements, joint venture agreements, and governance-related matters. Archer was an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law from 2010 until 2014. She has been recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.