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Vickie Wong Joins National Financial Services Group at FMC
November 5 2007 - Toronto
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC), announced today that Vickie Wong has joined the firm's Financial Services Group as a partner. Based in the Toronto office, Vickie’s practice will consist of a broad range of finance related matters, including bilateral and syndicated financings, cross-border transactions and asset-based lending. She has acted as counsel to Canadian, U.S. and international financial institutions and brings significant experience in multi-jurisdictional financing transactions.
"To serve the needs of our domestic and foreign clients, we have put together a Financial Services team capable of acting on the most complex international transactions," says Michel Brunet, FMC's Chair and Chief Executive Officer. "Vickie's outstanding skill set and experience, including her extensive cross-border experience, makes her a perfect fit for our Financial Services Group and our clients."
"Clients, and in particular U.S. clients, are looking for a firm that can provide sophisticated legal services on a seamless basis across the country. I am very excited to be joining a firm that has both deeps roots in the financial services area as well as a truly national platform," says Vickie.
"With Vickie's experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions, we are strengthening one of the most talented financial services law groups in the country," says Ross Walker, Chair of FMC's National Financial Services Group.
Vickie joins FMC from a Toronto-based law firm where she played a leading role in the Corporate Financial Services, Asset-based Lending and Corporate Lending areas. Called to the Ontario bar in 1991, she obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario.
For more information, contact:
Alison Janzen
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
416-863-4455
alison.janzen@fmc-law.com
Matthew Kanas
Maverick Public Relations Inc.
(416) 640-5525 ext. 237
matthewk@maverickpr.com
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