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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Ponder, Dale R., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Pressman, Emmanuel, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Pukier, Brian M., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Romano, Simon A., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Shishler, Melanie A., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Singer, Jeffrey, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Sorell, René R., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Stein, Paul M., Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Swartz, Jay A., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Turner, John S.M., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Vanderpol, Sean, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Vaux, Robert, Goodmans LLP
Waitzer, Edward J., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Woollcombe, David E., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Wright, Cornell C.V., Torys LLP
Yontef, Marvin, Bennett Jones LLP
OTTAWA
QUÉBEC: MONTRÉAL
QUÉBEC CITY
Wright, J. Craig, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Barbeau, Marc B., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Boislard, Michel, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Boucher, Patrick, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Carelli, Robert, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Castiel, Peter, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Guindi, Shahir, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Horn, Sidney M., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Huot, Jean Marc, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Katz, Warren M., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Lamonde, Sophie, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Leopold, John W., Stikeman Elliott LLP
Mayr, Clemens, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Paré, Robert, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Raymond, Paul, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Ruf, Franziska, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Amyot, François, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Leclerc, Philippe, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Gropper, Mitchell H., QC, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
Vancouver - (604) 661-9322 - mgropper@farris.com
Senior partner Mitchell Gropper, QC, has an extensive corporate and securities practice with emphasis on
complex transactions including corporate finance, reorganizations, M&A and advice to boards of directors.
He has developed innovative financing structures, including income funds and stapled securities and has
represented issuers and others in IPOs and public/private securities offerings. Gropper has advised on
financial reorganizations and debt restructurings, including special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the
Olympic Village and several reorganization transactions for Concord Pacific Group and Onni Development.
He was named in e 2017 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and e
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2016. He has a Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of
5). Gropper is admitted to the Bar of British Columbia (1966) and was appointed Queen's Counsel (1990).
Harrison, Elizabeth J., QC, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
Vancouver - (604) 661-9367 - eharrison@farris.com
Senior partner Elizabeth Harrison, QC, practices in the corporate, M&A, and securities fields.
She has represented boards of directors, investment bankers and public corporations in M&A's, prospectus
offerings, private placements, take-over bids, open market transactions, acquisitions of control, related-
party transactions, privatizations, proxy contests and other securities-related matters. She is the Director of
public and private companies and charitable organizations. She was Chair of the BC Ferry Services Corp
and Executive Director of the Wise Persons Committee to review the structure of securities regulations in
Canada. She has served as advisor to the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Business Corporations Act
(BC). She was named in e 2017 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,
the 2017 list in e Best Lawyers in Canada. She has a Martindale-Hubbell ranking of AV (preeminent 5.0
out of 5). Harrison is admitted to the British Columbia Bar (1973) and was appointed Queen's
Counsel (1986).
BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER
