Darcy Ammerman

Darcy Ammerman is co-leader of McMillan LLP's financial services group and a member of SFNet’s Women in Secured Finance (WISF) committee. Her diverse practice focuses on complex domestic and cross-border debt financing, financial institution regulation, and "near insurance" such as extended warranties. She frequently acts as Canadian counsel on cross-border lending transactions and has been praised for her commercial sensibility and ability to work seamlessly with client teams to solve complex issues. Her transactional experience includes asset-based lending, acquisition financing, sponsored finance, aircraft financing, debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, and other forms of leveraged debt transactions. She is a regular speaker on the topic of secured lending (including as part of the Osgoode Hall intensive short course in secured lending and debt finance) and financial institution regulation. She is also known for her consistent substantive contributions to key industry publications, including Global Legal Insights - Banking Regulation and National Banking Law Review. In the insurance area, she advises on regulatory approvals, reorganizations, and ongoing compliance matters. She is recognized in the IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide.