The Group’s counsel and services also extends to finance companies, merchant bankers, venture capital firms, governments and individuals.

Our broad range of transactional services is listed below.

Financial Transactions

• Asset-based lending
• Secured and unsecured credit lines
• Letters of credit
• Acquisition funding
• Real estate finance
• Receivables funding vehicles
• Loan syndications
• Distressed debt and equity purchases
• Development bonds
• Project finance
• Construction lending
• Multi-borrower transactions
• Equipment leasing
• Computer hardware and software financing
• General agreements

Advice and Expertise

• Debt securitization
• Security enforcement and collections
• Mortgage enforcement
• Private and court-appointed Receivers
• Liquidations
• Proposals and corporate bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
• Proceedings under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act, Winding Up Act and Farm Debt Review
• Debtor-in-possession financing
• Commercial fraud
• Money laundering
• Banking law

Debt Financing

• Public and private debt financing either domestic and international
• Reviewing and drafting legislative provisions dealing with government finance

Restructuring and Insolvency Services

• Issuing demands and statutory realization notices
• Debtor filings under the CCAA, the BIA and other reorganization statutes
• CCAA applications and BIA proposals
• Representation of trustees, monitors, receivers, interim receivers or liquidators
• Private or court appointed receivers and interim receivers
• Structuring sales processes and approvals
• Debt and security restructuring
• D.I.P. financing
• Mortgage and personal property security enforcement
• Loan and security agreements
• Forbearance agreements
• Guarantee enforcement
• Lender liability
• Recovery and sale of assets
• Sale plans for assets
• Negotiating with secured, unsecured creditors, debtors and other interested persons
• Court reports
• Priority disputes
• Opinions regarding the validity and enforceability of security interests