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102 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » Chair of Torys' Corporate and Capital Markets Practice. Practices a wide range of corporate/securities law, with particular expertise in M&A and corporate governance, as well as national/international corporate fi nance. Participated in many of Canada's largest acquisitions and divestitures, including privatizations of major federal and provincial enterprises. Recent transactions include Loblaw's acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart. Internationally recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in corporate fi nance and M&A. Experienced in advising senior management and boards of directors of major corporations and several not-for-profi t organizations. Has participated on a number of OSC and CBA committees relating to corporate and securities law. Vice-Chair of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council. Author of the Canadian chapter of International Insider Dealing (FT Law & Tax, 1996, 2003). Ontario Bar, 1974. » Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Chair. Recognized by Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008–2014) as a Band 1 individual ("one of the best M&A lawyers in the country" and "sets the gold standard for M&A in Canada ... he is inspiring"); Best Lawyers' 2014 Toronto Corporate Lawyer of the Year. In 2013, acted as counsel to Shoppers Drug Mart in connection with its proposed C$12.4 billion acquisition by Loblaw Companies Limited; and Valeant Pharmaceuticals in connection with its C$8.7 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb and in recent years, as counsel to London Stock Exchange Group PLC in its proposed merger of equals with the TMX Group, Kinross in its combination with Red Back; the Board of Addax Petroleum in its sale to Sinopec International; IPSCO in its sale to SSAB; CNPC in its acquisition of PetroKazakhstan; Ventas in its acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living REIT; and previously in many signifi cant and innovative transactions, including Coors-Molson, Placer Dome-Barrick, Seagram-Vivendi, Imasco-BAT and the AT&T Canada restructuring. » Member, Executive Committee; Co-chair, Corporate/Securities Practice. Advises domestic and international clients on M&A, strategic relationships, fi nancings, dissident shareholder activities and governance and regulatory matters and investigations. Past General Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission. Past chair, OSC Securities Advisory Committee, and past member, OSC Enforcement Advisory Committee. Clients include Bristow Group, Coeur d'Alene, Four Seasons, Gerdau, Grupo Bal, HudBay, Leucadia, Manulife, Newmont, Uranium One, funds and private-equity investors, including Ontario Teachers' and various investment banks. Represented OSC staff and market participants in regulatory proceedings, including the OSC review of market timing in the mutual fund industry. Regularly identifi ed as a leading lawyer in corporate, corporate governance, capital markets, mining, private equity, corporate fi nance and M&A by publications including Lexpert®, Chambers Global (ranked top tier in corporate/M&A), Euromoney, IFLR, Legal 500 Canada, Who's Who and Best Lawyers in Canada. » Chair of Goodmans LLP. Practices corporate, commercial and securities law and provides counsel on public off erings, M&A and business restructurings. Dale Lastman is a Director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and is an Alternate NHL and NBA Governor. Lastman also serves on the board of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. In 2012, Lastman was recognized among "Toronto's 50 Most Infl uential People" by Toronto Life magazine. He is a Director of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40," a recipient of the award in 1995 and its "Best of the Best" Canadian Leadership Award in 2005. Lastman was honored as one of the ICRF's 2010 "Men of Distinction" for his philanthropic eff orts and contributions to the community. In 2011 and 2012, he was presented with the ICRF's Chairman's Award. Lastman is a lecturer in securities law at Osgoode Hall Law School and was the recipient of the "Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence" in 2005. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate, corporate/commercial, corporate fi nance/securities, M&A and private equity by numerous publications in various countries. Peter E.S. Jewett Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-7364 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto Clay Horner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6590 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto Jonathan Lampe Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4128 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto Dale H. Lastman Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4129 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto pjewett@torys.com chorner@osler.com jlampe@goodmans.ca dlastman@goodmans.ca

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