OUR PEOPLE

Representative transactions of public record include:

• Advising Virgin Group in the establishment of Virgin Mobile Canada, Canada’s first mobile virtual network operator
• Debt financings for a number of Ontario universities
• Advising the Ontario Strategic Infrastructure Financing Authority (formerly OMEIFA) in connection with its initial offering of more than $300M Ontario tax-exempt bonds and the issuance of $500M short-term promissory notes.
• Acting as legal counsel in the merger of two public hospitals and a $281M public bond offering for Canada’s largest teaching hospital, Toronto Hospital (University Health Network), a first of its kind transaction.

• Board of Trustees, Hospital for Sick Children (2002 – Present), Chair (2008 – Present), Vice Chair and Chair Designate (2007 – 2008), Finance and Audit Committee (2002 – 2003); Nominating and Governance Committee (2003 – Present)
• Director, Canada Health Infoway (2007– Present); Finance, Investment and Audit Committee (2007– Present)
• Director, Toronto International Film Festival Group (2007 – Present); Governance and HR Committee (2007 – Present)
• Director, LuminaTO, the Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity (2007 – Present)
• Member, Business Advisory Council, Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University (2003 – 2007)
• Founding Director and Legal Counsel, Women in Capital Markets (WCM), a non-profit organization sponsored by 11 major investment banking firms and fund managers and currently comprised of more than 600 senior capital market professionals (1993 – 1998); Advisory Council (1998 – Present)
• Founder and Chair of WCM’s Heather L. Main Memorial Scholarship Fund (endowment in excess of $2 million) (1997 – 2007)
• Director, The Japan Society (1994 – Present); Program Committee
• Special Advisor, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (1997 – Present); Founding Chair, Sedai, the Japanese Canadian Legacy Project (2003 - Present)
• Member, Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission (1999 – 2002)

Ms. Sugiyama has also served on the boards of, among others: The Nikko Securities Co. Canada, Ltd., Ontario Exports Inc., The Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, The Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Corporation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Branksome Hall, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation and the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

• Co-Chair, 18th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 21-22, 2008)
• Co-Chair, 17th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 22-23, 2007)
• Speaker, “Corporate Governance for Subsidiaries of Public Companies” (Canadian Corporate Counsel Association/Gowlings Joint Presentation on Corporate Governance, Toronto, January 26, 2007)
• Co-instructor, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics and Governance, University of Alberta School of Business (ORG A 686, May 2006)
• Speaker, “Good Governance and Its Impact on Mergers and Acquisitions”, Western Corporate Governance Forum, (Conference Board of Canada, Calgary, April 3-4, 2006)
• Co-Chair, 16th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 23-24, 2006)
• Co-Chair, Strong Boards Build Strong Companies (Ottawa Life Sciences Council, Ottawa, May 31, 2005)
• Co-Chair, 15th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 17-18, 2005)
• Speaker, “Realizing the Vision: The UHN Bond Issue – The Lawyer’s Perspective”; Building Tomorrow’s Hospital Today – Rethinking Development (PRISM, Toronto, June 7, 2004)
• Speaker, “Corporate Governance Eh? – a Canadian Overview”, (RBC Global Services/Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, May 3, 2004)
• Co-Chair, 14th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 23-24, 2004)
• Speaker, TSX Venture Exchange “Rules and Tools Workshop – Corporate Governance made Simple” (Spring, 2003)
• Speaker, “How In-house Counsel can Enhance Corporate Governance”, (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 24-25, 2003)
• Co-Chair, 13th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 17-18, 2003)
• Speaker, “Continuous Disclosure and Fair Disclosure Requirements: An Update”, (Canada/U.S. Financial Accounting and Reporting-Meeting Changing Requirements of the Post-Enron Era) (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, June 20-21, 2002)
• Speaker, “Update on Continuous Disclosure”, (Association of Canadian General Counsel, Montreal, September, 2001)
• Moderator, “Structures and Policies that are Critical for Compliance with Disclosure Rules”, Corporate Disclosure Conference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, June 2001)
• Speaker, “Minimizing Your Risks Under the New Continuous Disclosure Regime for Public Issuers”, (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Executive Roundtable, Toronto, February 2001 and Vancouver, April 2001)
• Moderator, “Continuous Disclosure: New Obligations, New Liabilities", 11th Annual Securities Superconference (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, February 2001)
• Chair, Corporate Disclosure: Standards and Guidance for Public Companies, (Infonex Conferences, Toronto, January 2001)
• Speaker, “Continuous Disclosure: New Standards for Timely and Accurate Dissemination of Information”, Corporate Governance (The Canadian Institute, Toronto, December 2000)
• Moderator, “Legal Issues and the New Economy in a Global Marketplace”, Investor Relations – Competing for Capital in a Global Marketplace (ICM Conferences, Toronto, November 2000)

Papers and Publications

• Co-Author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings of “Public-Private Partnerships in Canada - Alternative Financing and Procurement in Canada: Hope Springs Eternal?” (LEXPERT 2007)
• Co-Author with E. J. Loree of “Directors’ Duties in the Mergers and Acquisitions Context: An Overview”, Western Corporate Governance Forum (Conference Board of Canada, Calgary, April 3-4, 2006)
• Co-Author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings of "Public-Private Partnerships in Canada in 2005", The 2005 LEXPERT CCCA/ACCJE Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook (LEXPERT 2005)
• “Who’s Who (and Doing What) in Corporate Governance in Canada?”, a comprehensive summary of corporate governance developments in Canada (Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, 2005)
• Co-Author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings of "Public-Private Partnerships in Canada - Where are we headed?", 2005 LEXPERT Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (THE AMERICAN LAWYER, 2004)
• Co-Author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings and Alan Mayne of TD Securities Inc. of “Mid-Market Mergers & Acquisitions in Canada”, Spring 2004 (Financier Worldwide)
• Co-Author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings and Alan Mayne of TD Securities Inc. of “M&A in Canada-an Update”, Spring 2004 (International Chamber of Commerce)
• Editor “Biotech in Canada-Challenges and Opportunities”, 2004 Annual Biotech Review (Financier Worldwide)
• Co-author with Paul H. Harricks of Gowlings, of “Public-Private Partnerships in Canada – An Update” published as a feature article in the 2004 LEXPERT/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Co-author with Paul H. Harricks, of “Public-Private Partnerships in Canada – Burgeoning Opportunities” published as a feature article in the 2003 LEXPERT/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Contributing Editor, Corporate Finance, (Federated Press)
• Contributor, The Guide to World Equity Markets, (Euromoney Publications PLC, annual, 1985-2002)
• Contributor, International Financial Law Review
• Contributor, Review of International Business Law