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Christina H. Medland

Partner

	Direct: 416.865.8111 Office: Toronto Fax: 416.865.7380 Email: cmedland@torys.com

	Chris is recognized by Chambers & Partners as a leading employment lawyer in Canada.

Practice

Christina Medland is the head of Torys' Executive Compensation Practice. Her practice focuses on executive arrangements, incentive compensation and compensation governance, as well as on pensions, benefits and employment.

A significant part of Chris’ practice is the implementation of codes of conduct, executive contracts, change-of-control agreements and retention arrangements for senior management. She also advises compensation committees and boards on public company disclosure requirements and governance obligations concerning compensation. Chris’ practice includes all aspects of pensions, benefits and employment issues in the context of mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and outsourcings.

Chris also advises on the establishment and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements for public and private companies, including stock option, phantom stock, share appreciation rights, deferred share unit plans, pension and supplemental pension plans, cash incentive plans and phantom plans. She advises on compensation governance and board liability, including director and officer insurance.

Chris is recognized by Chambers & Partners as a leading employment lawyer in Canada and is an avid sailboat racer.

Transactions

Chris has recently been involved in representing

Gerdau Ameristeel announces proposed acquisition by Gerdau S.A., June 2010
Federal Signal completes acquisition of Sirit, March 2010
411 Local Search announces sale of 411.ca brand and equity interest to Yellow Pages Group, February 2010
Extendicare REIT completes C$86.3 million offering of units, February 2010
Brookfield Renewable Income Fund in its hydroelectric and wind power facilities, and in its C$380 million offering of subscription receipts, August 2009
First Capital Realty in its completion of dividend-in-kind transaction, August 2009
IPIC in its acquisition of NOVA Chemicals, July 2009
Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund in its acquisition of hydroelectric and wind power facilities, and issuance of C$380 million of subscription receipts, July 2009
Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund in its sale to Archway, July 2009
Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of Streamlogics, July 2009
Brookfield Renewable Power in its sale of Ontario distribution assets to FortisOntario, June 2009
Hydrogenics in its non-dilutive financing transaction, including exchange offers for securities of Algonquin Power Income Fund, June 2009
Petro-Canada in its merger with Suncor Energy, March 2009
Fairfax Financial Holdings in its C$686 million going-private transaction of Northbridge Financial, December 2008
Gerdau Ameristeel in its acquisition of Metro Recycling, October 2008
Connors Bros. Income Fund in its sale of its operating businesses to a Centre Partners Management affiliate, September 2008
Severstal Resources in its acquisition of PBS Coals, August 2008
Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund in its C$28.2 million acquisition of Stratacon, August 2008
The InterTech Group in its sale of Hudson’s Bay Company to NRDC, July 2008
TD Bank in its acquisition of Canadian asset-based lending business of ABN Amro Bank NV, June, 2008
Nike in the US$200 million sale of its Bauer Hockey subsidiary, February 2008
Cognos in its US$4.9 billion sale to IBM, January 2008
Husky Injection Molding Systems in its acquisition by Onex , December 2007
ReichmannHauer Capital Partners in its acquisition of Black’s Photo, October 2007
Madison Dearborn Partners in its US$7.3 billion acquisition of CDW, October 2007
Husky Injection Molding Systems in its acquisition by Onex, September 2007
Fort Chicago Energy Partners in its C$218.5 million acquisition of Countryside Power Income Fund, August 2007
The Carlyle Group in its US$1.475 billion acquisition of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Engineered Products Division, July 2007
Canada Cartage Diversified Income Fund in its sale of CCD LP to Nautic Partners VI, July 2007
Algoma Steel in its C$1.85 billion sale to Essar Global, June 2007
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in its C$1.8 billion acquisition of Agricore United, June 2007
Sherritt International in its C$1.6 billion acquisition of Dynatec, June 2007
Hindalco Industries in its US$6 billion acquisition of Novelis, May 2007
The Thomson Corporation in its sale of Thomson Learning higher education assets for US$7.75 billion, May 2007
InStorage REIT in its C$110 million acquisition of properties, April 2007
Husky Injection Molding Systems in its possible sale of shares, March 2007
Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund in its C$437 million sale to Rain Commodities, February 2007
Carter Holt Harvey Limited in its US$500 million acquisition of International Paper’s beverage packaging business, January 2007
Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Halterm Limited, January 2007
PARIS RE in its acquisition of AXA RE’s reinsurance business, December 2006
Colgate-Palmolive in its US$126 million asset sale agreement with The Clorox Company, December 2006
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in its takeover of Agricore United, November 2006
Aditya Birla Group in its C$126 million acquisition of Minacs Worldwide, October 2006
Public Sector Pension Investment Board in its acquisition of Retirement Residences REIT, October 2006
Bell Globemedia in its acquisition of CHUM, September 2006
MTS Allstream in the sale of its directories business for C$281 million, August 2006
Birch Hill Equity Partners in its acquisition of Danone Waters of Canada and Labrador Laurentian, June 2006
Royal Utilities Income Fund in its C$172.5 million initial public offering, June 2006
BWAY in its acquisition of Industrial Containers’ plastic and steel general line pail business, June 2006
Corel in its C$117 million initial public offering, May 2006
Boeing in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of Aviall, May 2006
Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund in its C$225 million initial public offering, and related acquisition and financing, March 2006
Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition in its C$1.066 billion acquisition of Hudson’s Bay Company, March 2006
TD Bank in its contact centre technology outsourcing agreement with Bell Canada, February 2006
Agrium in its C$600 million acquisition of Royster-Clark , February 2006
Woodbridge and BCE in the new ownership structure for Bell Globemedia, December 2005
The Carlyle Group in its US$942 million acquisition of SS&C Technologies, November 2005
Grafikom in its C$53 million management buyout of Quebecor World’s Canadian specialty printing unit, November 2005
Harris in its C$570 million acquisition of Leitch Technology, October 2005
Brookfield consortium in its C$2 billion acquisition of O&Y Properties and O&Y REIT, October 2005
Primary Energy Recycling Corporation in its C$310 million initial public offering of EISs, notes placement and credit facility, August 2005
New Flyer Industries in its C$200 million initial public offering of income deposit securities, August 2005
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund in its C$500 million acquisition of Famous Players, July 2005
Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund in its C$168.3 million initial public offering, July 2005
Norcast Income Fund in its C$77 million initial public offering of units, June 2005
Cargojet Income Fund in its C$59.5 million initial public offering, June 2005
Magna International in the C$1.2 billion privatization of its public automotive subsidiaries, April 2005
Spinrite Income Fund in its C$202 million initial public offering, February 2005
BFI Canada Income Fund in its C$1.1 billion acquisition of IESI Corporation, January 2005
Sunrise Senior Living REIT in its C$270.9 million initial public offering, January 2005
Hydrogenics in its C$155 million acquisition of outstanding common shares of Stuart Energy Systems, January 2005
OccuLogix in its US$100.8 million initial public offering, December 2004
The First American Corporation in its C$63 million acquisition of Basis100, September 2004
Tootsie Roll Industries in its US$217 million acquisition of Concord Confections, August 2004
PBB Global Logistics Income Fund in its acquisition of Clarke Logistics, July 2004
TD Bank in its outsourcing of bank machine and point-of-sale operations to HP, July 2004
Cameco in the spinoff of its gold mining assets in the C$253 million IPO of Centerra Gold, June 2004
Connors Bros. Income Fund and Bumble Bee Holdings in their merger, creating North America’s largest branded seafood company and Canada’s largest consumer products income fund, May 2004
ONCAP LP in its acquisition of Canadian Securities Registration Systems, April 2004
Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Spinrite, February 2004

Publications and Presentations

Women in Law Conference
Speaker, Career Women Interaction, Toronto | November 25, 2010

"Get on Board" Education Program Advanced Series
Speaker, Canadian Board Diversity Council | September 28, 2010

Corporate Governance 2010: The New Reality
Co-Chair and Speaker, Lexpert Conference | September 27, 2010

Compensating to Manage Risk: Pay for Prudent Performance
Author, Client Bulletin | July 2010

Sound Compensation Practices
Speaker and Author, 2010 CLHIA Compliance & Consumer Complaints Conference | May 13, 2010

4th Annual Executive Compensation: Getting It Right
Co-Chair and Conference Leader, Lexpert Seminar, Toronto | April 28, 2010

Employment Contracts and Compensation Trends
Speaker and Author, Phoenix Executive Network | March 15, 2010

Canada's 2010 Budget Affects Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
Pension and Employment Bulletin | March 9, 2010

Compensation for Troubled Times
Financial Executives Institute Career Services Workshop | February 9, 2010

Growing Your SME in a Changing Economy, Executive Compensation Issues
Speaker and Author, Financial Executives Institute Career Services Workshop | October 22, 2009

Cross Border Executive Compensation Issues Arising in Canadian Transactions
Speaker and Author, Client Seminar | October 21, 2009

Corporate Governance for Today and Tomorrow
Co-Chair and Speaker, Lexpert Conference | October 8, 2009

Dealing with Underwater Options: Sinking or Swimming in the Credit Crunch
Torys Corporate and Capital Markets Bulletin | May 5, 2009

3rd Annual Executive Compensation: Getting It Right
Author, Lexpert Seminar, Toronto | May 2009

Incentive Strategies for Canadian Executives in Troubled Times
Corporate Governance Quarterly | Spring 2009

The New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules
Co-presenter with Cornell Wright, Torys' Video Podcast Series | February 2009

Incentive Strategies for Troubled Times
Torys' Video Podcast Series | December 2008

New Rules for Executive Compensation Disclosure
Torys Corporate and Capital Markets Bulletin | September 30, 2008

Executive Compensation: Director Liability and Directors' and Officers' Insurance
The 2008/2009 Lexpert CCCA/ACCJE Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook | September 2008

Ten Key Differences in Canadian, U.S. Employment Law
TLOMA Today | Spring 2008

Reporting It Right: Insider Reporting of Equity-Based Awards
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, vol. 3, issue 1 | February 13, 2008

Recent Developments: Executive Compensation
The 2007/2008 Lexpert CCCA/ACCJE Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook | October 25, 2007

Performance Share Units: Restricted Share Units with a Twist
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, vol. 2, issue 3 | October 18, 2007

Executive Compensation: Recent Developments of Importance
Canadian Corporate Counsel, vol.17, no.1 | September 2007
Also published in Lexpert/Thomson Canada's Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2007, Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2007 and Lexpert/Thomson Canada's Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006

Compensation Discussion and Analysis: Comprehensive Narrative Disclosure and Certification
Chair, Acumen Information Services' Executive Compensation and Stock Options: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Toronto | June 5-6, 2007

Compensating for Change
Going Private Transactions: How to Avoid Legal Minefields and Serious Execution Risk, Insight, Toronto | May 30, 2007

Ending It Right: Terminating Executives
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, vol. 2, issue 2 | May 1, 2007

Preparing for Transition: Executive Change-of-Control Agreements
American Lawyer U.S./Canadian Cross Border M&A Forum, New York | April 26, 2007

Know Your Options: Mitigating the Risks of Backdating and Springloading
Canadian Investment Review, vol. 20, no. 1 | March 1, 2007

Transition Compensation for Financial Executives
Financial Executives Institute Career Services Workshop, Toronto | February 7, 2007

Getting the Team Right: Recruitment, Retention and Succession
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, vol. 2, issue 1 | February 1, 2007

Surviving Change: Compensation Issues Arising in Transactions
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, issue 4 | November 1, 2006

Executive Compensation
Lexpert Seminar, Toronto | October 2006

Telling It Right
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, issue 3 | September 18, 2006

Pension Plans: A Very Risky Business
Canadian Institute of Financial Executive Conference, Toronto | June 2006

Stock Options
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, issue 2 | May 1, 2006

Tax Treatment of Share-Based Compensation in the New Era
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | February/March 2006

Recent Trends in Pension Law
Pension Plan Governance, Torys seminar, Toronto | February 16, 2006

Getting It Right
A Director's Guide to Executive Compensation, issue 1 | February 1, 2006

Pension Rights and Pension Wrongs: Pension Issues in Corporate Transactions
Ontario Bar Association, Toronto | January 24, 2006

Resolving Conflicts of Interest in Pension Fund Management
Pension Law, Litigation and Governance, Canadian Institute, Toronto | January 20, 2006

Mandatory Retirement To Be Eliminated in Ontario
Torys' Bulletin | June 15, 2005

Corporate Governance: American Jobs Creation Act
Co-author, Lexpert | April 2005

New U.S. Internal Revenue Code Provision Affects Canadian Incentive Plans
Torys' Bulletin | March 8, 2005

New TSX Rules Regarding Share-Based Compensation Plans
Torys Securities Awareness Seminar, Toronto | February 17, 2005

Incentive Compensation Plan Alert
Torys' Client Memo | February 1, 2005

The Potential Effect of the American Jobs Creation Act
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | December/January 2005

Pension and Tax Issues for Employment Lawyers: Recognizing the 'Red Flags' When Negotiating
Fifth Annual Employment Law Summit, Law Society of Upper Canada | November 26, 2004

Cross-Border Executive Compensation and Compensation Governance Update
Torys Seminar, Toronto | November 17, 2004

After Sarbanes-Oxley: Designing an Effective Executive Compensation Strategy in the Age of Transparency
Conference Board of Canada | November 1, 2004

Fixing the Post-Retirement Blues: Strategies for Managing Post-Retirement Benefit Liabilities
CPBI Regional Conference | October 1, 2004

New Workplace Watchdogs in Ontario
Torys' Bulletin | September 1, 2004

Government Eliminates Doubling Up of CPP and Employment Insurance Contributions on the Sale of a Business
Torys' Bulletin | June 1, 2004

Ontario to Eliminate Mandatory Retirement
Torys' Bulletin | April 15, 2004

Hot Topics in Canadian and U.S. Pension Plan Governance
Torys Seminar, Toronto | February 24, 2004

Pension Plan Governance
Seminar for Academic Clinicians Management Services, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto | February 2, 2004

Consensual Relationships in the Workplace and Sexual Harassment
Torys' Bulletin | December 15, 2003

International Executive Compensation
Course material peer reviewer, Dalhousie University | December 2, 2003

Here Today Gone Tomorrow: Employment Law
Torys Seminar | December 2003

Uses of Trusts in Pension and Employee Benefit Arrangements
Head instructor, Osgoode Hall Law School Master of Trusts Course | November 2003

Traps for the Unwary: What Every Canadian Company with U.S. Operations Needs to Know about U.S. Employment Laws
Client seminar chair | November 2003

Compensation Governance
Reviewer, C.D. Howe Institute | November 2003

Executive Compensation Share Unit Plans Offer New Approach
Benefits and Pensions Monitor | October 2003

Pension and Benefits Elements in Executive Compensation Arrangements
Insight | October 2003

Cross-Border Stock-Based Compensation
Infonex | October 2003

Governance Related to the Ontario Innovation Trust/Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund
Torys seminar, Toronto | October 2003

Same-Sex Marriage: Practical Issues for Employers
Torys' Bulletin | June 25, 2003

Seven Deadly Sins of Email and the Internet
Torys' Bulletin | May 1, 2003

What Would You Do... With Employees Who Refuse to Work Friday Nights?
Torys' Bulletin | April 1, 2003

Executive Compensation: Keep Your Company Compensation Structures Competitive, Attractive and Responsible
Chair, Insight | February 27-28, 2003

Restricted Share Unit Plans: The Baby Goes Out With Bathwater
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, vol. 14, no. 6, Toronto: Federated Press | February 2003

Unexpected Consequences of Reassessment of an Independent Contractor
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | July/August 2002

Cross-Border Stock Option Plans: Dealing with Different Regimes
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | February 2001

Deferred Share Unit Plans, Part II: Treatment of Non-Resident Directors
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | October 2000

Deferred Share Unit Plans, Part II: Pricing of Deferred Share Units
Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Toronto: Federated Press | July 2000