Basra, Sarbjit S.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 367-6926
sbasra@dwpv.com
Mr. Basra is experienced
in a variety of transactions,
including purchases and sales
of businesses, reorganiza-
tions, fi nancing from private
and public capital sources
and strategic alliances, fund
formation and private-equity
investment transactions.
Bentley, Ross
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(403) 260-9720
ross.bentley@blakes.com
Mr. Bentley focuses on cor-
porate fi nance transactions,
mergers and acquisitions, and
shareholder activism matters
across a range of industries in-
cluding energy, pipeline and
energy infrastructure, agri-
business, airline and railroad.
Binder, Joel E.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5233
jbinder@stikeman.com
Partner in the Toronto
offi ce. Signifi cant experi-
ence in corporate fi nance,
M&A and transactional
work. Represents issuers,
investment dealers, bidders
and targets in connection
with public off erings,
take-over bids and other
public and private M&A.
Bennett, Mark T.
Cassels Brock
& Blackwell LLP
(416) 869-5407
mbennett@
casselsbrock.com
Mr. Bennett's practice em-
phasizes securities, M&A
and corporate fi nance in
the natural resources sector,
including business combina-
tions, take-over bids, public
equity and debt off erings,
private placements and
stock exchange listings.
Bertoldi, Linda L.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6647
lbertoldi@blg.com
Ms. Bertoldi is a senior part-
ner and the national leader of
BLG's Electricity Markets
Group. She acts for major
clients on power project
development, project fi nan-
cing, M&A transactions, and
distribution, transmission
and infrastructure issues.
Biringer, Monica E.
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6830
mbiringer@osler.com
Ms. Biringer emphasizes
M&A and corporate fi nance
in her corporate income tax
practice. Her experience
embraces inbound cross-
border M&A, corporate
fi nancing, lease fi nancing
and tax litigation matters.
John Leopold, a se-
nior partner at Stike-
man Elliott LLP in
Montréal and Co-chair
of the fi rm's Mergers &
Acquisitions Group,
says when you look at
overall
M&A activity
in Canada, "the market is very robust with
the highest volume of deals we have seen
since 2007. Foreign buyers have been a big
part of this uptick in activity. While the
US
continues to be the primary source of cross-
border deals, not surprisingly, there is also a
healthy level of activity from Europe as well
as scattered deal fl ow from Asia."
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT
"MIDDLE MARKET IS IN
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
IF YOU ASKED ME IN 2007
I WOULD HAVE SAID MIDDLE-
MARKET DEALS WERE IN
THE RANGE OF $250 TO $500
MILLION WHEREAS TODAY
THAT NUMBER WOULD BE
CLOSER TO $50 TO $200 MILLION."
– John Leopold, Stikeman Elliott LLP
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