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In the matter of the Veltri cross border restructuring under the Companies Creditors Arrangements Act, acted for a Crown Corporation in its stakeholder’s interest in the cross border restructuring of the assets
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Acted for two Eastern Ontario developers who completed "distress preferred share" restructurings under the Income Tax Act and in one case the disposition of its portfolio to a major pension fund and in the latter case in renegotiating the credit facilities with existing funders
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Acted for a number of First Nations, financial institutions and other private sector stakeholders in aboriginal financings and restructurings under the Indian Act
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In the matter of Canadian Asbestos Services restructuring under the Companies Creditors Arrangements Act, acted for Bank of Montreal, the senior secured creditor, as well as the debtor and possession funder
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In the matter Wedgewood Developments/Commadore’s Quay, acted for HSBC, the senior secured creditor, in the related insolvency proceedings including the construction of the second tower under court order and the disposition of the completed project under the Construction Lien Act
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In the matter of the Ottawa Rough Riders insolvency, acted for the principals in the realization and distribution of assets including related disputes with the CFL and Canada Revenue Agency
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In the matter of the Canadian Red Cross, acted for two pharmaceutical creditors and was appointed Chairman of the Ordinary Creditors Committee
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Represented Broccolini Construction and Canderel Management on the acquisition; lease negotiation with Export Development Canada ("EDC"); syndicated construction financing with CIBC as Lead Arranger and BMO and BNS as Joint Lead Arrangers; and the forward purchase to Manulife Financial of EDC’s new head office being an 18-storey, 479,000 sq. ft. office complex
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Counsel to Morguard Investments Limited on the $35.25 million purchase of Kanata’s "Dell" Tower from Brookstreet Research Park Corporation and Kanata Research Park Corporation
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Counsel to The Broccolini Group on its $66 million sale of Ottawa’s "Telus Tower," a Class-AAA office tower, to DEGI INTERNATIONAL
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Acted for Bank of Montreal in the extension of a $250 million syndicated construction loan facility to the Hôpital Montfort for the purpose of redevelopment of the hospital expanding its square footage from 450,000 square feet to 750,000 square feet which represented the first construction loan under the Ontario Government’s Alternative Financing and Procurement program
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Counsel to Tembec Inc. on real estate matters in British Columbia and Ontario in connection with its US$1.2 billion recapitalization transaction under the Canada Business Corporations Act
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Counsel to Pensionfund Realty Limited on its $75 million sale of a major mixed-use commercial complex in downtown Ottawa to Morguard Corporation and Morguard REIT
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Acted for CMHC Pension Fund as the major investor in all material aspects relating to its co-tenancy formation and the assembly and acquisition of a 20 acre parcel site for development of a 200,000 square foot retail complex in the City of Oshawa as well as the acquisition and construction financing facility in the aggregate amount of $45 million
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Retained by a financial institution in the preparation of its internal lending directives and manuals in respect of aboriginal loan facilities
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Represented a publicly traded oil refiner in Alberta in its negotiations with the Federal Crown and a First Nation regarding the conversion of a facility to reserve status by the addition to reserve process under the Indian Act
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Represented a relationship lender on all aboriginal matters relating to the funding of a wind farm facility, in particular the related aboriginal consultation process
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Represented a major pulp and wood manufacturer in the disposition of one of its facilities during the Caledonia aboriginal dispute
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Continually act for a major lender in its aboriginal related financings, ranging from infrastructure and "on reserve" housing loan facilities to structured financings of various joint venture financings (including "designated" lands)
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Represented First Nations and lenders in financings structured in compliance with the Indian Act, including a major ($15 million) restructuring of an industrial facility situated on "designated" lands under the Indian Act
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Represented certain Crown Corporations (Canada Post Corporation, Royal Canadian Mint and Canada Lands Corporation) in private sector financings in compliance with the Financial Administration Act
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Acted for a Federal Crown corporations in various "project" and "procurement" financings all in compliance with the Financial Administration Act
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Represented the secured lenders, including SunLife, BMO and BDC in the acquisition, development, construction and disposition of various parcels and buildings forming the Ottawa Life Sciences Park
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Acting for major general contractor in its Construction Lien Act dispute regarding 90 George Street project
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Acted for the Royal Bank of Canada in a $290,000,000 daylight credit facility financing
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Acted for Federal Crown Pension Plan in its acquisition and restructuring of certain real estate assets
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Represented an American distress real estate fund which acquired the Royal Bank of Canada's distress real estate portfolio in Eastern Ontario
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Acted for Bank of Montreal in the extension of certain secured credit facilities in the aggregate amount of $62.5 million to the University of Ottawa for the purpose of financing the construction of a sports complex and a student residence complex
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Acted for Broccolini Construction (Ontario) Inc. in its acquisition, development, construction and leasing to EMS Technologies of a 120,000 square foot mixed use facility as well as the financing and forward purchase and sale to Greystone
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Part-time professor at University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law lecturing on "Advanced Debt Financing and Restructuring"
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Instructor, Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission courses on Business Law
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