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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers www.lexpert.ca 95 Story, Craig A. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 266-9098 cstory@stikeman.com Craig Story is a partner in the capital markets and mergers & acquisitions groups. He has served on the firm's partnership board, as well as on the management group for the Calgary office. Craig's practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including public and private capital markets offerings, Private Equity and venture capital funds, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. His corporate finance practice includes advising issuers, major investors, and underwriters in both the public and exempt markets. Specific transaction experience includes bought deals, MJDS offerings, shelf prospectuses, private equity and venture capital fund creation, restructuring, and initial public offerings. Craig advises clients and special committees with respect to numerous types of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. Representative clients include energy companies, service and infrastructure companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, midstream companies, and investment bankers. Craig has been counsel to issuers and underwriters with respect to private placements and public offerings, including cross-border offerings for both debt and equity financings. Suarez, Steve Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6702 ssuarez@blg.com Steve Suarez is a partner in BLG's Tax Group in Toronto. His practice focuses exclusively on income tax matters including mergers & acquisitions, inbound and outbound investment, corporate restructurings, mining taxation, audit management, and dispute resolution. Suarez is the founder of Business Tax Canada, a website devoted to Canadian tax issues of interest to non-resident business and investors. Co-chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Tax & Economics Committee), co-chair of the Toronto Centre Canada Revenue Agency & Tax Professionals Consultation Group, and the Mining Association of Canada (Tax Committee). Past chair of the Ontario Bar Association (Tax Section) and a former member of the CBA–CICA Joint Committee on Taxation. Recognized in The Legal 500 Canada (Tax), The Best Lawyers in Canada (Tax), Who's Who Legal: Canada (Corporate Tax – Advisory and Controversy), Lexology Index (Tax), Chambers Global and Chambers Canada (Tax), the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (Tax), the International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, and Lexpert Special Edition – Global Mining. Called to the Ontario bar in 1990, the New York Bar in 1993, and Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales in 1994. Sutcliffe, Stewart Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5511 ssutcliffe@stikeman.com Stewart Sutcliffe is a partner in and former head of the Private Equity and private mergers & acquisitions groups and is a member of the management committee in the Toronto office. Stewart has a diversified corporate practice, focusing on domestic and cross-border private and public mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments, including PIPE transactions. Taheri, Hélia Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-6466 htaheri@stikeman.com Hélia Taheri is a partner in the corporate group. Her practice primarily focuses on domestic and cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions, involving both public and private companies, as well as private equity and venture capital. Hélia's expertise includes advising several Canadian and foreign clients in acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and general commercial negotiations, across different industry sectors, including technology, food and beverage, retail, and manufacturing. In 2018, Hélia practised in Stikeman Elliott's New York office. Tardif, David Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3677 dtardif@stikeman.com David Tardif is a partner in the corporate group. His practice mainly focuses on corporate finance and securities. He represents issuers, investment banks and private equity sponsors in a large variety of Capital Markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings, investment grade and high-yield debt, project finance, and structured financial products. He also advises corporate clients and financial institutions on regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters. In addition, David represents clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions involving publicly listed companies and has extensive experience in cross- border transactions.