Frank Aquila
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"Frank Aquila", formerly a judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, was appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba/Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench on February 29, 2000. He replaced Mr. Justice Mullally, who chose to become a supernumerary judge.

Mr. Justice Aquila received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba in 1982, and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1983. Prior to his appointment to the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1994, Mr. Justice Aquila was in general practice with the firm of Bueti, Aquila, Baumstark in Winnipeg. He is a former Chair of the Probation Liaison Committee for Manitoba Provincial Judges and of the Committee to Assess Problems in Youth Court. Active as a community volunteer, Mr. Justice Aquila is past president of the Winnipeg Lodge of the [http://www.ordersonsofitalycanada.com Order of the Sons of Italy], and he has also been involved with the Italian Folk Dancers Association and the Italian Children's Choir.

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The level of activity has been building up the last month or two. We have a very strong pipeline headed into 2006, as do most of the M&A law firms and the investment banks.

China and India have rapidly growing economies and a great challenge for them going forward will be finding energy assets to keep their economies growing.

There is really a trend of consolidation across many, many industries and geographies, ... The pipeline is full, and I think we'll see a lot of transactions in the next few months.

When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price.

My gut tells me that these guys will renegotiate the price and there will be a significant haircut. Assuming they're reasonable and want to get the deal done, there's got to be some middle ground they can find.

Essentially, they (Guidant) are going to say ... yes there have been issues at Guidant, but do those issues give rise to a right on the part of Johnson & Johnson to walk away from the transaction?