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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 87 Redican, Stephen J. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6134 sredican@blg.com Stephen Redican is a leading financial services lawyer who provides clients with practical legal advice related to banking, financial institution regulation, fintech, payment cards, and payment mechanisms. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in these areas and is ranked in Chambers for both Financial Institution Regulation and FinTech. He is also the firm's national group head for Specialized Business Law, comprised of Financial Services, Commercial Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Tax, is a member of the Firm's National Management Committee, and is the co-chair of the firm's Innovation Thought Leadership Committee. Redican has extensive experience creating innovative and efficient solutions for clients and using innovative tools and technologies. He obtained an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BA (Hons.) from McGill University. Called to the Ontario bar in 1996. Reiner, David Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (416) 367-7478 dreiner@dwpv.com David is a partner in Davies' Commercial Real Estate, Corporate, and Infrastructure practices. A seasoned leader of complex, real estate-focused transactions, he advises on joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings across stabilized and development assets. He is a trusted advisor to several of the largest property owners, developers, asset and property managers, pension plans, and investment funds. David's practical, business-minded approach gives him a deep understanding of his clients' priorities. He counsels on domestic and cross-border matters involving all property types and has been instrumental in leading some of the country's most significant real estate transactions. Widely respected in the real estate community, David also has extensive experience with large infrastructure and landscape-changing projects. Select recognition: Chambers Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; Lexpert Special Edition: M&A; The Best Lawyers in Canada. Renton, Darin R. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5635 drenton@stikeman.com Darin Renton is a partner in the financial products & services and energy – oil & gas groups. His practice focuses on the formation, structuring, and distribution of investment funds, including private equity, mortgage, real estate, hedge and closed-end funds, mutual funds, ETFs, and flow-through limited partnerships. Darin has structured funds that invest in bitcoin, cryptocurrency, films, and litigation. He has significant experience in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and private placements, including the distribution of offshore funds to institutional investors. He advises fund managers and investment dealers on Securities registration, regulatory, and compliance matters, and assists strategic investors with corporate governance issues and disclosure obligations for investments in public companies. Riddell, Peter Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4536 peter.riddell@nortonrosefulbright.com Peter Riddell is the Montreal local co-chair of our business law group. Riddell's practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and other complex commercial arrangements, carve-out transactions, and corporate and commercial law. He represents clients in various industries, including aerospace, agriculture, technology, pharma, renewable energy and entertainment. Riddell has developed a relatively broad corporate practice ranging from advising large multinational corporations in the context of cross-border M&A, to smaller emerging scale-ups in early- and later- stage financings. He has a great deal of experience representing Canada-based corporations in connection with their international M&A and other transactions, leveraging NRF's global platform to assist with jurisdiction-specific matters that arise in these transactions. Robson, Scott Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9589 srobson@blg.com Scott Robson is a partner in BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group in Calgary. Robson's practice focuses on advising clients on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, shareholder activism, and other important corporate and securities law matters. He has extensive experience acting for both public and private companies operating in a broad range of industries, including energy and natural resources, technology, healthcare, consumer and retail, transportation and automotive, industrials, financial, and lodging and real estate. Robson also regularly advises companies and their boards of directors on corporate governance requirements, continuous disclosure obligations, stock exchange requirements, and general commercial matters. Called to the Alberta bar in 2015.