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www.lexpert.ca 71 Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers Leclair-Ghosh, Amar Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4612 amar.leclair-ghosh@nortonrosefulbright.com Amar Leclair-Ghosh practises in the areas of public and private mergers and acquisitions, both nationally and internationally. In addition to M&A, he advises on corporate strategy and transaction execution, joint ventures, financing and public offerings, privatizations, shareholder disputes, and general corporate matters. Leclair-Ghosh works with Canadian public companies, US and European public companies with extensive Canadian operations, and large domestic private businesses pursuing growth through acquisitions. He represents clients in a variety of industries, including technology, mining, biotech, financial services, real estate, forestry and wood products, and media. Leduc, Pierre-Yves Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3696 pyleduc@stikeman.com Pierre-Yves Leduc is a partner and head of the Montreal office's corporate group. His practice focuses primarily on the areas of public and private, domestic and cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions, securities, and corporate finance. Pierre-Yves has over 20 years of extensive experience advising issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements, and corporations in acquisitions and divestitures. He also has a solid track record of advising both buyers and sellers on numerous takeover bids, going-private, and restructuring transactions, in addition to advising on corporate governance matters. He services clients in many industries, including agribusiness, hospitality, food & beverages, manufacturing, pharmaceutics, and paper. He serves as co-chairman of the Montréal office's associates committee and is active in the recruitment, development and retention, and promotion of associates. Pierre-Yves' strong corporate commercial practice is recognized by many legal directories such as Chambers Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Lee, Louise K. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9408 lolee@blg.com Louise K. Lee is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group in BLG's Calgary office. Lee advises clients on private and public financings, including venture capital and private equity and mergers, acquisitions, and other business combinations of public and private issuers, including take-over bids, amalgamations and plans of arrangement, and other corporate reorganizations. She also assists clients to ensure compliance with corporate and securities regulatory requirements. She is a co-leader of BLG's Driven by Women Initiative in Calgary and is also a member of BLG's Private Equity Steering Committee. Lee was called to the Alberta bar in 2006. Legge, Dion J. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-9438 dion.legge@nortonrosefulbright.com Dion Legge practises tax law. His practice focuses on the income tax aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, debt and equity financings, and the taxation of flow-through vehicles. Legge also advises on tax-planning issues related to international structures for Canadian-based multinational corporations, on investments by non-residents in Canada, and on structuring cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and financings. Legge, Jennifer G. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5660 jlegge@stikeman.com Jennifer Legge is a partner in Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring & Insolvency groups. Jennifer advises her clients on a diverse range of corporate and business law matters, having over 25 years' experience in structuring, negotiating, documenting, and administering a wide variety of financing arrangements, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated secured syndicated financings, term loan and asset-based loan facilities, bilateral credit facilities, acquisitions and leveraged buyout financings, project and P3 financings, margin loans, unitranche loans, amendments and extensions, intercreditor arrangements, and dividend recaps. Jennifer advises her clients in structuring, negotiating, and documenting merger and acquisition transactions across a range of industries. She acts for strategic buyers of businesses, for entrepreneurs in dispositions of family-owned businesses and for private equity investors in acquisitions and dispositions.