199 Bay St, Suite 4000, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1995 (ON)
Ian is a Partner in the Financial Services and Project Finance groups. His practice encompasses a broad range of business law matters, with a focus on financing transactions and financial regulatory matters. Ian has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial finance, both domestically and internationally, including public and private debt issuances, project finance, bilateral and syndicated lending, asset-based lending, private equity, second lien and other forms of subordinated lending, securitization and derivative transactions.
On October 2, 2017, Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) completed its offering of $500,000,000 principal amount of 3.315-per-cent Medium-Term Notes Due October 4, 2027 (Series 1). This was OPG’s first offering under its medium-term note program, established pursuant to its short form base shelf prospectus dated September 12, 2017.
On March 31, 2017, H2O Power Limited Partnership — a joint venture between the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) and BluEarth Renewables Inc. — completed a $400-million private placement of fixed-rate senior secured notes due November 30, 2029, to finance the long-term operation of eight hydroelectric generating facilities in Ontario.
On June 21, 2017, Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC (Odyssey), a leading middle-market private-equity firm completed the sale of its shares of the parent company and certain subsidiaries of Safway Group (Safway) to Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. (Brand).
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.
