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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Head of Osler's Montréal Corporate Group. Previously on Executive Committee and
past Co-chair of Osler M&A Group. Areas of specialty include M&A, corporate fi nance
and corporate governance. Listed as one of Canada's leading business lawyers in ! e
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; ! e Best Lawyers in Canada; Expert Guides to the
World's Leading Lawyers; and Who's Who Legal: Canada. Has advised on a wide range
of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions (e.g., Miranda's 2012 sale to Belden;
TELUS's 2013 acquisition of Public Mobile; Atrium's 2014 sale to Permira). Involved in
implementing the fi rst poison pill in Canada and then with defense strategies for clients
for over 20 years; led Osler team on Canada's largest-ever completed leveraged buyout
(BCE's sale of Yellow Pages to KKR); in 2012‒13 successfully led the Osler team acting
for TELUS in a signifi cant proxy fi ght with Mason Capital. Member of the boards of
directors of several for-profi t and not-for-profi t organizations and teaches business law
at McGill's Faculty of Law.
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Partner and member of the Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and M&A
practices. Advises buyers, sellers, and fi nancial advisors in connection with Canadian
and international public and private acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
as well as issuers and underwriters in connection with public off erings and private
placements. Franziska Ruf regularly advises Canadian and foreign clients on cross-
border transactions. Also advises boards of directors, special committees and senior
management on a wide range of corporate governance matters. Recognized in ! e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada, IFLR 1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law
Firms, and ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Member of the American Bar
Association Business Law Section, and active participant on the Committee on Mergers
and Acquisitions (Co-chair of the International M&A Subcommittee and member of
the Acquisitions of Public Companies Subcommittee). Called to Québec Bar in 1987.
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Partner – Securities, Corporate Finance and Mining. Advises on all aspects of securities
law, including mergers & acquisitions (take-over bids and going-private transactions)
and public and private off erings of securities. Also advises special committees of
Boards of Directors and assists in proxy contests. Acts for a wide range of clients in
diverse industries, with a particular focus on corporate fi nance for mining companies.
Extensive experience advising dual-listed issuers, particularly Australian companies that
are dual-listed on the TSX. Recognized by Who's Who Legal for mining law; ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada for mining, corporate, M&A and securities law; Chambers Global
for energy & natural resources: mining (Canada); Projects: mining: Leading Canadian
Firms (Latin America-wide); and in Chambers Australia for energy & natural resources
(Australia: Experts Based Abroad). Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1987.
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Joseph Garcia is a partner who practices in the areas of corporate fi nance and mergers
& acquisitions at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Advises high-growth public and
private companies, underwriters, pension funds, private-equity groups, and venture-
capital investors on complex domestic and cross-border private & public securities
off erings, mergers & acquisitions, and international commercial transactions. Works
with clients in a variety of industries, including life sciences, technology, retail, mining
& clean technology. Is a Director & Corporate Secretary of LifeSciences BC, Director of
Genome BC, a member of the LifeSciences BC Finance Committee and a member of the
BIOTECanada Legal Aff airs Advisory Board. Profi led in ! e 2011 Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory 2014 and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014. BSc (Honors), pharmacology
and human biology from the University of Toronto; BA economics (health care) from
McMaster University; and LLB from the University of British Columbia. Admitted to
the British Columbia Bar in 1997.
Robert M.
Yalden
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (514) 904-8120
Fax: (514) 904-8101
Montréal
Franziska
Ruf
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (514) 841-6480
Fax: (514) 841-6499
Montréal
Gordon R.
Chambers
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (604) 691-6106
Fax: (778) 776-1764
Vancouver
Joseph A.
Garcia
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3307
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
ryalden@osler.com
fruf@dwpv.com
gchambers@casselsbrock.com
jgx@blakes.com
