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Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practices. A Managing
Partner of the fi rm and member of the Management Committee. Has represented both
issuers and underwriters in numerous domestic and international public and private
fi nancings. Advises public companies and institutional investors on corporate gover-
nance issues. Has represented acquirers, targets, controlling shareholders and committees
of independent directors in the M&A, both negotiated and unsolicited, of numerous
public companies. Former Chairman of the Securities Advisory Committee to the OSC.
Recognized in Expert Guides' ! e Best of the Best, in the Guide to the World's Leading
Capital Markets Lawyers and in the Guide to the World's Leading Banking Finance &
Transactional Lawyers; Who's Who Legal: Capital Markets; ! e Best Lawyers in Canada;
IFLR1000; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer
Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; and Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/
Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Ontario Bar, 1984.
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Partner and co-head of one of Goodmans' business law groups. Broad base of experience
in corporate/securities law, with particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions, public
and private fi nancings (domestic and cross-border), private equity and business restruc-
turings. Recognized as a leading lawyer in his areas of practice by ! e Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. Former
member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee and the Ontario
Securities Commission's Securities Advisory Committee and Small Business Advisory
Committee. Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.
Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
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Partner whose practice focuses principally on M&A, both public and private, cross-
border and across all industries, including fi nancial services, communications and media,
technology, mining and energy. Advises on capital markets, corporate/commercial and
fi nancial restructuring and insolvency matters. Extensive experience in all aspects of
public company mergers and acquisitions, including hostile take-over bids, private-equity
acquisitions, negotiated merger transactions and special committee processes. Has been
involved in restructurings of a number of insolvent companies. Has been counsel on a
number of public off erings, securitization transactions and innovative transactions.
Recognized in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business; IFLR1000;
! e Best Lawyers in Canada; ! e Legal 500: Canada; Who's Who Legal: Capital Markets;
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-
border Corporate Lawyers in Canada; and ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1990.
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Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Corporate/Commercial,
Mining, Energy and Communications & Media practices. Has been involved in a range
of transactions, including public M&A, private-equity transactions, proxy contests
and contested transactions. Advises companies and their boards of directors as well as
signifi cant shareholders of Canadian public companies on their rights and obligations
under Canadian corporate and securities laws. Experienced in advising shareholders on
requisitioning shareholder meetings and conducting proxy battles for board control.
Acted for Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. in its acquisition of a 4.9 per cent
stake in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. and for Burger King Worldwide,
Inc. in its acquisition of Tim Hortons Inc. Recognized in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada;
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-
border Corporate Lawyers in Canada; ! e Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's
Leading Energy Lawyers and Lexpert® Special Edition on the Leading Canadian Lawyers
in Global Mining. Ontario Bar, 1998.
D. Shawn
McReynolds
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5538
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Neill I. May
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4187
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Vincent A.
Mercier
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5579
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
J. Alexander
Moore
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5570
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
smcreynolds@dwpv.com
nmay@goodmans.ca
mercier@dwpv.com
amoore@dwpv.com
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