Peter E. Murphy | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Peter E. Murphy LL.B., B.A. (Hons.), Partner

Peter’s practice focuses on banking and financial services law. He is repeatedly recognized as one of Canada's leading banking/financial services lawyers.

As a partner in the Financial Services Group at FMC's Toronto office, he acts for a number of Canadian domestic financial institutions and foreign banks and as Canadian counsel for several foreign law firms. In addition to his transactional practice, Peter also has management responsibilities.

Peter's practice includes:

(i) Banking/corporate financing, including syndicated financings, cross-border multi-currency transactions, project financings, aircraft financing and leasing, and LBO financings

(ii) Bank Act regulatory advice to both domestic and foreign financial institutions (including foreign bank entry, subsidiary incorporation and bank amalgamation)

(iii) Trade finance/documentary credit transactions (domestic Canadian and international)

(iv) Structured financings, including asset-backed securitizations, receivables purchases, and synthetic leases

(v) Loan workouts, security enforcement and insolvency/debt restructuring for financial institution clients in court restructurings and bankruptcies of corporate debtors

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Peter's expertise is based on 32 years of acting for domestic and foreign financial institution clients and foreign law firms from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Japan. He has become a trusted advisor to his clients, giving them strategic counsel on structuring financing transactions and restructuring non-performing loans.

Representative Work

Counsel to Canadian bank client, as Canadian Agent and Lender in $1,020,000,000 syndicated credit facility to ACCO Brands Corporation

Counsel to a syndicate of lenders led by Morgan Stanley Funding Senior Funding, Inc. in connection with an $800,000,000 syndicated credit facility for Microsemi Corp.'s bid for Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.

Counsel to a syndicate of lenders in providing a $400,000,000 revolving credit facility to Union Gas Limited

Advising a syndicate of lenders providing US$1.275 billion credit facilities to one of Canada's largest oil and gas companies

Acted for numerous foreign banks in obtaining a variety of different regulatory consents or exemption orders in connection with their entry into Canada, or acquisition of Canadian businesses, or the operation of their business in Canada

Teaching Roles

Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto Law School teaching a course: Debt Financing and Debt Restructuring from 1990 to 1998

Instructor at business-related seminars for clients

Prior Speaking Engagements

Lectured and wrote materials for various groups, including the Institute of Canadian Bankers, the Canadian Bar Association, Insight Educational Services and Pacific Rim Advisory Conference