Ian Michael is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. He practices corporate and securities law with a focus on public mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. Michael provides ongoing advice on securities law, corporate law and corporate governance matters to public and private companies in a variety of industries, including aviation, mining, consumer goods manufacturing and financial services.

Mr. Michael has been involved in representing the following in announced mergers and acquisitions transactions:

· WGI Heavy Minerals in its acquisition by Opta Minerals pursuant to a take-over bid;

· UNX Energy in its acquisition by HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. of Brazil by way of plan of arrangement in consideration of Global Depositary Receipts listed on the TSX;

· Desjardins Financial Group in its take-over bid for Western Financial Group;

· Schlegel Health Care in its take-over bid for The Homewood Corporation;

· Genuity Capital Markets in its cash and share-exchange acquisition by Canaccord Financial;

· Integrated Device Technology, Inc. in its acquisition of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation by way of plan of arrangement;

· Creststreet Power & Income Fund during its sale to FPLE Canada;

· LionOre Mining in connection with competing take-over bids by Xstrata plc and Norilsk Nickel ($6.8 billion);

· Central African Mining & Exploration Company PLC in its unsolicited take-over bid for Katanga Mining;

· Scotiabank in its equity investment in DundeeWealth Inc.;

· Camco Inc. during the insider take-over bid made by Controladora Mabe S.A. de C.V.;

· the special committee of a Canadian REIT in connection with the acquisition of assets from a related party;

· private equity investors making an investment by way of cross-border exchangeable shares;

· IESI Corporation in its cross-border merger with BFI Canada Income Fund; and

· Smithfield Foods, Inc. in its sale of Schneider Corporation to Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and the related redemption of exchangeable securities of its Canadian subsidiary.

Mr. Michael also acts for both corporate issuers of securities and for the underwriters/investors in private placements and public financings. Mr. Michael regularly acts for aviation fuelling consortia at most international airports in Canada including in connection with their financing activities and commercial agreements.

Mr. Michael teaches a seminar on mergers & acquisitions for the advanced securities law program at the University of Western Ontario and at Queen's University. In 2006, he completed an eight-month secondment to the Mergers & Acquisitions Team of the Corporate Finance Branch at the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Michael is also a contributor to Annotated Ontario Securities Legislation published semi-annually by CCH.

He received his BA and LLB from Queen's University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Mr. Michael was called to the Ontario bar in 2001.