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Veilleux, Niko, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montréal - (514) 397-5236 - nveilleux@fasken.com
Niko Veilleux is a partner in Fasken Martineau's Securities and M&A practice in Montréal. His practice
focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities, corporate governance
matters and private equity/venture capital, notably complex cross-border and multi-jurisdictional trans-
actions. Veilleux has represented Canadian, US, Australian and other foreign public and private com-
panies, boards and independent committees, underwriters and private-equity funds in connection with
mergers and acquisitions, take-over bids, going-private transactions, public and private financings, private
placements and corporate governance. His clients include public and private companies, boards and in-
dependent committees, underwriters and private-equity funds. Veilleux is currently teaching mergers and
acquisitions law at the McGill University Faculty of Law. He was called to the New York State Bar in 2001
and worked for Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and Melbourne, Australia until 2005. Veilleux
was called to the Québec Bar in 2006.
Spector, Charles R., Dentons Canada LLP Montréal - (514) 878-8847 - charles.spector@dentons.com
Charles R. Spector co-leads the Corporate Law group from Dentons' Montréal office. His practice covers a
wide range of commercial transactions focusing primarily on public and private corporate and project finan-
cing, take-overs, and mergers and acquisitions. Spector represents clients in certain key industries including
energy, oil and gas, pulp and paper and mining. He advises his clients on matters in the following fields: public
offerings, private placements, take-over bids, take-over bid defenses and strategies, leveraged buy-outs, private
power project financing, corporate reorganizations and corporate governance. Spector has published articles
on a variety of subjects, including government regulations affecting the petroleum industry, the duties of the
board of directors during a hostile take-over and independent power project financing in Québec. Spector is a
director of several private and public corporations and active in the management of the firm at both the local,
national and global levels.
Gropper, Mitchell H., QC, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Vancouver - (604) 661-9322 - mgropper@farris.com
Senior partner. Extensive corporate and securities practice. Emphasis on corporate finance, reorganizations
and M&A. Has developed innovative financing structures, including income funds and stapled securities.
Represented issuers and investment dealers in IPOs and public/private securities offerings. Acted for pur-
chasers and sellers in M&A transactions (Aritzia, Arctic Glacier, California Ice, MDS); advised boards of
directors and special committees (Goldcorp, Intrawest, Coast Wholesale, Sterling Shoes, Vancouver City Sav-
ings Credit Union); and in going-private and related-party transactions. Advised on financial reorganizations
and debt restructurings, including special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the Olympic Village and
several reorganization transactions for Concord Pacific Group. Frequent lecturer on directors' duties and the
business judgment rule. Named in e 2015 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada and the 2015 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.
Harrison, Elizabeth J., QC, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Vancouver - (604) 661-9367 - eharrison@farris.com
Senior partner. Practices in the corporate, M&A and securities fields. Has represented boards of directors,
investment bankers and public corporations in M&As, prospectus offerings, private placements, take-over
bids, open-market transactions, acquisitions of control, related-party transactions, privatizations, proxy con-
tests and other securities-related matters. Director of public and private companies and charitable organiza-
tions. Former Chair of the BC Ferry Services Corp. and Executive Director of the Wise Persons Committee
to review the structure of securities regulations in Canada. Named in e 2015 Lexpert®/American Lawyer
Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2015 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border
Corporate Lawyers in Canada, "Top 25 Women Lawyers in Canada" and "Top Creative Lawyers in Canada."
Recipient of 2009 Lexpert® Zenith Award; 2009 PEAK Award — Performance and Excellence, from Women
in Finance. Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV. Listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada. Admitted to the British
Columbia Bar (1973). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1986).
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