Mr Christopher N. Alam > Gowling WLG > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile
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1600 – 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
100 KING STREET WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO, M5X 1G5
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Mr Christopher N. Alam
Position
Partner
Lending Practice Group Leader
Career
Christopher Alam is a partner and leader of Gowling WLG’s national Lending Group. He is also the head of the Real Estate and Financial Services Group in the firm’s Toronto office. His practice includes corporate commercial and lending transactions.
Christopher acts for both creditors, including banks and other major financial institutions, and debtors in secured and unsecured lending transactions that include public and private acquisitions, asset-based loans, and term and revolving facilities in both a domestic and cross border context. He also acts for creditors, debtors and receivers in transactions involving insolvency and related issues; and for U.S.-based lenders carrying on lending businesses in Canada.
Christopher acts for public and private corporations in providing legal assistance with general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, borrowings and commercial transactions.
Christopher is a member of the firm’s Legal Opinions Committee.
He also writes and blogs about the regulation of artificial intelligence at JurisAI or at @aijuris. Christopher is the co-lead of the firm’s national artificial intelligence technology sub-group.
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Canada > Banking and finance
Gowling WLG fields a comprehensive banking and finance practice, which brings to bear niche expertise in specialist areas such as fintech, blockchain and Canada payments rules. Toronto-based Christopher Alam leads the national lending team, and, additionally, leads the Toronto real estate and financial services groups. Calgary lead Elizabeth Burton is also noted for her robust transactional finance practice. Other key contacts include Dom Glavota, who splits his time between Toronto and Hamilton, and Toronto-based Kelby Carter.
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