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Member, Executive Committee; Co-chair, Corporate/Securities Practice. Advises
domestic/international clients on M&A, strategic relationships, fi nancings, dissident
shareholder activities and governance and regulatory matters and investigations. Past
General Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission. Past Chair, OSC Securities Advisory
Committee, and past member, OSC Enforcement Advisory Committee. Clients include
CI Financial, Coeur d'Alene, Four Seasons, Grupo Bal, HudBay, Manulife, Newmont,
family offi ces, funds and private-equity investors, including Teachers', and investment
banks. Represented OSC staff /market participants in regulatory proceedings, includ-
ing OSC review of market timing. Regularly identifi ed as a leading lawyer in corporate,
corporate governance, capital markets, mining, private equity, corporate fi nance and
M&A by publications including Lexpert®, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR, Legal
500 Canada, Who's Who Legal (1 of 10 most highly regarded worldwide for corporate
governance) and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada (2014 Toronto Corporate Governance
Lawyer of the Year).
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Corporate and securities law practice focuses on corporate fi nance, investment funds,
M&A and governance. Acts in structuring international, cross-border and domestic
public/private fi nancings, and in the design of fi nancial products/services. Expertise in
REITs, listed closed-end funds, ETFs, principal-protected notes, mutual funds, pooled
funds and hedge funds. Acts in structuring acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations,
including take-over bids, arrangements, proxy contests for control, and negotiated acqui-
sitions. Acted for AV Transworks in its take-over bid for Minacs Worldwide; Hindalco
Industries in its acquisition of Novelis; Aditya Birla Group in the Canadian aspects of its
acquisition of Columbian Chemicals; K+S Aktiengesellscha in the Canadian aspects
of its acquisition of Morton International; Loblaws in the creation of ChoiceREIT and
Helix BioPharma in its proxy contest. Co-chair, Torys' India Group. Adjunct Professor,
University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Past Chair, Board of Directors, WWF Canada.
MBA/LLB, 1981. BA, Economics, 1977. Governor General's Gold Medal.
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Chair of Goodmans LLP. Practices corporate, commercial and securities law and
provides counsel on public off erings, M&A, and business restructurings. Director of
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and is an Alternate NHL and NBA Gover-
nor. Serves on the board of RioCan REIT and CAMH Foundation. In 2014, was
appointed by the Minister of National Defence as an Honorary Captain of the Royal
Canadian Navy. Recognized among "Toronto's 50 Most Infl uential People" by Toronto
Life magazine in 2012. Honored as one of the ICRF's 2010 "Men of Distinction" for his
philanthropic eff orts and contributions to the community and in 2011 and 2012 was
presented with the ICRF's Chairman's Award. Lecturer in securities law at Osgoode Hall
Law School and the recipient of the "Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence" in
2005. Became a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Law Practice Program at Ryerson
University in 2014. Recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate, corporate/commercial,
corporate fi nance and securities, M&A and private equity by numerous publications in
various countries.
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Jon Levin is repeatedly identifi ed as one of Canada's top 30 dealmakers and is the recip-
ient of extensive professional recognition, including being named one of Canada's most
creative lawyers. His practice includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate fi nance, securi-
ties regulation and business law. Recent signifi cant matters include representing CDS
Clearing and Depository Services on a US$400 million fi nancing; TMX Group on its
commercial paper program and C$1-billion term debenture issue; previously the banking
syndicate on 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
debt investment fund group on the creation of numerous investment funds and other
transactions. A regular panelist and lecturer for continuing legal education programs
of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association and the Federated
Press, Levin has been quoted in ! e Globe and Mail, ! e National Post, Business News
Network and Law Times. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1975.
Jonathan
Lampe
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4128
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Patricia
A. Koval
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7356
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Dale H.
Lastman
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4129
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Jon Levin
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-4401
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
jlampe@goodmans.ca
pkoval@torys.com
dlastman@goodmans.ca
jlevin@fasken.com
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