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Debt Products

We regularly advise lenders and borrowers on all manner of domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, with extensive experience in structuring deals and implementing creative and efficient solutions.

Key contacts

Chris Partridge Partner
416-361-0359 Email Chris
Rachel Manno Partner
416-847-6915 Email Rachel
Krystle Formhals Lawyer
416-847-6917 Email Krystle

Overview

We have industry recognized expertise advising lenders and borrowers on all manner of debt and financing transactions. Our clients include financial institutions, non-bank financial services providers, private lenders and both public and private corporate borrowers doing business in Canada.

We have acted on syndicated and non-syndicated domestic, cross-border and international financings of all types including:

Cash-flow loans
Asset-based loans
Venture debt products
High yield facilities
Convertible debentures
Mezzanine/subordinated facilities
Acquisition financings (sponsor-backed and otherwise)
Real property/mortgage financings
Commodity linked financings (gold linked notes, silver linked notes)
Project and construction financings
Promissory notes, single lender loans, agented transactions, trust indentures
Demand facilities
Tax planning and structuring as it relates to all debt activities

We handle transactions both large and small, simple to complex. We have extensive expertise in structuring deals and implementing creative solutions to achieve commercial objectives for both lenders and borrowers.