David Seville > Torys > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Torys‘ capital markets team is distinguished by its marked financial services focus. The group routinely represents banks, asset managers and other financial services clients as issuers and underwriters on an array of debt and equity offerings, with notable experience in IPOs, limited recourse capital notes (LRCNs) and labelled bonds, among other matters. In a highlight example of its practice sweet spot, Toronto-based Rima Ramchandani represented Sun Life Financial on its C$2bn public offering of subordinated unsecured debentures. Ramchandani co-heads the department together with Toronto-based David Seville, who led the firm’s advice to multiple banks on the issuance of additional Tier 1 capital limited recourse capital notes, and Calgary-based Scott Cochlan, who blends corporate finance and energy expertise. Other senior names include high-profile securities expert Glen Johnson and securitization specialists Jim Hong and Michael Feldman, all of whom are based in Toronto. The group also includes increasingly prominent Calgary partner Michael Pedlow, who acted alongside Cochlan to advise the underwriters on Topaz Energy Corp’s C$201.3m equity offering, and promising associate Brett Saulnier.