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56 www.lexpert.ca Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Fraser, Jill P. Aird & Berlis LLP > (416) 865-7744 jfraser@airdberlis.com Jill is the firm's Managing Partner and a member of the Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare Groups. Jill's practice focuses on corporate and commercial lending transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, secured loans, project financings, acquisition financings, venture capital investments, and asset-based lending. She is also experienced in asset/ equipment finance and leasing, including the structuring and documenting of bulk lease-financing facilities and private securitizations. Jill has an active practice representing borrowers from many different industries, as well as acting for a broad range of lenders, including domestic and international banks, life insurance companies, asset-based lenders, and investment funds. She is a member of the Canadian Finance & Leasing Association and Chair of the Board of Governors at Havergal College. Recognized in Chambers Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada, and named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year in Equipment Finance Law (Toronto) in 2019, 2021, and 2024. Recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers. Listed in the Lexpert Leading Canadian Lawyers in Finance and M&A Special Edition and Lexpert Special Edition: Leading Canadian Lawyers in Energy and Mining. Frenette, Vincent Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3177 vfrenette@blg.com Vincent Frenette is the regional managing partner of BLG's Montreal office and practises within our Financial Services Group. He works mainly on behalf of lenders (including major Canadian banks and some foreign banks), insurance companies, other institutional lenders, as well as alternate and private lenders. He also works on behalf of borrowers for the financing of private and public corporations, mainly via syndicated transactions. He is involved in construction and project loans and other types of real estate financing, in addition to alternative financing through asset-based lending, leasing, factoring, and convertible debt. He routinely advises lenders on legal aspects of loan programs and related processes. Frenette regularly acts as strategic adviser for commercial and legal issues as well as on financing arrangements related to acquisitions, restructuring, and other similar operations, for clients operating in various industries such as real estate, energy, media, transportation, telecommunications, entertainment, manufacturing, professional services, and insurance. His practice covers contractual arrangements related to swaps and other derivative instruments, for interest rate and currency hedging, mainly as part of financial arrangements. Fridman, Richard Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 367-7483 rfridman@dwpv.com Richard is a leading corporate and M&A lawyer who advises clients across industries, with particular expertise in the natural resources and energy sectors. In addition to advising clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and transactions, Richard is regularly consulted by public companies on the ever-changing corporate governance and regulatory landscape. His clients include leading mining and energy companies with assets that span the globe, and he has worked on transactions in North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe. Richard has vast experience assisting resource clients with joint ventures, complex shareholders' agreements, earn-in arrangements, permitting, stability agreements with host governments, financing (including metals streaming transactions), royalties, and off-take arrangements. Richard is trained in both common and civil law, is proficient in both English and French, and is called to the bars of Ontario, Québec, and New York. Before joining Davies, he served as a clerk to Justice Charles D. Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada. Richard is a member of Davies' Management Committee. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; Legal 500 Canada; Best Lawyers in Canada. Friedman, Eric B. McMillan LLP > (416) 307-4030 eric.friedman@mcmillan.ca Eric Friedman is a partner in the firm's Financial Services Group. His practice focuses on complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional secured and unsecured debt financing transactions including syndicated lending, leveraged acquisitions, note offerings, sustainable finance, tender offer financings, asset-based lending, equipment financing, and subordinated lending. Eric regularly acts for and advises the Government of Canada, various domestic and foreign financial institutions, corporate borrowers, private equity funds, and other lenders with respect to a wide variety of transactions. Recent transactions include acting for the Government of Canada on two issuances of green bonds, advising the Bank of Canada in connection with its ELA and STLF facilities, advising a Canadian global materials technology company in connection with its financing arrangements, acting for a Canadian public company in the construction space on an increase in its financing arrangements, and acting for a multinational supplement manufacturing company on numerous amendments to its credit facilities. Eric is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in banking and finance law and by IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide in banking law. Friel, Michèle Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-6074 michele.friel@nortonrosefulbright.com Michèle Friel practises in the areas of commercial contracts, corporate financing, financial services, and general banking law. Her practice focuses primarily on secured financing transactions in Canada and cross-border loans, both on a syndicated and non-syndicated basis. Friel represents and advises banks and other lending institutions as well as borrowers in a broad range of financing transactions, including asset-based loans, cash-flow loans, project financings, acquisition financings, factoring, securitization transactions, and capital call or subscription loans. She has extensive experience working on financing transactions, which involve taking guarantees and security in multiple jurisdictions in Canada, the US, and other countries around the world.