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William K. Orr focuses his practice on corporate governance and has acted for many
boards of directors and independent committees of boards of public companies and
institutional investors. Orr specializes in securities regulation including multi-national
transactions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries.
He is a recognized expert in public and private fi nancing, private placements, take-over
bids, mergers and acquisitions, going-private transactions, corporate governance, restruc-
turings, and stock exchange and securities enforcement issues. Orr has taught securities
regulation and business law courses at Queen's University, Osgoode Hall Law School,
McGill University and the University of Toronto. He co-authored a book, Private Place-
ments in Canada and co-authored 20 Questions Directors Should Ask About Special
Committees. He received the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Direc-
tors and has served on its board and has served on a number of community and charitable
boards of directors.
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Senior partner in the Corporate/Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital
Markets and Mining practices. Advises domestic and foreign acquirers, targets, hedge
funds, special committees and investment banks in M&A transactions, shareholder activ-
ism and corporate governance. Represents issuers and underwriters in some of Canada's
most complex and innovative fi nancing transactions. Specializes in public market deriva-
tives, the development of innovative structured debt and equity products, high-yield
debt fi nancings and Multijurisdictional Disclosure System off erings. Past member of
Davies' management committee and member of Davies' China practice. Adjunct profes-
sor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Recognized in Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading
Lawyers for Business; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; Who's Who Legal: Capital
Markets; ! e Legal 500: Canada; IFLR1000; and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. Honored
with the Lexpert® 2013 Zenith Award as one of Canada's Leading Women Lawyers.
Called to the Ontario Bar in 1979.
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Practice focuses on public market M&A, board advisory, shareholder disputes and
corporate fi nance. Former Director, Capital Markets Branch, OSC. Head of Interna-
tional Practice. Extensive experience in public market transactions and advising senior
management and boards of directors on legal and strategic matters. Recent transac-
tions include Independent Committee of Rio Alto Mining in its C$1.3B combination
with Tahoe Resources, Glencore's $1.5B acquisition of Caracal Energy, representing the
underwriters of public-equity off erings by Ivanhoe Mines and Chemtrade Logistics, the
independent committee of McGraw-Hill Ryerson in its go-private transaction, Equity
Financial and Ceres Global Ag Corp's responses to shareholder actions, Inmet's response
to First Quantum's unsolicited take-over off er, Viterra's sale to Glencore, HOMEQ
Corporation's sale to Birch Hill Partners, and Wi-Lan's attempted take-over of Mosaid.
Listed in numerous publications for his expertise in M&A, corporate fi nance and capital
markets. JD, 1981, University of Toronto.
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Paul Stein is a partner who acts as lead counsel for a number of public clients that have
been involved in mergers, acquisitions, take-over bids (both hostile and friendly), proxy
fi ghts, going-private transactions, spin-off transactions, corporate fi nance and corpo-
rate governance matters. He frequently acts as counsel for special committees of boards
of directors. Stein's practice also includes assisting mining clients in the negotiation of
joint ventures, farm-in agreements and the fi nancing of exploration and development
projects, both domestically and internationally. He is recognized as a leading lawyer by
the ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Finance, Mining and M&A); ! e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Mining and
Corporate Finance); Chambers Global [Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources:
Mining (Canada), Projects: Mining: Leading Canadian Firms (Latin America-wide)];
Best Lawyers (Mining and Natural Resources); and Who's Who Legal (Mining). Stein
was called to the Ontario Bar in 1983.
William
K. Orr
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-4360
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
Patricia L.
Olasker
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5551
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
James D.
Scarlett
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8199
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Paul M.
Stein
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (416) 869-5487
Fax: (416) 350-6949
Toronto
worr@fasken.com
polasker@dwpv.com
jscarlett@torys.com
pstein@casselsbrock.com
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