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Lexpert-ranked leading finance and M&A lawyers 96 www.lexpert.ca Tardif, Olivier Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-2642 otardif@blg.com Olivier Tardif is a partner in BLG's Financial Services Group in Montreal. His practice focuses on corporate finance, secured transactions, restructuring, and the regulation of financial institutions. He represents financial institutions, including banks, and borrowers in connection with private and public financing, project financing, syndicated and cross- border loans, and alternative financing through asset-based lending, leasing, and structured finance. Also provides advice on various issues relating to the regulation of financial institutions and consumer credit. Frequent speaker and writer on issues of financing, secured transactions, and restructuring. Tardif is governor of the Fondation du Barreau du Québec, and a member of the Secured Transactions Law Committee, Québec Bar. Recognized in Legal 500 Canada as Next Generation Partner, in The Best Lawyers in Canada and named 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Law in Montreal, and in Chambers Canada. Called to the Québec bar in 2003. Tardif, Philippe Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6060 ptardif@blg.com Philippe Tardif is a partner in BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group in Toronto. Tardif 's practice focuses on corporate finance, with an emphasis on public and private equity and debt financings, including cross-border financings, mergers & acquisitions involving public companies, and corporate governance matters, including board and special committee advisory roles. His industry experience includes energy and mining. He is a member of the Securities Law Committee, International Bar Association. Recognized in Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada (Corporate Finance & Securities), in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities Law), in IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms (Capital Markets), in Lexpert Special Edition – Finance and M&A, and in Lexpert Special Edition – Global Mining. Called to the Ontario bar in 1987. Tevlin, Matthew Torkin Manes LLP > (416) 777-5401 mtevlin@torkin.com Matthew Tevlin is a partner in Torkin Manes' business law group, whose practice involves all areas of corporate law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and cross-border transactions. He provides counsel on complex transactions as well as day-to-day activities for a wide range of clients, including private equity firms, merchant banks, venture capital firms, banks, other financial services firms, developers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and IT, BPO, and pharmaceutical companies. He has significant experience in corporate finance, including share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, corporate reorganizations, management buyouts, and private equity sponsored deals. He provides strategic and legal advice in all matters related to general corporate governance and shareholder disputes. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Canadian Venture Capital Association. In addition to his recognition in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid- market) he is also recognized as a leading practitioner in Chambers Canada (Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded - Ontario) and in The Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law). Thériault, Martin Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4940 martin.theriault@nortonrosefulbright.com Martin Thériault practises corporate financing, financial services, and general banking law. He regularly acts as counsel for lending syndicates, individual lenders, and borrowers in the context of various types of Canadian, cross-border, and foreign financing transactions in a variety of industries, including project financings, structured finance, real estate financings, public and private takeover bids, and acquisition financings. He is actively involved in negotiating and coordinating these transactions in all respects, including credit documentation, guarantee and security agreements, intercreditor arrangements, and corporate structuring. Thériault, Sébastien Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP > (514) 841-6526 stheriault@dwpv.com Sébastien regularly advises sponsors in connection with the formation and structuring of private equity and venture capital funds, co-investment vehicles, continuation vehicles, and other investment structures. He is adept at advising investors on their investments in private funds and on co-investment and GP-led transactions. Institutional and strategic investors rely on Sebastien's wealth of knowledge and his excellent sense of market trends to achieve optimal results. He also has extensive experience advising sponsors and principals on internal management and carried interest arrangements and joint ventures. Sébastien also advises private equity firms and other institutional clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and financing matters. Select Recognition: Chambers Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada (Montréal Lawyer of the Year 2020, 2023 and 2025 for Private Funds Law); IFLR1000; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, M&A; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; Lexology Index.