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Amanda Linett is a partner and Co-Head of the Mining Group and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. She is also a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Capital Markets Groups and a member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic), private equity and corporate finance transactions. Amanda has extensive experience advising senior management, boards of directors, special committees and other transaction participants in numerous M&A transactions (both friendly and hostile) as well as private equity firms and pension funds on public and private M&A transactions and strategic investments. She also represents issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, and regularly provides advice on corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters. Amanda has been recognized by Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in Corporate/Commercial, by IFLR1000 as “Highly Regarded” in Mergers and Acquisitions, by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer in Corporate Finance and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions and Mining, by The Legal 500 Canada as a next generation partner in Corporate and M&A and by The Best Lawyers in Canada in Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Natural Resources and Securities.