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108 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » Partner in corporate/M&A practice group. Noralee Bradley's practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate and board governance, public and private placement fi nancings and general corporate matters. Her clients are primarily in the oil & gas sector and related industries. Bradley has been lead lawyer in several mergers involving both public and private companies as well as in friendly and hostile take-over bids and was recently the lead lawyer on a contested proxy battle for board elections. She has also been lead partner on IPOs, back-door listings, reverse take-overs and high-yield debt off erings, as well as sophisticated cross-border mergers and fi nancings. She has experience in negotiating and documenting the capitalization of start-up companies, including private-equity funding. Bradley assists many companies in the review of corporate governance policies and their compliance with securities regulations in the normal course and serves as a board member or corporate secretary for several companies. Called to the Bar, Alberta, 1991. » Ross Bentley focuses on corporate fi nance and merger and acquisition transactions. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border equity and fi xed-income off erings, including off erings of investment grade and high-yield debt. He also assists issuers in establishing shelf fi nancing programs both domestically and under the multi-jurisdictional off ering system. Bentley has acted for issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders on off erings by issuers in the airline, pipeline and energy infrastructure, agribusiness, oil and gas services, oil and gas exploration, railroad, and chartered bank sectors. As counsel to both acquirers and targets, he has acted on numerous domestic and cross-border corporate acquisitions by way of take-over bids and plans of arrangement, and has been involved in a number of high-profi le cross- border proxy contests. He also regularly advises issuers in connection with corporate governance requirements, continuous disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters and general corporate matters. » Pat Finnerty practices in the areas of domestic and cross-border M&A and public and private off erings. Recent transactions include Agrium's defense of JANA Partners proxy contest; sale of Nexen to CNOOC for $17 billion; sale of Forzani Group to Canadian Tire for $771 million; MEG Energy's $700-million IPO; UTS Energy's successful defense of Total's unsolicited take-over bid and subsequent friendly sale to Total; Forzani Group's successful defense of Crescendo's proxy contest; Agrium's acquisition of UAP for C$2.6 billion and related cross-border C$1.375-billion equity off ering; Nexen's acquisition of EnCana's North Sea assets for C$2.1 billion. Recognized in Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and M&A Lawyers, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook, Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, and Lexpert®'s "Canada's Top 30 Dealmakers." » Brock W. Gibson is Chair of Blakes and practices in the area of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate fi nance and private-equity transactions. His clients include leading issuers, fi nancial institutions, investment dealers, energy and service companies. Gibson is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Canada: ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014; Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2013 (corporate/M&A); ! e 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Law and Mergers & Acquisitions); IFLR1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms ‒ 2013 Edition (capital markets); ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013 (Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, Energy [Oil & Gas], Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity); Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2013 (Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Energy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Oil & Gas). Noralee M. Bradley Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (403) 260-7002 Fax: (403) 260-7024 Calgary Ross Bentley Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9720 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary Pat C. Finnerty Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9608 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary Brock W. Gibson, QC Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (403) 260-9610 Fax: (403) 260-9700 Calgary nbradley@osler.com ross.bentley@blakes.com pcf@blakes.com brock.gibson@blakes.com