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EVENT PARTNER DEAL AWARDS M & A DEAL OF THE YEAR WINNER Rio Tinto acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Organizations: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.; TD Securities Inc.; Credit Suisse; RBC Capital Markets; Rothschild & Co EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Canderel-led Consortium Acquisition of Cominar REIT Firms: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG); DAVIES; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; McCarthy Tetrault LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP Organizations: BMO Capital Markets; CIBC; KPMG; National Bank Financial Inc.; Moelis & Company LLC; RBC Capital Markets; Scotiabank Kinross Gold Corp. acquisition of Great Bear Resources Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Kirkland Lake Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines merger of equals Firms: Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; DAVIES; Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP; Shearman & Sterling LLP Organizations: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.; BofA Securities, Inc.; CIBC World Markets, Inc.; Maxit Capital LP; TD Securities Inc.; Trinity Advisory Group, LP Banks and Accountants: Chess Depositary Nominees Pty Ltd.; Computershare Investor Services Inc. Telus acquisition of LifeWorks Firms: Clifford Chance LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP Organizations: BMO Capital Markets; CIBC World Markets; Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. MID-MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR www.lawawards.ca 53 WINNER Audax Private Equity Acquisition of Harbourfront Wealth Management Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP Organizations: Raymond James Ltd. EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Enercare Acquisition of HydroSolution L.P. and HydroSolution Ltd. Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG); Ekitas Avocats & Fiscalistes Inc.; McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP Essity acquisition of 80 percent share of Knix Wear Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Wyloo Metals Acquisition of Noront Resources Firms: Bennett Jones LLP; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; McCarthy Tétrault LLP