Cases
Representative Work: Acted for creditors, debtors
insolvency professionals in a number of insolvency, restructuring
realization proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
the Bankruptcy
Insolvency Act including Darford International Inc. (Receivership)
Azure Dynamics Corporation (CCAA)
Blackburn Developments Ltd. (CCAA)
BAK Battery Canada Ltd. (BIA Bankruptcy)
Yukon Zinc Corporation (CCAA)
Caffe Artigiano (BIA Proposal)
Shoes.com (Receivership
BIA Bankruptcy)
Acted as counsel for the lending syndicate in a US$300,000,000
a CAD$50,000,000 cross-border syndicated financing of a leading agricultural produce grower
supplier
Acted as counsel for the lending syndicate in a $125,000,000 syndicated financing of the leveraged acquisition by a leading cold storage
logistics business of another leading cold storage
logistics business
Acted as lender's counsel in a $35,000,000 senior secured financing of the leveraged acquisition of an aviation services company
Acted as lender's counsel in establishing a $50,000,000 capital call facility for a leading private equity firm
Acted as lender's counsel in a $52,000,000 senior secured financing of the leveraged acquisition of certain retail assets through proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Acted as borrower's counsel in a $110,000,000 holding company financing of a leading global renewable energy (wind energy
geothermal) company
Acted as lender's counsel in a $17,500,000 leveraged buyout financing of a manufacturer of geotechnical, mining
environmental products
Acted as lender's counsel in a $48,000,000 financing of an underground excavation
road building contractor
Acted as counsel for the lending syndicate in a $100,000,000 syndicated financing in connection with the leveraged acquisition of a leading supplier of industrial mineral product
Acted as lender's counsel in a $55,000,000 asset-based financing of a leading distributor serving the energy
mining industries
Acted as lender's counsel in a $50,000,000 senior debt financing of a mining services company
Acted as counsel (financial services matters) to an aviation services company in connection with a $250,000,000 equity investment
asset acquisition by another aviation services company
Acted as borrower's counsel in an $80,000,000 senior debt financing of an aviation services company
Acted for a variety of lenders
borrowers in several large lending
corporate finance transactions including multi-jurisdictional lending transactions, syndicated loans transactions,
secured convertible debt securities issuances
Acted for a variety of lenders
borrowers with small-
medium-market lending transactions, with particular focus on aircraft, equipment,
real estate financings.