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LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 129 CORPORATE LAWYERS TO WATCH » » Laura Estep is a member of Dentons' energy regulatory practice group in Calgary and has signifi cant experience in assisting major oil and gas companies through all stages of the regulatory process including representation before the National Energy Board, the Alberta Utilities Commission and the Alberta Energy Regulator. Estep has also appeared at various levels of the courts on energy-related appeal and judicial review matters. She also advises energy clients on land acquisition and compensation matters. » Paul Casuccio is the leader of Fasken Martineau's international Commodity Tax and VAT Group, and has spent more than a decade providing practical solutions to his clients' various tax questions, issues, problems and structures. Casuccio's clients include not only some of Canada's top companies, but also some of the world's largest multi-national corporations entering the Canadian market. Casuccio has signifi cant expertise in structuring global transactions to mitigate against Canadian tax costs, and has worked on a number of the largest transactions of this nature. Casuccio also spends a lot of time working with non-Canadian companies on their business entry into Canada, both with respect to tax compliance issues as well as to structuring issues. Casuccio is a widely published author on tax issues in both books and academic journals, and is one of the contributing editors of the national Sales and Use Tax journal. Casuccio was called to the Ontario Bar in 2002. » Partner, Capital Markets/M&A, advises local and international clients on M&A and corporate fi nance matters. Assists with acquisitions and sales of public and private entities through take-over bids, plans of arrangement, amalgamations, asset sales, joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings. Represents issuers and underwriters with initial and secondary public off erings and private placements of debt and equity. Acts for clients in the energy, natural resources, technology, media & telecom, real estate and other sectors. Recently represented TSX-listed General Donlee Canada Inc. with its auction process and $114-million cross-border sale to NYSE-listed Triumph Group, Inc., NYSE-listed Precision Castparts Corporation with its cross-border $300-million acquisition of Aerostructure and Industrial Products divisions from Héroux-Devtek, and OneRoof Energy, Inc. with its cross-border $50-million TSX-V IPO. Adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario from 2010 to 2012. Completed a six-month secondment to the OSC in 2005. Ontario Bar, 2002. LLB, 2000, UBC. » Partner in the capital markets practice. Worked on a variety of transactions, including domestic and cross-border public and private off erings of debt and equity, mergers & acquisitions, loan fi nancings and private-equity related transactions. Regularly provides advice to publicly listed companies in connection with their ongoing corporate gover- nance and securities law compliance obligations. Recently involved in Barrick Gold Corporation's $3-billion bought deal off ering and associated tender off er for its outstand- ing debt securities. Also acted as counsel to Pershing Square Capital Management in connection with its secondary off ering by way of a cross-border Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System prospectus of $835 million of Canadian Pacifi c Railway common shares. One of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40." in 2013. Recog- nized by e Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in the area of securities law. Taught the corporate law component of the Bar Admission course. LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School (1997). Called to Ontario Bar (1999). Laura Estep Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (403) 268-6308 Fax: (403) 268-3100 Paul V. Casuccio Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 868-3491 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Christian P. Gauthier Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-6534 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Mindy B. Gilbert Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 367-6907 Fax: (416) 863-0871 laura.estep@dentons.com pcasuccio@fasken.com gauthierc@bennettjones.com mgilbert@dwpv.com

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