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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Margaret McNee advises issuers, underwriters and others on cross-border off erings
of securities, M&A transactions, corporate governance and ongoing compliance
with securities regulation as Co-chair, Capital Markets and as Co-chair, Corporate
Governance. She has expertise in retail structured products. She is repeatedly
recommended in Corporate Finance & Securities and Investment Funds & Asset
Management in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and in other leading directories.
From 1990 to 1991 McNee was seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission's
corporate fi nance branch to assist in various policy initiatives. In 1994 she served as a
consultant to the fi nancial services policy branch of the Ontario Ministry of Finance on
interprovincial securities harmonization. McNee is the former Chair of the McMillan
LLP Board of Partners and the Board of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario.
She is a former Co-chair of the Board of the Canadian Art Foundation and is the
President of the Board of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.
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Ernest McNee is a partner who practices in the areas of corporate fi nance and securities
law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. He advises on a broad range of corporate and
securities law matters. McNee advises acquirers and target companies in take-overs,
plans of arrangement and negotiated merger transactions. He acts for investors,
investment dealers and special committees of public company boards of directors and
also represents buyers and sellers of private businesses. He has led numerous public and
private debt and equity fi nancings including cross-border and innovative structures.
McNee is recognized as one of Canada's leading capital markets lawyers in ! e
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2014 (Corporate Finance & Securities; Mergers &
Acquisitions), ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 (securities and mergers & acquisitions),
Law Business Research's ! e International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2013) (capital
markets). Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 1988. LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School – 1986.
BA (Hon.), Queen's University – 1983.
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Practices M&A, corporate and securities law with an emphasis on advising public
companies and the securities industry. Has represented issuers and underwriters in
numerous public and private fi nancings, including initial public off erings, acquirers,
targets, controlling shareholders and committees of independent directors in mergers
& acquisitions. Advises public companies and institutional investors on corporate
governance issues. Former Chairman of the Securities Advisory Committee to the
OSC. Taught securities regulation at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Included in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, PLC Which
Lawyer?, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Expert
Guides' ! e Best of the Best, and IFLR1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial
Law Firms. LLB, McGill. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1984.
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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.
Margaret
C. McNee
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7284
Fax: (416) 865-7048
Toronto
Ernest
McNee
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-3863
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
D. Shawn
McReynolds
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5538
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Vincent A.
Mercier
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5579
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
margaret.mcnee@mcmillan.ca
ernest.mcnee@blakes.com
smcreynolds@dwpv.com
vmercier@dwpv.com
