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120 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS » Managing Partner, Technology, Media and Entertainment Group and co-head, Private Equity Group. Practice focuses on all aspects of corporate commercial, corporate governance and securities work. Advises on mergers & acquisitions, private and public fi nancings (including IPOs), governance, special committee matters, shareholder arrangements, executive/employee compensation arrangements, licensing and distribution agreements, international corporate structurings, corporate reorganizations and private-equity/venture capital fund formation. Regularly represents US and Canadian private-equity and venture-capital investors and foreign buyers acquiring Canadian businesses. Secretary of the CVCA, Canada's venture-capital and private- equity association. Ontario Bar, 1985. LLB, 1983, University of Toronto; BComm, 1981, Queen's University. » Partner and Chair of the fi rm's Technology, Media & Entertainment and the Corporate Governance & Director Protection Groups. Focuses on corporate development, fi nance and governance, including: representation of companies, investment banks and private equity; shareholder, executive and employee arrangements; licensing, distribution and other commercial arrangements; alliances, partnerships and joint ventures; private and public fi nancings; mergers & acquisitions; international tax; director and offi cer indemnifi cation and insurance; standing and special board committees; and enhancing board performance. Recognized in various Lexpert® and other peer publications, including ! e 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. Speaker and author on corporate governance (Directors' Duties in Canada, 2012), joint ventures ( Joint Ventures: Legal and Business Perspectives, 1999), contracts and commercial law. Ontario Bar, 1977. BCL, Wadham College, Oxford University, 1974; LLB, Gold Medalist, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1972; BA, York University, 1969. » Amy-Lynne Williams practices exclusively in the area of information technology law. A winner of a 2009 Lexpert® Zenith Award, and named as Best Lawyers' "Toronto Information Technology Lawyer of the Year" for 2012, 2013 and 2014, she is also listed in the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and is a Most Frequently Recommended Technology Transaction lawyer in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. She is listed in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada and is recommended as a "leading individual" under IT in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Williams advises on outsourcing, privacy, e-commerce and Internet issues, international and domestic agreements for systems, and technology transfers. She is a past president of the International Technology Law Association and a past president of the Canadian IT Law Association (ITCan) (2000–2002). She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980. » Tom Houston is a partner in Dentons Canada LLP's Ottawa offi ce; he provides strategic advice on corporate fi nance, venture capital, securities, M&A and corporate governance matters to clients across various industry sectors, with an emphasis on the technology and not-for-profi t sectors. Houston has particular expertise in technology start-ups and has assisted many companies from formation through successful exits. Many transactions have involved cross-border elements, both on investments and acquisitions. Houston initiated and oversees Dentons' involvement in C100, a pre-eminent organization formed to facilitate mentorship of Canadian technology start- ups by successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors, including sponsorships of a number of GROW and Accelerate events. In recent years, Houston has also become more actively involved in providing corporate governance advice to industry associations and others in the not-for-profi t sector. Gary S.A. Solway Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-6555 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto Barry J. Reiter Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-6500 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto Amy-Lynne Williams Deeth Williams Wall LLP Tel: (416) 941-9047 Fax: (416) 941-9443 Toronto Thomas A. Houston Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (613) 783-9611 Fax: (613) 783-9690 Ottawa solwayg@bennettjones.com reiterb@bennettjones.com awilliams@dww.com tom.houston@dentons.com