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Canadian LAW AWARDS 2025 60 www.lawawards.ca M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR WINNER Royal Bank of Canada's C$13.5 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada Canadian Law Firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (counsel to Royal Bank of Canada; RBC Law Group (lead counsel to Royal Bank of Canada); Miller Thomson LLP (counsel to HSBC Bank Canada board of directors); Stikeman Elliott LLP (counsel to HSBC Global) Non-Canadian Law Firms: A&O Sherman; Allen & Overy LLP (UK counsel to RBC; Linklaters LLP (UK counsel to HSBC Global); Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (US counsel to RBC) Organization: Royal Bank of Canada EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Advent International, Philip Fayer, Novacap, and CDPQ's US$6.3 billion joint acquisition of Nuvei Corporation Canadian Law Firms: Bennett Jones (for BMO Capital Markets); Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (for Advent International); Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (for Novacap); Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (for Novacap); Goodmans LLP (for TD Securities); McCarthy Tétrault LLP (for CDPQ); Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (for Special Committee of Nuvei Corporation); Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (for Philip Fayer); Stikeman Elliott LLP (for Nuvei) Non-Canadian Law Firms: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP; Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Mayer Brown LLP; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Ropes & Gray LLP; Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP; Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Organizations: Advent International and Nuvei Corporation Blackstone Real Estate's C$5 billion acquisition of Tricon Residential Canadian Law Firms: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (counsel to Blackstone; Goodmans LLP (lead counsel to Tricon Residential Inc.); Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Canadian counsel to the Special Committee of Tricon Residential ("Tricon")) Non-Canadian Law Firms: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (US counsel to Tricon); Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (counsel to Blackstone) Canadian Natural Resources Limited's US$6.5 billion acquisition of Chevron's Alberta assets Canadian Law Firms: Bennett Jones LLP (lead counsel to Canadian Natural Resources); Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (counsel to Chevron) Chord Energy and Enerplus C$11 billion merger Canadian Law Firms: Goodmans LLP (counsel to Chord Energy Corporation); Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (counsel to Enerplus) Non-Canadian Law Firms: Latham & Watkins LLP; Vinson & Elkins LLP (co-lead counsel to Chord Energy); Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (co- lead counsel to Chord Energy) Glencore's C$9.93 billion acquisition of Teck Resources Limited Canadian Law Firms: Bennett Jones LLP (for Nippon Steel); Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources Limited); Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) LLP; Felesky Flynn LLP (counsel to Teck Resources Limited); McCarthy Tétrault LLP (counsel to Glencore plc); Stikeman Elliott LLP (counsel to Teck Resources Limited) Non-Canadian Law Firms: Covington & Burling LLP; Linklaters LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (for Teck);Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (for the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck) Organizations: Teck Resources Limited; Ardea Partners LP (financial advisor to Teck); Barclays Capital Canada Inc. (financial advisor to Teck); CIBC World Markets Inc. (financial advisor to Teck); TD Securities Inc. (financial advisor to Teck); BMO Capital Markets (financial advisors to the special committee of the Board of Directors of Teck); Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (financial advisors to the special committee of the Board of Directors of Teck); Origin Merchant Partners (financial advisors to the special committee of the Board of Directors of Teck) CASE AWARD Judged on a single case's size and complexity and the extent to which it set new standards of excellence in the delivery of legal services by the team. COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM OF THE YEAR WINNER Torys LLP, Law Office of Terry Corsianos; Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Ministry of the Attorney General – Crown Law Office; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP – Aquino v. Bondfield Construction Co., 2024 SCC 31 EXCELLENCE AWARDEES Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Field LLP; Glaholt Bowles LLP – Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd v. Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd, 2024 ABCA 74 Borden Ladner Gervais, Stikeman Elliott; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Woods LLP; Dentons Canada LLP – Republic of India v. CCDM Holdings, 2024 QCCA 1620 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Orr Taylor LLP; Stikeman Elliott LLP; WeirFoulds LLP; McCarthy Tétrault LLP – Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606 Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Gardiner Roberts; Cambridge LLP; Scher Law; Supreme Advocacy LLP; Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP – Rina Del Giudice and Daniel Wood v. Paige Thompson, et al., 2024 CanLII 88330 (SCC) Lenczner Slaght, O'Donnell, Robertson & Partners; Stikeman Elliott LLP; Thomson Blackburn Lane Lefebvre LLP; Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP; Clyde & Co LLP; Blaney McMurtry LLP; Theall Group LLP – Loblaw Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145

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