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www.lexpert.ca 55 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Elliott, Jeffrey Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5655 jelliott@stikeman.com Jeffrey Elliott is a partner in the Financial Products & Services, capital markets, and securities groups. His practice focuses on representing domestic and international sponsor and investor clients in the formation and capitalization of a broad range of private funds with investment mandates covering private equity, debt, energy, real estate, agribusiness, infrastructure, emerging markets, leveraged buyouts, venture, growth equity, fund of funds, and hedge funds. He has also assisted sponsors in the formation of each of Canada's institutional funds of search funds and is a leader in this area. Jeffrey also has significant experience in securities law, with an emphasis on investment funds, including structured products, mutual funds, and other pooled investments. His clients include investment fund managers, dealers, and advisers (both domestic and international), and public and private investment funds and financial institutions. Everall, Daniel FARRIS > (604) 661-1733 deverall@farris.com Daniel provides practical and strategic solutions as transactional and general counsel to clients as they navigate legal and regulatory issues and opportunities. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, restructurings, corporate governance, and a wide range of commercial transactions. He also regularly advises public companies on all matters related to continuous and periodic disclosure. LAWYER TO WATCH Fedun, Wayne W. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-9414 wayne.fedun@nortonrosefulbright.com Wayne Fedun has practised oil and gas law in Canada and internationally since 1992. He has negotiated and prepared a variety of energy industry agreements, including joint venture agreements, project development agreements, project finance agreements, facility agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, transportation agreements, marketing agreements, Canadian East Coast offshore agreements, and various South American and Central Asian agreements. These agreements related to projects ranging from several million to several billion dollars and involved conventional energy matters, heavy oil and oil sands projects, and offshore drilling and production projects. As a member of our Canadian banking and finance team, Fedun acts as a lender and borrower counsel in connection with debt financings, being responsible for preparing and commenting on loan agreements, security documents, and considering registration and priority issues. The financing transactions he has led involve various structures, including demand facilities and long-term, secured, syndicated arrangements respecting credit facilities of up to several hundred million dollars. Ferrara, Justin E. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-8393 justin.ferrara@nortonrosefulbright.com Justin Ferrara's main practice is in securities law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Ferrara has represented a number of publicly traded and privately held clients in a broad range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity financings, corporate reorganizations, and corporate governance issues. Ferrara has also advised special committees regarding numerous types of strategic and related-party transactions. Filiatrault, Vincent Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-6105 vincent.filiatrault@nortonrosefulbright.com Vincent Filiatrault practises business law, with a focus on private mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial arrangements, as well as infrastructure. Filiatrault also routinely advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters. Filiatrault has developed a business law practice ranging from advising small and medium enterprises in the context of mergers and acquisitions, as well as in the context of shareholders' agreements and other complex commercial agreements, to advising multinational corporations on large-scale transactions. In addition, Filiatrault has been involved in some of the most important public-private partnership transactions occurring in Quebec in recent years. Also, Filiatrault acted for clients in distressed M&A matters with a focus on the mining and resources industries, including in transactions made in the context of insolvency proceedings.