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LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 101 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » » Partner in Torys' Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Emphasis on M&A, corporate governance and securities. Listed in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Woodward/White's ! e Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global. Acts for two of Canada's leading fi nancial institutions and one of Canada's largest communications/media companies. Acted for TMX Group in its proposed $6.9-billion merger with LSE Group and the competing C$3.8 billion take-over bid by Maple Group; Endo Health Solutions in its C$1.6 billion acquisition of Paladin Labs; ArcelorMittal in its joint venture arrangements for Baffi nland Iron Mines; Rogers Communications in its acquisition of Score Media; Manulife Financial in its C$2.5-billion equity off ering in 2009, C$2.275-billion equity off ering in 2008 and C$2-billion credit facility; National Bank Financial in its acquisitions of TD's institutional services business, Wellington Financial and HSBC Securities; the special committee of Minera Andes in its merger with US Gold. LLB, 1986, University of British Columbia. Ontario Bar, 1988. » Michael Gans practices in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and securities law, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions. Gans serves as practice group leader for the Toronto securities practice. Gans frequently acts for fi nancial sponsors in leveraged transactions and has advised off erors and targets on public domestic and cross-border negotiated and unsolicited take-over bids and other acquisition transactions, as well as purchasers and vendors in connection with asset and share purchase transactions. » Member, Executive Committee. Co-chair of Corporate/Securities Group. Lead counsel, Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for third-party ABCP Restructuring (2007–9). Highest ranking for past 12 years for corporate/M&A by Chambers Global. Named "Toronto Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers and one of top 30 capital markets and M&A lawyers worldwide in Euromoney's ! e Best of the Best. Representative M&A clients/matters: Canadian Tire in acquisition of Forzani Group; Green Mountain Coff ee Roasters in acquisitions of Timothy's and Van Houtte, TOTAL in acquisition of UTS Energy; Norilsk Nickel in acquisition of LionOre Mining; Avion Group in acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage; Fortress Investment in acquisition of Intrawest; Royal Group Technologies, in response to Cerberus's unsolicited bid and sale to Georgia Gulf; Hummingbird in acquisition by Open Text; Mackenzie Financial in response to CI Fund Management's hostile bid and sale to Investors Group; and Schneider in response to hostile bid by Maple Leaf and sale to Smithfi eld. Bars of Ontario, Alberta and Québec. » Chris Hewat is a partner who practices in the areas of securities and business law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Hewat's practice has particular focus on mergers & acquisitions, corporate fi nance and private-equity transactions. M&A experience includes advising the Special Committee of Patheon on its sale to a joint venture established by Patheon's signifi cant shareholder JLL Partners and Royal DSM; e Brick on its sale to Leon's; TransGlobe Apartment REIT on its acquisition by PD Kanco and Starlight Investments; and Cliff s Natural Resources in its acquisition of Consolidated ompson. Extensive experience in public off erings, including IPOs and cross-border off erings. Recognized in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, IFLR1000, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. LLB, MBA, University of Western Ontario, 1985. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1987. Sharon C. Geraghty Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8138 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto Michael Gans Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2286 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto Stephen H. Halperin Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4115 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto Christopher A. Hewat Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2761 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto sgeraghty@torys.com michael.gans@blakes.com shalperin@goodmans.ca chris.hewat@blakes.com