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LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 103 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » » Jeff Lloyd is a partner who practices in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and capital markets at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where he is a member of the fi rm's Executive Committee. He advises purchasers, target companies and vendors in connection with public and private M&A transactions, and has extensive experience in both friendly and unsolicited transactions. He also represents issuers and underwriters on securities off erings and advises public companies on corporate and securities law and corporate governance matters. He is recognized in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of corporate/M&A; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in the areas of M&A, corporate fi nance & securities, corporate commercial law, mining and private equity; Law Business Research's International Who's Who Legal in the areas of M&A, corporate governance and mining; IFLR1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms in the area of M&A; and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of corporate law, securities law, M&A law, corporate governance and mining law. » Jon Levin is repeatedly identifi ed as one of Canada's top 30 dealmakers and the recipient of extensive professional recognition, including being named one of Canada's most creative lawyers. His practice includes mergers/acquisitions, corporate fi nance, securities and business law. Recent signifi cant matters include representing: West Edmonton Mall on the defeasance of its existing debt and its C$900 million refi nancing, TMX Group on its C$1-billion debenture issue and previously the banking syndicate on the fi nancing of the C$3.8-billion take-over of TMX Group; DundeeWealth on its sale to Bank of Nova Scotia at a C$3.2-billion enterprise value; and Canada's largest distressed investment fund group. Levin is a regular panelist and lecturer before various continuing legal education programs of the Law Society of Upper Canada; Canadian Bar Association; Federated Press; Insight Professional Conferences; and Canadian Institute. He has been quoted in ! e Globe and Mail, ! e National Post, Business News Network, Lexpert® magazine, Law Times and Canada.com. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1975. » Partner and co-head of one of Goodmans's business law groups. Broad base of experience in corporate/securities law, with particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions, public and private fi nancings (domestic and cross-border), private equity and business restructurings. Recognized as a leading lawyer in his areas of practice by ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. Former member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee and the Ontario Securities Commission's Securities Advisory Committee and Small Business Advisory Committee. Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1992. » Practice focuses on securities law and private and public company M&A. Represents acquirers, targets, controlling shareholders and committees of independent directors in public company acquisitions, negotiated and hostile; issuers and underwriters in public and private fi nancings; and advises public companies on corporate governance issues. Acted for Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in connection with fi nancing of Hudson's Bay Company's $2.9-billion acquisition of Saks Inc. Acted for Maple Group Acquisition Corporation in its acquisition of TMX Group for C$3.8 billion. Acted for Shaw in its C$2-billion acquisition of Canwest media; Schlumberger in its acquisition of Saxon Energy Services; Reuters in its dual-listed company merger transaction with omson Corporation (fi rst of its kind in Canada); and Agricore United in its response to a hostile take-over bid from Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Experienced in innovative fi nancing transactions. Listed in IFLR1000, Who's Who Legal and PLC Which Lawyer?, among others. Recognized as Band 1 by Chambers Global. Called to Ontario Bar in 1990. Jeff rey R. Lloyd Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-5848 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto Jon Levin Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4401 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto Neill I. May Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4187 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto Vincent A. Mercier Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5579 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto jeff .lloyd@blakes.com jlevin@fasken.com nmay@goodmans.ca vmercier@dwpv.com

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