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Harbell, James W. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5690 jharbell@stikeman.com
Mr. Harbell is a partner in the Toronto office and is co-chair of the firm's Energy
Group. He is the current head of the Project Development & Finance Group
and a former head of the Toronto Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on
energy, infrastructure and real estate, M&A transactions, development, project
finance and procurement for electricity, gas and government entities.
Hansell, Carol Hansell LLP
(416) 649-8486 chansell@hanselladvisory.com
Ms. Hansell advises on a wide range of corporate and securities matters.
She represents management, boards, investors and regulators in the context
of transactions, investigations, special committees and their governance
practices generally.
Halperin, Stephen H. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4115 shalperin@goodmans.ca
Mr. Halperin is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Co-Chair
of its corporate/securities group. Selected twice as "Toronto Corporate Lawyer
of the Year" and as "Toronto Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year" by Best
Lawyers in Canada. Named among top 30 M&A, capital markets and corporate
governance lawyers worldwide by Euromoney (only Canadian selected in all
of these categories).
Guindi, Shahir Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(514) 904-8126 sguindi@osler.com
Mr. Guindi, managing partner of the Montréal office, focuses on domestic
and cross-border M&A, corporate finance, private equity and venture capital.
He also acts for PE funds on investments, divestitures and fund formations.
Gropper, QC, Mitchell H. Farris, Vaughan,
Wills & Murphy LLP (604) 661-9322 mgropper@farris.com
Mr. Gropper's practice focuses on corporate finance, reorganizations,
M&A and commercial real estate. He has advised boards of directors
on take-over bids, going-private transactions and other corporate matters.
Grieve, Sander Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-4826 grieves@bennettjones.com
Head of the Mining Department at Bennett Jones LLP, Mr. Grieve practises
public markets finance and M&A with a focus on the global mining industry.
He has acted in transactions touching many countries and industries.
He represents a range of the leading issuers, dealers and advisors
in global public markets M&A and finance.
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tems to make sure that you're in compliance with anti-
spam regulations and things like that. ese are flagged
when a potential buyer walks into a transaction.
"If you, as a seller, have a bunch of surprises popping
up that you weren't aware of, it doesn't look too good
on you and it may affect not just the valuation but also
the trust that the seller has that this business is under
control and has properly managed all the risks."
Amyot believes data management – and the cost of
getting it wrong – is important enough to warrant get-
ting specific legal advice.
"It can be a bit of an investment to make sure that
you're okay as far as your data-management systems and
your compliance with these new regulations, but it's
certainly an area you need to pay attention to."
Even with all the good will in the world, it may not be
possible to avoid data-related problems.
at's why businesses should make sure they have
security-breach systems and protocols in place as well,
says Chris Hewat, a partner at Blake, Cassels & Gray-
don LLP.
"You need incident-management processes so that
if there is a denial-of-service attack or another breach,
your people are trained to respond," says Hewat. "It's
not enough to just buy the security soware."
A security breach is among the most serious risks an
organization faces because it can wipe out both custom-
er and investor confidence in a mater of moments, says
Hewat, an M&A and securities lawyer who also advises
on governance.
at means discussions about data management
should not be confined to the IT department person-
nel, he says. It should also be discussed around the
board table.
"Boards are responsible for the oversight of their
companies. at elevates it to a key board issue. Just as
"You don't learn this stuff in
business school but as your
company builds, it's very
important to be mindful of
it. If you don't have counsel
advising you, talk to people
at other companies, talk
to associations in your
industry – whatever you
can do – to make sure
you start educating yourself
so you understand the
things that can bite you."
- DEBORAH WEINSTEIN, LABARGE
WEINSTEIN LLP
