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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Recognized in numerous legal publications as a leading Canadian M&A and
corporate fi nance specialist. Advises public and private companies, boards of directors
and independent committees, investment dealers and governments on corporate and
fi nancing matters, including M&A transactions, privatizations, corporate governance,
domestic and cross-border public and private off erings of debt and equity, fi nancial
restructurings, project fi nancing and P3 infrastructure projects. Experience includes:
public company acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, spin-off s and going-private
transactions, governance advisory assignments, syndicated project loans, infrastructure
fi nancings, initial public off erings, income trust and limited partnership off erings, and
a wide variety of domestic and international fi nancings and privatizations. Has written
and lectured on both securities and corporate law matters in various forums. A member
of the senior securities advisory group to the Chair of the OSC and a past member of the
OSC policy advisory committee.
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Co-chair of Osler's Mining Group. Practice focuses on corporate and securities law,
with a particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and corporate fi nance. Has acted
for public and private companies, private-equity fi rms and investment bankers on a
range of acquisitions, securities off erings and other corporate transactions. Has taught
at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on contested mergers and proxy contests
and has frequently spoken and written about corporate and securities law developments.
A er graduating from law school, served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer
at the Supreme Court of Canada. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2000.
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Will Fung is a securities law partner whose focus is on corporate fi nance and public
M&A deals, from public off erings and private placements of equity and debt securities
on behalf of issuers, dealers and strategic investors, to take-over bids, merger transactions
and proxy battles on behalf of off erors, targets, activist investors and special committees.
He has particular expertise in REITs and income funds, with most recent relevant
experience being the Choice Properties REIT and American Hotel REIT LP off erings
and the H&R REIT purchase of Primaris REIT. Fung has been recognized in the 2014
and 2013 Lexpert® Special Editions on Leading Corporate Lawyers appearing in Report
on Business magazine; as one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40"; by
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in the fi eld of Corporate Finance & Securities;
by ! e Best Lawyers in Canada in the fi eld of corporate law ‒ fi nance; and by Who's Who
Legal: Canada as a capital markets expert. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1992.
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Partner in Torys' Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Emphasis on M&A, corporate
governance and securities. Listed in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Woodward/White's ! e Best Lawyers in Canada
and Chambers Global. Acts for two of Canada's leading fi nancial institutions and one
of Canada's largest communications/media companies. Acted for TMX Group in
its proposed $6.9-billion merger with LSE Group and the competing C$3.8-billion
take-over bid by Maple Group; Endo Health Solutions in its C$1.6-billion acquisition
of Paladin Labs; ArcelorMittal in its joint venture arrangements for Baffi nland Iron
Mines; Rogers Communications in its acquisition of Score Media; Manulife Financial
in its C$2.5-billion equity off ering in 2009, C$2.275-billion equity off ering in 2008
and C$2-billion credit facility; National Bank Financial in its acquisitions of TD's
institutional services business, Wellington Financial and HSBC Securities; the special
committee of Minera Andes in its merger with US Gold. LLB, 1986, University of
British Columbia. Ontario Bar, 1988.
Jean M.
Fraser
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6537
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Jeremy D.
Fraiberg
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6505
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
William Fung
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-2356
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
Sharon C.
Geraghty
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8138
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
jfraser@osler.com
jfraiberg@osler.com
william.fung@blakes.com
sgeraghty@torys.com
