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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Corporate partner practicing corporate and securities law with emphasis on M&A,
corporate fi nance, corporate governance and private equity. Lead counsel to both
acquirer and target in many unsolicited take-overs and negotiated M&A transactions.
Lead counsel in numerous complex public mergers, cross-border public fi nancings and
strategic investments. Awarded Best M&A Lawyer in Canada 2009 by World Finance
magazine. Named a leading corporate/M&A lawyer and star individual in Chambers
Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Recognized in Euromoney's
IFLR1000 and Guide to the Leading Financial Law Firms, M&A Lawyers and Capital
Markets Lawyers, Who's Who Legal as one of the world's leading M&A practitioners,
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, ! e Legal 500: Canada, e 2006 Lexpert®
Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada and Global Counsel Handbooks'
Private Equity Handbook. BA, LLB, MA, Cambridge University; BCL, LLB, McGill
University. Called to Ontario Bar in 1981.
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Partner in the fi rm's Business Law Department. Practice covers many areas of corporate
and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate fi nance, investment funds and fi nancial
institutions work. Has acted for both issuers and underwriters on a variety of corporate
fi nance matters, including initial public off erings, follow-on off erings, continuous
distributions and private placements. Has extensive retail structured products, ETFs
and investment fund experience. Also specializes in mergers & acquisitions by fi nancial
services fi rms and in reorganizations, restructurings and mergers of investment funds
and general securities law matters.
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Practices corporate and securities law, with emphasis on M&A. Represented TMX
Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in its acquisition by Maple Group
and its proposed merger with LSE Group; e Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition
of Dundee Wealth; omson in its acquisition of Reuters (Canada's fi rst dual-listed
company structure); Sun Life Financial in the sale of its interest in CI Financial;
CTVglobemedia in its acquisition of CHUM; TSX Group in its demutualization IPO;
Sun Life Financial in its acquisition of Clarica Life; and Sun Life in its demutualization.
Advising the Minister of Finance (Canada) on national securities regulation. Advised
Daniels Task Force and Government of Ontario on OSC rule-making (1994) and OSC
on regulations that opened the Canadian securities industry (1986–1987). Chair,Board
of Governors of e Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy omson Hall. Assistant
professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1978–1981. AB, 1971, Princeton University;
BLitt, 1974, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); JD, 1978, Harvard University.
Ontario Bar, 1980.
William M.
Ainley
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5509
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Andrew
W. Aziz
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6840
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Richard J.
Balfour
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7339
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
wainley@dwpv.com
aaziz@osler.com
rbalfour@torys.com
CORPORATE FINANCE
& SECURITIES
