333 Bay St, Suite 3400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, W Twr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1997 (ON)
Partner with 25+ years closing banking, asset-based lending, project finance, high-yield debt and restructuring deals. Represents lenders, borrowers, and sponsors on domestic, cross-border, and international finance transactions. Recent mandates include: Wells Fargo in various ABL, DIP and exit credit facilities; Fiera Private Debt in various infrastructure financings; SkyPower Global with respect to its various RESOP project financings; fulcrum secured creditor of Entourage Health Corp. with respect to its credit facilities; the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario with a $500M financing of Pace Credit Union; Hub International in its US$5.06 billion cross-border refinancing. Recognized as a leading ABL, banking and project financing lawyer by IFLR 1000, Best Lawyers in Canada, Who’s Who Legal, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and in Lexpert Special Editions — Global Mining, Energy and Infrastructure. Has the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell for ethical standards and legal ability. Has written and spoken on debt finance in a variety of forums, including co-authoring and editing the Canada chapter of The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review and The Lending and Secured Financing Review.
On July 14, 2017, Lithium Americas Corp. (Lithium Americas) completed a $355,000,000 financing transaction with Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. (GFL) and Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd. (BCP) to finance the development of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina.
