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Provided by Patricia L Olasker

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Patricia acts on many of Canada’s most complex M&A, shareholder activism and capital markets transactions across all sectors. She has extensive experience advising boards of directors, special committees and activist shareholders on corporate governance matters, proxy contests and transactions. She also specializes in public market derivatives, the development of innovative structured debt and equity products. She is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching Advanced M&A. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Securities Commission, former adviser to the chair of the OSC and past chair of the OSC’s Securities Advisory Committee. She is vice-chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, vice-chair of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation Board and former president of the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association. Select Recognition: Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN; received the 2024 Award of Excellence from Osgoode Hall Law School, an honour celebrating Osgoode alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers; The Legal 500 Canada; IFLR1000; Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Best Lawyers in Canada; Expert Guides’ Women in Business Law; Lexpert Magazine’s Top 25 Women Lawyers in Canada; Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Zenith Award; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance and M&A, Mining.

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Patricia Olasker is a deeply experienced lawyer whose expertise in high-value M&A transactions, proxy contests and corporate governance is widely applauded. Based in Toronto, she is well versed in handling transactions in the energy and mining spaces, among others.

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