Howard S. Silverman > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
Canada

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Howard represents banks and other financial institutions, as well as borrowers, in a variety of lending transactions, including corporate lending, asset-based lending, commercial lending, acquisition financing and cross-border financing. Howard also acts for creditors and other stakeholders in restructuring matters and insolvency proceedings, with a focus on debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing.

Memberships

  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association

Education

  • LLB, University of Toronto
  • MA, Brandeis University
  • BA (Hons.), York University

Bar Admission

  • Ontario, 1991

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Banking and finance

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is distinguished by its extensive national footprint, with the banking and finance team represented across all five of its offices in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. In Toronto, Gus Karantzoulis is highly regarded for his full-service banking and finance practice, which encompasses advice to financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers on corporate, real estate and project finance. Also noted in Toronto are Stephen Redican, who heads the national regulatory practice, and transactional banking partner Howard Silverman. In Montreal, national financial services lead Claudine Millette is recommended for her robust lender-side practice. Olivier Tardif and regional managing partner Vincent Frenette also handle transactional matters from Montreal.