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May, Neill I., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4187 - nmay@goodmans.ca
Partner. Broad base of experience in corporate/securities law, with particular emphasis on mergers & acquisi-
tions, governance and proxy matters, public and private financings (domestic and cross-border), private-equity
and business restructurings. Actively involved in mining and Asian market practice areas. Recognized as a
leading lawyer in his areas of practice by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, e Lexpert®/American Law-
yer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR and e Best Lawyers
in Canada. Former member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee and the Ontario
Securities Commission's Securities Advisory Committee and Small Business Advisory Committee. Former
Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
Levin, Jon, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-4401 - jlevin@fasken.com
Jon Levin is repeatedly identified as one of Canada's top 30 dealmakers and is the recipient of extensive pro-
fessional recognition, including being named one of Canada's most creative lawyers. His practice includes
mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities regulation and business law. Recent significant matters
include representing CDS Clearing and Depositary Services on a $400-million financing; TMX Group on
its commercial paper program and C$1-billion term debenture issue; previously the banking syndicate on the
C$3.8 billion take-over of TMX Group; Dundee Wealth on its sale to Bank of Nova Scotia at a C$3.2-billion
enterprise value; and Canada's largest distressed debt investment fund group on the creation of numerous
investment funds and other transactions. A regular panelist and lecturer for continuing legal education pro-
grams of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association and the Federated Press, Levin has
been quoted in e Globe and Mail, e National Post, Business News Network and Law Times. He was called
to the Ontario Bar in 1975.
McNee, Margaret C., McMillan LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7284 - margaret.mcnee@mcmillan.ca
Margaret McNee is a senior partner advising issuers, underwriters and other market participants on cross-bor-
der offerings of securities and M&A transactions, corporate governance and ongoing compliance with secur-
ities regulation. She has expertise in investment funds and asset management, including retail structured prod-
ucts and alternative funds. She is Repeatedly Recommended in Corporate Finance & Securities and Invest-
ment Funds & Asset Management in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; and in other leading directories.
McNee received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University and received her law degree from Osgoode
Hall Law School in 1983. From 1990–1991, McNee was seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission's
corporate finance branch to assist in various policy initiatives. In 1994, she served as a consultant to the finan-
cial services policy branch of the Ontario Ministry of Finance on interprovincial securities harmonization.
McNee chairs McMillan's Women's Initiative, which develops and oversees progressive policies to achieve the
advancement of women in the firm.
Mingay, Paul A.D., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Toronto - (416) 367-6006 - pmingay@blg.com
Partner and national leader of BLG's Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Practice focuses on mergers &
acquisitions (particularly in the areas of private-equity and cross-border transactions, such as Health Care
REIT's acquisitions of a 75 per cent interest in a portfolio of retirement homes from Revera and of Health-
Lease Properties REIT, JLL Partners' acquisition of the minority interest in Patheon and related combination
with DSM NV, and GT Canada Medical Properties' acquisition by Northwest Value Partners); corporate
finance (including debt and equity, acting for both issuers and underwriters, such as IPOs and financings by
Loblaws, George Weston, Northland Power, Centerra Gold, Cameco and Chartwell Retirement Residences
REIT); corporate governance, including acting for special committees and securities, and corporate law in
general. Former member, Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission. LLB from
University of Toronto. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1981.
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