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Durand, Ronald K.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5542
rdurand@stikeman.com
Partner in Toronto.
Practice involves
divestitures, M&A,
reorganizations, corporate
restructurings, fi nancing,
transfer pricing and dispute
resolution. Member
of International Fiscal
Association Executive and
of Advisor y Committee
to the OECD.
Engbloom, QC,
Robert J.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 267-9405
robert.engbloom@
nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Engbloom's
corporate, M&A and
securities practice
focuses on transactional
matters, including
reorganizations and related
party transactions, and
governance. He regularly
advises boards of directors
and special committees
on such matters.
Ferland, Denis
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6423
dferland@dwpv.com
Mr. Ferland practises
insolvency and
restructuring law. He has
successfully represented
fi nancial institutions,
multinationals, court
offi cers and others before
the courts, and has
provided expert counsel
on major transactions
and reorganizations.
Eade, Mark G.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(403) 267-8121
mark.eade@
nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Eade focuses on
corporate acquisitions,
dispositions and fi nancings,
commercial transactions
and governance. His
clients include issuers
and under writers
on public off erings,
private placements,
plans of arrangement
and take-over bids.
Ewens, QC,
Douglas S.
Wilson & Partners LLP
(403) 441-6366
doug.s.ewens@ca.pwc.com
Mr. Ewens advises on
M&A transactions and
restructuring in the energy
sector, and innovative
types of fi nancings for
companies in a broad
range of industries.
Experienced in tax-related
dispute resolution,
including GAAR issues.
Fien, Cy M.
Fillmore Riley LLP
(204) 957-8348
cyfi en@fi llmoreriley.com
A Senior Tax Partner of
Fillmore Riley LLP, Mr.
Fien practises primarily
in the areas of taxation
and trust law. He has
extensive experience in
corporate tax planning,
corporate reorganizations,
estate planning, trust
law and tax litigation.
RULES. REGULATIONS. If nothing else
2008 showed the world's business and
fi nance communities that without them
– like an absence of reasonable speed
limits – serious crashes happen. Even a
global economy can suddenly spin out
of control and hit a wall faster than you
can say "overvaluation of bundled sub-
prime mortgages."
Since the global economic crash,
Canada, not to mention other Western
jurisdictions, has worked to strengthen
a number of regulatory Acts and depart-
ments, such as the Competition Bureau,
banking regulations and the Investment
Canada Act. For business leaders these
days it means that conducting mergers
and acquisitions in the current climate is
salted with new risks a deal can be sub-
stantially altered or stopped altogether
by regulators.
" e regulator has assumed a seat at the
table," says Manny Pressman, a Toronto
partner with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
LLP who co-chairs the fi rm's Mergers &
Acquisitions Specialty Group. "What
that means is there is more regulatory
