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Kufeldt, Kent D., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Calgary - (403) 232-9727 - kkufeldt@blg.com
Partner in the Vancouver and Calgary offices of BLG. Vancouver regional leader of the firm's Securities &
Capital Markets and Corporate Commercial Groups. Corporate and securities practice embraces equity and
debt financings, reorganizations and M&A transactions in the oil & gas, mining, renewable power and other
sectors. Has significant experience with merger, acquisition and reorganization transactions advising boards
of directors and special committees, as well as acting for both acquiring companies and target companies in
respect of hostile take-overs and negotiated acquisitions. Recent experience includes advising Asian private
and state-owned enterprises on investment into Canada. Has been involved in a number of innovative trans-
actions, including acting as counsel to the issuer in respect of the first "new generation" royalty trusts. Clients
include companies, limited partnerships, trusts and underwriting syndicates. Graduated from the University
of Toronto Law School.
Smith, John, Lawson Lundell LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-9120 - jsmith@lawsonlundell.com
John Smith has acquired very broad experience dealing with business law issues over the last 35 years. He has
been involved with many of BC's leading enterprises in industries, including mining, terminal operations and
other infrastructure, forestry, investment funds and consumer products and services. He has acted on a wide
variety of transactions, including M&A, IPOs, underwritings and restructurings, including acting for special
committees and other fiduciaries, and has extensive experience with most governance and financing struc-
tures, including trusts. He frequently advises clients on business succession, and is regularly asked to advise on
significant litigation and arbitrations. He is recognized in Chambers Canada for corporate commercial law
and won lawyer of the year in Vancouver for Best Lawyers in Canada for corporate commercial and securities
law. He received MA and BCL degrees (first class) from Oxford University and taught law for six years before
commencing practice. He served as Lawson Lundell's Managing Partner and is an Adjunct Professor in the
UBC Faculty of Law.
Tallon, Gregory J., Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Winnipeg - (204) 934-2478 - g jt@tdslaw.com
Greg Tallon's practice is concentrated in the Business Law area. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions,
real estate leasing and development, secured transactions and securities, with particular experience in business
acquisitions in the United States. One client is the Boyd Group Income Fund, which carries on collision repair
and auto glass businesses in Canada under the name "Boyd Autobody & Glass" and in the United States under
the names "Gerber Collision & Glass" and "Glass America." He has acted for Boyd Group from inception to
the present, advising on all types of legal matters, including its 2003 conversion from a TSX-listed company
to a TSX-listed income trust.
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