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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 65 Imerti, Vince F. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5555 vimerti@stikeman.com Vince Imerti is a partner in the real estate, corporate, and Tax groups. Vince has led teams in a number of complex and large acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, debt restructurings, financings, and derivative transactions. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate, trust, and partnership investment matters particularly in the alternative asset space. He has extensive experience forming funds and structuring, negotiating, and implement- ing direct and indirect real estate, infrastructure, and private equity investment transactions for both Canadian and international clients including pension funds. Vince has also been deeply involved with the establishment of various investment funds and investment structures for taxable and exempt domestic and international corporations, trusts, partnerships, sovereign wealth funds, Crown entities, pension funds, and pension corporations in the alternative space. Jacquin, Maxime Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-2444 mjacquin@stikeman.com Maxime Jacquin is a partner in the corporate group. His practice is mainly focused on Corporate financing, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure and energy projects. He regularly acts for institutional lenders, private equity funds, project sponsors, and public and private companies in a variety of transactions, including acquisition financ- ings, project financings, public-private partnerships, public debt offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He has also acquired extensive experience in the area of renewable energy, infrastructure, and utilities. He is also a member of the Montreal office's knowledge management and legal innovation committee. Jamison, Brooke Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 367-7477 bjamison@dwpv.com Brooke is a partner in the Corporate, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. She is highly regarded for her expertise, judgment, and deep knowledge of the market in the fund formation area. Brooke works with a number of prominent fund sponsors and institutional investors within Canada and globally, including in the private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, and debt fund contexts. She routinely advises established and startup funds on fundraising activities and secondary transactions, including structured and GP-led secondary transactions. Brooke is a recognized expert in compensation arrangements for private fund managers, and she is frequently retained to provide advice and guidance for the structuring and implementation of carried interest plans and other performance-based compensation arrangements. Brooke also regularly counsels private equity and venture capital funds on their M&A transactions and investments. Select recognition: Chambers Canada; IFLR1000; Lexpert Special Editions: Energy and Mining, Finance, M&A, Infrastructure; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; PLC Which Lawyer?. Jarvis, Sasa McMillan LLP > (778) 328-1489 sasa.jarvis@mcmillan.ca Sasa Jarvis is a respected capital markets and securities lawyer and the National Co-Leader of McMillan's Mining Group. Her practice focuses on corporate and securities law, advising private and public companies on a broad range of transactions. She has extensive experience with financings for public and private issuers, initial public offerings, stock exchange listings, mergers and acquisitions, and continuous disclosure obligations. Sasa's capital markets practice spans key industries such as energy, technology, and life sciences, with a particular emphasis on mining and natural resources. She advises clients on property option agreements, mineral property acquisitions, asset purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, and technical disclosure requirements. She also assists strategic investors seeking to invest in Canadian mining companies or mineral assets. A frequent writer and speaker, Sasa contributes to discus- sions on developments in Canadian law affecting the mining industry and natural resources policy, offering valuable insight to clients and industry participants. LAWYER TO WATCH Johnson, Kevin E., KC Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-8250 kevin.johnson@nortonrosefulbright.com Focusing on corporate and securities law matters, Kevin Johnson acts for a variety of participants in capital markets transactions, primarily in the energy sector. He has acted for issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors, and investment dealers in public and private offerings of securities, related party transactions, corporate reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on corporate governance and disclosure compliance matters.