The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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106 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » Partner and member of the Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and M&A practices. Advises buyers, sellers, and fi nancial advisors in connection with Canadian and international public and private acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures as well as issuers and underwriters in connection with public off erings and private placements. Franziska Ruf regularly advises Canadian and foreign clients on cross- border transactions. Also advises boards of directors, special committees and senior management on a wide range of corporate governance matters. Recognized in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, IFLR 1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, and ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Member of the American Bar Association Business Law Section, and active participant on the Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions (Co-chair of the International M&A Subcommittee and member of the Acquisitions of Public Companies Subcommittee). Called to Québec Bar in 1987. » Robert Paré practices mainly in the areas of governance, mergers & acquisitions and securities law. He is recognized as one of Canada's most distinguished business lawyers by leading legal publications. He has worked for corporate issuers and underwriters in several public issues domestically and internationally. In collaboration with colleagues in the credit and insolvency section, Paré has advised businesses in fi nancial diffi culty as to their recapitalization alternatives. He also acts as counsel in Canada and overseas on large-scale acquisition projects and for special committees of boards of directors and parties in connection with take-over bids. Paré speaks regularly in the context of professional training programs and at seminars on specialized topics related to his area of practice. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1977. » Senior partner. Extensive corporate and securities practice. Emphasis on corporate fi nance, reorganizations and M&A. Has developed innovative fi nancing structures, including income funds and stapled securities. Represented issuers and investment dealers in IPOs and public/private securities off erings. Acted for purchasers and sellers in M&A transactions (Aritzia, Arctic Glacier, California Ice, MDS); advised boards of directors and special committees (Goldcorp, Intrawest, Coast Wholesale, Sterling Shoes, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union); and in going-private and related- party transactions. Advised on fi nancial reorganizations and debt restructurings, including special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the Olympic Village and several reorganization transactions for Concord Pacifi c Group. Frequent lecturer on Directors' Duties and the Business Judgment Rule. Named in ! e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the 2013 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. » Peter Kalbfl eisch is a partner who practices in the areas of corporate & securities law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Focuses on corporate fi nance and merger & acquisition transactions. Has acted on a wide variety of commercial and securities transactions, including domestic and cross-border off erings, private placements, private-equity investments, take-over bids and merger transactions. Also advises on general corporate and corporate governance matters. Managing partner of the fi rm's European offi ce in London, England, from 1989 to 1992 and managing partner of the Vancouver offi ce from 1997 to 2003. Kalbfl eisch is recognized as a leading lawyer in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada (corporate governance, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions law, natural resources law and securities law). Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1978) and British Columbia Bar (1995). Franziska Ruf Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (514) 841-6480 Fax: (514) 841-6499 Montréal Robert Paré Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (514) 397-7517 Fax: (514) 397-7600 Montréal Mitchell H. Gropper, QC Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Tel: (604) 661-9322 Fax: (604) 661-9349 Vancouver Peter C. Kalbfl eisch Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3377 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver fruf@dwpv.com rpare@fasken.com mgropper@farris.com peter.kalbfl eisch@blakes.com