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Member of BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group. Practices in M&A, corpo-
rate governance and board advice, mining, debt and equity fi nancings, restructurings,
reorganizations, privatizations (including Canadian National Railway and 407 ETR),
infrastructure, energy (including Bruce Nuclear) and project fi nance. Recognized in a
number of compilations, including Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for
Business, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2015.
Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. Member, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task
Force, Member and Former Chair, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and
Canada Committee; Co-chair, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures of ABA Section
of International Law. Former member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the OSC
and Senior Legal Advisory Committee to the Chair, OSC. Received Queen's Golden
Jubilee medal. Is or has been on boards of directors of public corporations and non-profi t
entities. Former Chair, Easter Seals Ontario. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1976.
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Practices corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and private equity.
Acts for a wide variety of private-equity fi rms and pension funds, advising on manage-
ment buyouts and leveraged buyouts of public and private companies. Regularly advises
acquirers and targets in connection with public take-over bids, plans of arrangement, and
private acquisitions and divestitures. Also has extensive experience in corporate fi nance,
including advising issuers and underwriters on public and private off erings of equity and
debt securities. Regularly represents CPPIB, Ontario Teachers', OMERS Private Equity,
TorQuest Partners, Clairvest, Altas Partners and Birch Hill Equity Partners, among
others. Listed as a leading lawyer in corporate securities, private equity and M&A by
various publications, including Best Lawyers in Canada 2015 and ! e Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory 2014. Named one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under
40." LLB, 1993, University of Toronto; BA (Honors), 1989, Queen's University. Ontario
Bar, 1995.
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Frank DeLuca is a partner whose practice focuses on corporate fi nance, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate governance and continuous disclosure. He has extensive experi-
ence in negotiating support, arrangement and voting agreements for public acquisitions
and sales and purchase agreements for private acquisitions. DeLuca advises both issuers
and underwriters in the raising of capital in Canada and the US, and assists clients in
constructing and documenting corporate governance regimes in compliance with appli-
cable laws and industry standards including industry associations. He also advises clients
on compliance with continuous disclosure regimes under applicable securities laws
and industry standards and provides strategic advice to clients on the implementation
and structuring of a variety of joint ventures in various jurisdictions around the world.
DeLuca was appointed to the Ontario Securities Commission's Continuous Disclosure
Advisory Committee for 2008–2009. DeLuca was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998.
Jeff Barnes
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6720
Fax: (416) 361-7089
Toronto
Matthew
Cockburn
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7662
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Frank A.
DeLuca
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (416) 642-7475
Fax: (416) 640-3134
Toronto
jbarnes@blg.com
mcockburn@torys.com
fdeluca@casselsbrock.com
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Alan Bell is a senior partner in the fi rm's corporate department. He practices primar-
ily in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and advising board
of directors on corporate governance matters, and represents public and private compa-
nies, board of directors and independent committees of directors of public companies.
Bell has routinely acted in respect of signifi cant domestic and multinational mergers and
acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and advises corporations on the structur-
ing and implementation of corporate governance practices. Recognized in Law Business
Research's International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers, International
Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and International Who's Who of Business
Lawyers; ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,
Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, Euromoney's IFLR1000:
Guide to the World's Leading Financial Lawyers, Global Counsel's Mergers & Acquisi-
tions Handbook and Woodward/White's ! e Best Lawyers in Canada.
Alan Bell
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-5770
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
bella@bennettjones.com
