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McCarthy Tétrault Offices

McCarthy Tétrault
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada
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Ian Mak

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Banking and Finance

Position

Ian Mak is a partner in the Financial Services Group in Toronto. He has a corporate practice specializing in all aspects of leveraged finance, banking, and secured lending. Ian regularly advises Canadian banks and other major international institutional lenders and alternative capital providers in the negotiation and structuring of corporate and commercial credit facilities. In addition, he regularly acts for industry leading alternative asset managers, private equity funds, and other financial sponsors in the negotiation and structuring of complex debt arrangements in connection with leveraged buyouts, recapitalization transactions, mergers & acquisitions, and other strategic investments across diversified sectors including technology and infrastructure. Ian also has a deep understanding of the Canadian and US credit markets and regularly advises on complex cross-border transactions.

Career

Ontario Bar, 2008

Memberships

Ian is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association. He is a member of the firm’s Professional Resources Committee responsible for the support, development and management of the firm’s business law associates.

Education

Ian received his BBA (Business Administration – Management & Organizational Studies) from Simon Fraser University in 2004 and his JD from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2007.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Banking and finance

McCarthy Tétrault houses a dominant transactional finance practice, which routinely advises banks and corporate borrowers across a comprehensive range of acquisition financings, asset-based lending, cross-border transactions and structured finance deals, among other matters. Richard Higa is highly regarded for transactional work, where he is recognized for his close bank-side relationships. Higa recently acted for the administrative agent (Toronto Dominion Bank) and the co-lead arrangers (Scotiabank, TD Securities, BofA Securities, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and RBC Capital Markets) on a C$4bn revolving term credit facility to Rogers Communications Canada. Other transactional specialists include Montreal-based counsel Michel Deschamps, who is additionally well versed in regulatory matters; Gordon Baird, who is particularly active in the power and infrastructure spheres; Justin Lapedus, who maintains a broad transactional practice; and Ian Mak, whose focus spans banking, finance and private equity. The firm also fields a significant regulatory offering, with Hartley Lefton recommended for his advice to banks as well as fintech and insurtech companies. Christine Lonsdale is also noted for regulatory work, while Marc MacMullin is recommended for debt capital markets — both co-head the financial services department together with Lapedus. In November 2023, structured finance and derivatives specialist François Gilbert joined in Montreal from Stikeman Elliott LLP. In May 2024, regulatory partner Ana Badour left to join EQ Bank.

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