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Pincus, Stephen N., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4104 - spincus@goodmans.ca
Partner, Executive Committee member and Chair of the firm's REITs and income securities practice. Ex-
tensive practice in corporate commercial, M&A, private equity, corporate governance and corporate finance.
Ranked as one of the two top capital markets lawyers in Canada. Has acted as lead counsel on many significant
transactions, and played a key role in the development of Canada's real estate capital markets, the country's
seniors' housing sector, and domestic and cross-border IPOs for a broad range of businesses. Advises boards
and activist shareholders on corporate governance and proxy contests. Clients include public and private
companies, investment banks and hedge funds. Was retained by Industry Canada to lead a major governance
study. Recognized by Lexpert®, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, IFLR1000, e Legal 500
Canada, Euromoney and Law Business Research. MBA and LLB (Gold Medalist). Founding Chairman of
the Canada/South Africa Chamber of Business. Member of the Corporate and Securities Advisory Board
for Practical Law and author of e Canadian REIT Handbook.
Orr, William K., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-4360 - worr@fasken.com
William K. Orr focuses his practice on corporate governance and has acted for many boards of directors and
independent committees of boards of public companies and institutional investors. Orr specializes in secur-
ities regulation, including multi-national transactions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom
and other countries. He is a recognized expert in public and private financing, private placements, take-over
bids, mergers and acquisitions, going-private transactions, corporate governance, restructurings, and stock
exchange and securities enforcement issues. Orr has taught securities regulation and business law courses at
Queen's University, Osgoode Hall Law School, McGill University and the University of Toronto. He co-auth-
ored a book, Private Placements in Canada and co-authored 20 Questions Directors Should Ask About Special
Committees. He received the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and has served on
its board and has served on a number of community and charitable boards of directors.
Scarlett, James D., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-8199 - jscarlett@torys.com
Practice focuses on representing public companies and investment banks on M&A, corporate finance and
corporate governance matters. Has extensive experience in planning, negotiating and implementing public
market transactions for clients and advising senior management and boards of directors on legal and strategic
matters. Has acted on over 15 M&A deals worth approximately C$18 billion; numerous board or special
committee mandates, including unsolicited take-over bids or dissident shareholder actions; and approximately
30 public-equity deals worth almost C$8 billion. Listed in numerous publications for his expertise in M&A,
corporate governance and corporate finance and capital markets. Former director, Capital Markets Branch,
OSC. Ontario Bar, 1983. JD, 1981, University of Toronto.
Turner, John S.M., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-4380 - jturner@fasken.com
John Turner is the leader of Fasken Martineau's Global Mining Group. One of Canada's leading newspapers
described him as "one of the best dirt lawyers in Canada, if not the world." He has been involved in leading
M&A and corporate finance transactions in the resources sector, including First Quantum's C$1.44-billion
share offering, AuRico Gold's $1.5-billion merger with Alamos Gold, IAMGOLD's $530-million sale of its
Niobec Mines, Primero Mining's $75-million convertible debenture offering, Oryx Petroleum's C$224-mil-
lion share offering, and Addax Petroleum's $9-billion sale to Sinopec. His clients include issuers or the under-
writers in capital markets or M&A transactions involving resources companies active throughout Africa,
Latin America and Europe. He has successfully acted for the financial arranger or sponsor of several global
major resources projects. Turner is consistently recognized in leading legal publications as a leading lawyer for
mining, energy and natural resources law. He is a recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. Turner was
called to the Ontario Bar in 1989.
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