Lexpert magazine features articles and columns on developments in legal practice management, deals and lawsuits of interest in Canada, the law and business issues of interest to legal professionals and businesses that purchase legal services.
Issue link: https://digital.carswellmedia.com/i/1544329
www.lexpert.ca 31 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Bloom, Brian Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 841-6505 bbloom@dwpv.com Brian is a partner who advises on a broad range of tax matters, including cross-border mergers & acquisitions, international tax planning, and transfer pricing and international trusts and estates. Brian is regularly consulted for his expertise in structuring complex, major transactions, including the first tax-deferred conversion of a mutual fund corporation into a REIT and the first Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificate aircraft financing in Canada. Before joining Davies, Brian worked as a legislative draftsman and tax policy officer for the Department of Finance and as a rulings officer for the Canada Revenue Agency. He also advised the Canadian government on e-commerce taxation. He is a former governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and currently sits on the Canadian Branch Board of the International Fiscal Association. He is also a member of the Lord Reading Law Society. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; Tax Directors Handbook; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexology Index; Expert Guides – Transfer Pricing. Blundell, Shawn Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5547 sblundell@stikeman.com Shawn Blundell is a partner in the Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities Groups. His practice focuses on complex capital markets transactions, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial matters. Shawn has advised issuers and underwriters on a wide range of debt and equity financing transactions, including IPOs, secondary offerings, MJDS offerings, and both investment-grade and high-yield note offerings. He has worked across various industries including, technology, telecommunications, logistics, life sciences, energy, automotive, and financial services. In addition, Shawn has represented Canadian and US corporations, as well as private equity funds on M&A transactions in sectors such as retail, technology, energy, hospitality, real estate, transportation, and manufacturing industries. Boodhoo, Michelle D. McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7168 michelle.boodhoo@mcmillan.ca Michelle Boodhoo is a partner in McMillan LLP's Toronto office. She is an experienced financial services lawyer with a diverse corporate finance practice. She routinely acts for banks, financial institutions, private equity firms, and borrowers on multi-currency bilateral and syndicated financings, real estate financings, acquisition financings, and asset- based financings. A trusted advisor to Canadian and international financial institutions, she also assists domestic and international clients in domestic, cross-border, and multi-jurisdictional financings. She has served as counsel in deals ranging in size from $5 million to over $1 billion and across multiple sectors including real estate, automotive, consumer, financial services, infrastructure, manufacturing, and retail. She is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada (2024) as a leading lawyer in banking and finance law. Borden, Richard P. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-8362 rick.borden@nortonrosefulbright.com Practising extensively in the area of complex commercial transactions, Rick Borden focuses on large-scale projects and financings in the energy sector, including oil sands projects, pipeline projects, and LNG projects. His clients include major Canadian banks and project sponsors, and he has strong relationships with the key project lending specialists at the major Canadian banks. He also has significant experience in joint venture arrangements in the energy sector and often advises on matters such as default and remedy provisions in joint venture agreements. Borden generally acts as the lead counsel on all transactions in which he is involved and is directly involved in structuring matters, due diligence investigations, negotiating key business terms, and drafting from the term sheet stage through to final documentation. Borlack, Daniel Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5283 dborlack@stikeman.com Daniel Borlack is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. His practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and related matters, including cross-border and private equity transactions, as well as corporate governance, securities, and general corporate and commercial matters. He has advised Canadian and US corporations and private equity funds in numerous M&A transactions in a variety of industries, including the retail, mining, food and beverage, healthcare, media, and financial services industries.