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Matlow, David J.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4147
dmatlow@goodmans.ca
Mr. Matlow practises
corporate fi nance/
securities, private-equity
and M&A law. He acts
for public and private
companies in a range of
transactions, including
fi nancings, fund formation,
initial public off erings,
regulator y matters
and divestitures.
Mayr, Clemens
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(514) 397-4258
cmayr@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Mayr focuses on
corporate fi nance, M&A
and corporate governance.
He has acted in numerous
Canadian and cross-border
transactions, and regularly
represents purchasers,
vendors, issuers, boards of
directors and under writers.
McReynolds,
D. Shawn
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5538
smcreynolds@dwpv.com
Mr. McReynolds practises
M&A, corporate and
securities law. He advises
public companies and
the securities industr y on
corporate governance
issues, and has represented
issuers and under writers
in numerous public and
private fi nancings.
May, Neill I.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4187
nmay@goodmans.ca
Mr. May's practice focuses
on securities law, with
emphasis on M&A, public
and private fi nancings
and restructurings. He is
a former member of the
TSX Listing Advisor y
Committee and OSC
advisor y committees,
and an adjunct law
professor at U of T.
McNee, Ernest
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(416) 863-3863
ernest.mcnee@blakes.com
Mr. McNee's corporate
and securities practice
embraces corporate
fi nance, M&A and
governance. He acts for
securities issuers, acquirors,
targets, investors, dealers,
special committees,
fi nancial institutions
and international
resource companies.
Meghji, Al
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5677
ameghji@osler.com
Mr. Meghji is widely
recognized as one of
Canada's leading tax
litigators. Counsel to
many signifi cant corporate
taxpayers. Has successfully
argued numerous
landmark cases, including
the fi rst GAAR case and
the fi rst transfer-pricing
case in the SCC.
FOR ANYONE who needs an endorse-
ment of the potential in Canada's start-up
economy, it doesn't get better than this.
George Takach, a senior partner at Mc-
Carthy Tétrault LLP – someone who
presumably charges many hundreds of
dollars an hour for his time – frequents
the halls of computer expos and hangs
out at incubators, accelerators and hubs
that specialize in start-ups, especially in
the technology sector.
He and his colleagues talk to engineer-
ing students and coach the most prom-
ising on the process of taking an idea to
market. Giving back? Yes. Trolling for
work? Yes, too — and trolling is his word.
It may sound like a business devel-
opment strategy for a senior associate,
Takach says, though it's anything but.
"While many of them will fail at
the early stages, many will succeed and
when they do, they tend to do very well,"
Takach says. "Look at Shopify up in Otta-
wa, Desire2Learn in Waterloo, Hootsuite
in Vancouver. ese are all companies
that started as start-ups but they're meet-
ing real needs in the market and they're
