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Wakil, Omar K., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7635 - owakil@torys.com
Co-chair of the firm's Competition and Foreign Investment Review Practice. Advises domestic/international
clients on all aspects of competition law. Provides strategic advice to firms involved in mergers, cartel and
abuse of dominance investigations under the Competition Act. Also advises clients on net benefit and national
security reviews under the Investment Canada Act. Has represented numerous foreign investors, including
state-owned enterprises, as well as domestic targets in acquisition transactions. Author of e Annotated Com-
petition Act and e Annotated Investment Canada Act. Speaks regularly on Canadian Bar Association con-
ference panels and contributes to the organization's policy statements. Past-chair of the Section's Mergers and
Foreign Investment Review committees. Member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Competition Policy Council
and private-sector advisor to the International Competition Network. Ontario Bar, 1996. LLB, 1994, Univer-
sity of Toronto. Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003.
Amm, Michael D., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-8140 - mamm@torys.com
Co-head of Torys' Mining & Metals Practice and partner in the M&A and Capital Markets practices. Focuses
on a broad range of corporate, commercial and securities law, with an emphasis on cross-border M&A and
corporate finance, particularly in the mining sector. Also has significant experience with royalty/streaming
and joint-venture transactions in the mining sector. Represented Franco-Nevada on a number of recent trans-
actions, including its $650-million precious metals streaming financing of the acquisition of the Candelaria
mine in Chile and a $500-million cross-border equity offering. Has also represented China Development
Bank on its proposed financing of Minmetals' bid to acquire Equinox Minerals, China Investment Corpora-
tion in its C$1.7-billion acquisition of a 17 per cent equity interest in Teck Resources, Hindalco in its $6-bil-
lion acquisition of Novelis and subsequent financing transactions. Ontario Bar, 1998. New York Bar, 2002.
LLB, 1996, Queen's University. BComm, 1993, University of Toronto.
Atkinson, Aaron, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-5492 - aatkinson@fasken.com
Aaron Atkinson's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate finance.
Atkinson has extensive experience advising in both domestic and international cross-border matters in a var-
iety of industries, including mining, energy and life sciences. He advises both financial and strategic investors
as well as issuers and directors, on transactional matters including financings, negotiated acquisitions, strategic
transactions such as joint ventures and partnerships, contested take-overs and proxy contests, as well as govern-
ance matters, including internal investigations and day-to-day governance issues. Atkinson also co-authored
two groundbreaking empirical studies on proxy contests (published in 2013) and hostile take-over bids in
Canada (published in 2015).
COMPETITION LAW / CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
