 Bennett Jones Education University of Guelph, BA (Honours), 2020 Queen's University, JD, 2023 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2024 Overview Steve Balon has a corporate commercial and securities law practice, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, shareholder arrangements, corporate reorganizations and corporate finance. He assists on a range of transactions, including acting for targets and acquirors in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, investments and divestitures. Steve provides ongoing advice to public companies on their disclosure, corporate governance and securities law obligations. Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Steve summered and articled with the firm. While articling, Steve was seconded to The Coca-Cola Company. Select Experience • A syndicate of agents led by Canaccord Genuity in a C$9-million LIFE offering of Units of NTG Clarity Networks • Paradigm Capital, as sole agent, in its C$8.4-million brokered private placement of flow-through and hard dollar units for Cartier Resources |