Norton Rose Fulbright

Valued for its ‘deep bench across Canada’, Norton Rose Fulbright’s banking and finance practice benefits from strong platforms in all of the country’s key business hubs. In Alberta, Rick Borden is highlighted by some as ’the best banking lawyer in Calgary’; he is particularly recognized for his record in energy-related financings. Other key contacts in Calgary include Marlow Gereluk, who is dual qualified in England and Alberta, and recently promoted partner Joe Mooney, who is ‘great on complicated files’. A strong bench in Montreal draws on David Lemieux, who recently advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and a syndicate of lenders on a C$538m project financing; Arnold Cohen, co-head of the asset-backed lending team; Peter Wiazowski, who focuses on cross-border banking and debt capital markets transactions; and Michèle Friel, whose practice spans corporate finance, financial services and general banking law. In Toronto, asset-backed lending co-chair David Amato and financial services and regulation head Tim Stewart are also names to note.