100 King St W, Suite 6200, 1 First Cdn Pl, PO Box 50, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1995 (ON)
Richard has over 27 years of experience advising lenders, issuers and borrowers in numerous areas of banking and financing law including structured finance, asset based lending, private credit, direct lending, complex domestic and cross border financings and securitization. Richard is an expert in cross-border financing transactions. He represents both borrowers and lenders in a variety of secured transactions and his range of experience includes numerous domestic commercial lending transactions, domestic and cross-border syndicated loan transactions, domestic and cross-border private lending transactions and domestic and cross-border public and private asset securitizations. Richard also assists a number of the firm’s retail clients and emerging company clients with their ongoing financing related matters. Richard has spoken extensively in the areas of corporate lending and personal property security law.
On March 20, 2018, Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corp. (VAFFC) completed a $115-million offering of 3.653 per cent amortizing Series G bonds due March 20, 2051.
On October 12, 2016, Calgary Fuel Facilities Corporation Ltd. (CFFC) completed a $90-million offering of 3.549 per cent amortizing Series A bonds due October 12, 2046.
On December 31, 2015, Centric Health Corporation completed the divestment of its physiotherapy, rehabilitation and medical assessment businesses to an affiliate of Audax Private Equity, a member of the Audax Group, for $245 million plus up to $5 million in contingent consideration.
On April 29, 2015, Mitel Networks Corporation, a global leader in business communications, acquired Mavenir Systems, Inc., creating a global leader in converged IP communications. Mitel expects to expand its total addressable market by approximately US$14 billion by 2018, positioning the company to capitalize on increasing demand for 4G LTE services.
On October 3, 2006 Georgia Gulf Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia completed its previously announced acquisition of Royal Group Technologies Limited of Toronto in an all cash and assumed debt transaction, which values Royal Group at approximately $1.7 billion. The closing of the acquisition brings to an end a 16-month public sale process for Royal Group that began in May 2005 ...
On August 16, 2006 Teranet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Teranet Income Fund, completed a private placement of two series of rated senior secured bonds.
