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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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Member of BLG's Securities & Capital Markets Group. Practices principally in
M&A, corporate governance and board advice, mining, debt and equity fi nancings,
restructurings, reorganizations, privatizations, infrastructure, energy and project fi nance
relating to projects worldwide. Former member, Senior Legal Advisory Committee
to the Chair and the Securities Advisory Committee, OSC. Vice Chair, Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources; former Chair, Canada Committee; and incoming
Co-chair, International Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures Committee,
ABA Section of International Law. Frequent lecturer. Recognized in, among others,
Chambers Global 2014: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Corporate/M&A);
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013 (Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate
Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions); ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014; And
the 2014 edition of ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada (Corporate Commercial Law).
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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.
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Alan Bell is a senior partner in the fi rm's corporate department. He practices primarily
in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and advising board of
directors on corporate governance matters, and represents public and private companies,
board of directors and independent committees of directors of public companies. Bell
has routinely acted in respect of signifi cant domestic and multinational mergers and
acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and advises corporations on the structuring
and implementation of corporate governance practices. Recognized in Law Business
Research's International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers, International
Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and International Who's Who of Business
Lawyers; ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,
Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, Euromoney's IFLR1000:
! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Lawyers, Global Counsel's Mergers &
Acquisitions Handbook and Woodward/White's ! e Best Lawyers in Canada.
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Co-chair of Osler's Mining Group and former Co-chair of the fi rm's Mergers and
Acquisitions Group. Practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, with an
emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and corporate fi nance transactions. Practice has
included a broad range of transactions and advice encompassing private and public
acquisitions, hostile and supported take-over bids, going-private transactions, private
and public market fi nancings, corporate governance issues and advising domestic and
cross-border issuers with respect to their general public company obligations. Recently
returned to the Toronto offi ce a er practicing in the fi rm's New York offi ce from 2008 to
2011. Currently a member of the Securities Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Ontario
Securities Commission. Also recognized by Chambers Global. One of Lexpert®'s "Rising
Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in 2006. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1997.
Jeff Barnes
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6720
Fax: (416) 361-7089
Toronto
Richard J.
Balfour
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7339
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Alan Bell
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-5770
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Douglas
A. Bryce
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6425
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
jbarnes@blg.com
rbalfour@torys.com
bella@bennettjones.com
dbryce@osler.com
