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Cockburn, Matthew, Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7662 - mcockburn@torys.com
Practices corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and private equity. Acts for a wide variety
of private-equity firms and pension funds, advising on all aspects of their investment activities. Advised on
public take-over bids, plans of arrangement and private acquisitions and divestitures. Also has significant ex-
perience in the corporate finance area, advising issuers and underwriters on public and private offerings of
debt and equity securities. Has represented CPPIB, Ontario Teachers', OMERS Private Equity, KKR, Onex,
TorQuest Partners, Clairvest, Altas Partners and Birch Hill Equity Partners, among others. Member of the
CVCA (Canadian Private Equity Trade Group). Ontario Bar, 1995. LLB, 1993, University of Toronto; BA
(Honors), 1989, Queen's University.
Chernin, Lawrence S., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-5903 - lchernin@goodmans.ca
Partner. Practices corporate and securities law with a focus on corporate finance, M&A, private equity and
corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters. Lawrence Chernin has over 25 years' experience
in high-profile Canadian and international M&A, public-company and private-equity transactions. He
has acted for both issuers and underwriters on public offerings, including debt financings and cross-border
offerings. He has also acted as counsel in many significant M&A transactions, plans of arrangements and
take-over bids, and provides advice to special committees of public companies. Clients include pensions and
private-equity funds and he has extensive experience acting on investments made by such funds in private and
public companies. Chernin taught a course on private-equity law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011‒2012.
He is recognized as a leading lawyer in his areas of practice by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and e
Best Lawyers in Canada. Member of LSUC and CBA. BCL (civil law) and LLB (common law) from McGill
University, Montréal. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1978.
Davidge, Marlene J., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7322 - mdavidge@torys.com
Practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business partnering, public offerings, financings, advice to
boards and their committees, and all other aspects of securities law. Well-known both domestically and inter-
nationally for her work dealing with public and private managed products, including creative product design
for mutual, pooled, hedge and segregated funds; wrap accounts and pension vehicles; and the myriad of issues
surrounding portfolio management. Former member of the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario
Securities Commission. Has more recently been a member of one of the working committees established by
the Canadian Securities Administrators to comment on the future regulatory structure for managed prod-
ucts, an area about which she has written and spoken extensively both in Canada and abroad. Ontario Bar,
1979. LLB, 1977, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Emanoilidis, John E., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-8145 - jemanoilidis@torys.com
Co-head of Torys' M&A Practice. Practice focuses on corporate/commercial and securities law, with an em-
phasis on M&A and corporate finance. Has been involved with some of the firm's largest M&A deals, in-
cluding for BlackBerry, Glencore, Viterra and Husky International. Significant experience advising domestic
and foreign acquirers, selling shareholders and investment banks in all aspects of M&A (public and private),
including hostile take-over bids, strategic review processes, proxy contests, going-private transactions, pri-
vate-equity transactions and negotiated acquisitions. Extensive experience in corporate finance transactions,
representing issuers, underwriters and investors in domestic and international debt and equity public offerings
and private placements. A Contributing Editor of Federated Press's Corporate Financing Journal and Merger
and Acquisitions Journal. Ontario Bar, 1999. LLB, 1997, Osgoode Hall. BA (High Distinction), 1994, Uni-
versity of Toronto.
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