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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 80 www.lexpert.ca Morin, Nicolas Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > nmorin@dwpv.com Nicolas's practice focuses on capital markets and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital and growth companies. He provides clients with agile, detailed, and business-driven solutions for mergers, acquisitions, securities, private equity, and venture capital transactions. Clients turn to Nicolas for his technical skills and practical advice in securities and financings, while public companies and institutional investors also routinely consult him about their disclosure requirements and corporate governance matters. He is a key contributor to the firm's thought leadership, including initiatives related to business succession and the Québec entrepreneurial ecosystem. He is also a co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University's Faculty of Law and volunteers his time as a mentor to young entrepreneurs through Québec Tech. Morphy, Randy S. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4216 rmorphy@blg.com Randy Morphy maintains a corporate tax practice with a focus on resource taxation, international taxation, and public company transactions including spin-outs, acquisitions, reorganizations, and financings. He has extensive experience developing and implementing international investment and holding structures for Canadian corporations with operations in foreign jurisdictions. He also regularly provides structuring advice to foreign entities making investments into Canada, particularly in the mining, real estate, and technology sectors. Morphy obtained a BA from the University of British Columbia and an LLB from the University of Alberta. Called to the British Columbia bar in 2005. Muggah, Sean A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4020 smuggah@blg.com Sean Muggah is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and regional manager of the Corporate Commercial and Securities and Capital Markets Groups. Muggah has experience with mergers & acquisitions, disposition and acquisition of businesses on behalf of Canadian, US, and international companies, cross-border transactions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, and partnership agreements in a variety of industries, including professional services such as engineering and computer services. His practice includes infrastructure and energy projects, and power and electricity. He advises financial institutions on regulatory and other corporate/commercial matters, and has experience advising clients in the education and not-for-profit sectors. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure, Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A, Lexpert Special Edition: Energy, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid-Market). Murphy, Robert S. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 863-5537 rmurphy@dwpv.com Rob is a partner advising clients on a broad range of transactions with an emphasis on public and private offerings of equity, debt securities, and structured products in the cross-border context. Rob also advises clients on joint ventures, asset acquisitions and divestitures, equity monetization, corporate governance, and the operation of marketplaces. Known for his expertise in securities law, Rob is regularly consulted by public companies – including mining companies – on disclosure issues and general commercial matters. He frequently acts for issuers and underwriters in major cross-border transactions and advises major US investment banks and investors on securities law compliance issues surrounding Canadian transactions. Rob is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he teaches the securities law section of the Advanced Business Law Workshop. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; IFLR1000; Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert Special Editions: Energy and Mining, Finance; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada. Murray, Ronald G. FARRIS > (604) 661-9306 rmurray@farris.com Ron advises TSX-listed issuers, private companies, investment funds, and special committees on mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and complex commercial transactions. He brings an innovative, detail-driven approach to matters that don't fit a template, regularly advising on cross-border deals with companies interlisted on senior US exchanges. He combines deep transactional and capital markets expertise with the broad perspective of a general counsel, balancing legal rigour with practical execution. Before joining FARRIS in 2000, Ron was corporate finance counsel at the Vancouver Stock Exchange, where he advised staff and executives on securities law matters and assisted with Canada's stock exchange realignment, which saw the Toronto Stock Exchange become the exclusive platform for senior equities, the Montreal Exchange the hub for derivatives trading, and the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges amalgamate to form what is now the TSX Venture Exchange. Ron is a past Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) and a former member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee (SLAC), which advises the British Columbia Securities Commission on securities law and policy matters.