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Canadian LAW AWARDS 2023 54 www.lawawards.ca CAPITAL MARKETS DEAL OF THE YEAR WINNER Rogers Communications bond offering to finance purchase of Shaw Communications Firms: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; DAVIES; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Banks and Accountants: BofA Securities, Inc.; Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG LLP; Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.; RBC Capital Markets, LLC; RBC Dominion Securities Inc.; Scotia Capital Inc.; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Government of Canada inaugural Green Bond issue Firms: DAVIES; McMillan LLP Organizations: Department of Justice; Sustainalytics Banks and Accountants: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.; Casgrain & Company Limited; CIBC World Markets Inc.; Desjardins Securities Inc.; HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.; Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.; Merrill Lynch Canada Inc; National Bank Financial Inc.; RBC Dominion Securities Inc.; Scotia Capital Inc.; Toronto-Dominion Bank Shopify dual-class structure change Firms: McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECTS DEAL OF THE YEAR WINNER GO Transit corridor expansion project Firms: Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG); DAVIES; Eversheds-Sutherland (UK); McCarthy Tétrault LLP; McMillan LLP EXCELLENCE AWARDEES LG Energy Solution and Stellantis battery plant joint venture Firms: Dickinson Wright PLLC; Gowling WLG; Lee & Ko; Stikeman Elliott LLP Ontario Line transit system project Firms: DAVIES; DLA Piper; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; McMillan LLP Organizations: 360 Alliance (Stantec and Jacobs); Agentis Capital; BDO Consulting; Ernst & Young Orenda Corporate Finance; Henningson, Durham & Richardson; Optimus SBR; BDO Canada LLP Pembina Pipeline Corporation and KKR & Co. joint venture to create Pembina Gas Infrastructure Firms: Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Torys LLP Organizations: RBC Capital Markets; TD Securities INSOLVENCY & RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR WINNER Aldo cross-border restructuring Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG); DAVIES; Dentons Canada LLP; Eversheds; Gowling WLG; McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Schellenberg Wittmer; Stikeman Elliott LLP Organizations: Ernst & Young Inc. EXCELLENCE AWARDEES BlackRock Metals restructuring Firms: Dentons Canada LLP; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Goodmans LLP; Gowling WLG; IMK LLP; Lavery de Billy LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Torys LLP Harte Gold Corp restructuring Firms: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Goodmans LLP; McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP; Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Groupe Sélection restructuring under the CCAA Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; DAVIES; Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin LLP; Gowling WLG; McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP; Woods LLP