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Barnes, Jeff, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Toronto - (416) 367-6720 - jbarnes@blg.com
Member of BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group. Practices in M&A, corporate governance and board
advice, mining, debt and equity financings, restructurings, reorganizations, privatizations (including Can-
adian National Railway and 407 ETR), infrastructure, energy (including Bruce Nuclear) and project finance.
Also recognized in a number of compilations, including e Best Lawyers in Canada. Rated AV by Martin-
dale-Hubbell. Member, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task Force, Member and Former Chair, Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and Canada Committee; Co-chair, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint
Ventures of ABA Section of International Law. Former member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the
OSC and Senior Legal Advisory Committee to the Chair, OSC. Received Queen's Golden Jubilee medal. Is
or has been on boards of directors of several public corporations and non-profit entities. Former Chair, Easter
Seals Ontario. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1976.
Balfour, Richard J., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7339 - rbalfour@torys.com
Practice focuses on corporate/securities law, with an emphasis on M&A. Substantial experience in public/
private M&A transactions and public/private offerings of securities, including privatizations and demutualiz-
ations. Represented TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in its acquisition by Maple Group
and its proposed merger with LSE Group; e Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition of Dundee Wealth;
omson in its acquisition of Reuters (Canada's first dual-listed company structure); Sun Life Financial in
the sale of its interest in CI Financial; CTVglobemedia in its acquisition of CHUM; TSX Group in its de-
mutualization IPO; Sun Life Financial in its acquisition of Clarica Life; and Sun Life in its demutualization.
Advised Minister of Finance (Canada) on national securities regulation (2009–2014). Chair of the board of
e Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy omson Hall. Ontario Bar, 1980. AB, 1971, Princeton University.
BLitt, 1974, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar). JD, 1978, Harvard University.
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
experience 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.
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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