A dominant force in debt capital markets on behalf of both issuers and managers, McCarthy Tétrault also houses a prominent equity practice. From Toronto, go-to specialist Andrew Parker co-heads the capital markets group and advises on a broad mix of equity and debt transactions. Fellow capital markets co-head Patrick Boucher, based in Montreal, recently advised National Bank on multiple deals, including on an equity financing involving a public offering and concurrent private placement totalling C$1bn. Toronto-based Marc MacMullin co-heads the national financial services department and is widely recognized as a market leader for structured finance. Other key contacts in Toronto include Jo-Anna Brimmer, who specializes in capital markets and securitization; Simon Fitzpatrick and Dean Masse, who jointly lead the structured finance team; and next-generation partner Michael Eldridge. In Calgary, Alyson Goldman is highly regarded for corporate finance, with particularly strong experience in energy-related matters, while Pavan Jawanda (who splits his time between Canada and the US) is recommended in Vancouver.
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Capital Markets: Securitisation
Position
Leader of the firm’s National Financial Services Group. Partner in the firm’s Toronto office with practice focusing on financial institutions, and capital market and structured finance transactions, including new issuer transactions, global covered bond programs (lead issuer counsel on a majority of the Canadian market covered bond programmes), cross-border transactions, asset-backed programs and novel capital market transactions.
Acted as lead counsel on numerous public securitization transactions and global covered bond programs, both for issuers and underwriters. Extensive experience in innovative transactions and single-seller and multi-seller securitisation transactions for various asset classes, including credit card receivables, trade receivables, consumer loans, commercial mortgage and residential mortgage loan securitizations (CMBS and RMBS).
Career
Ontario Bar, 1990.
Memberships
Canadian Bar Association.
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Key clients
- National Bank of Canada The Toronto-Dominion Bank Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Bank of Montreal Royal Bank of Canada City of Calgary Equitable Bank Ford Credit Canada Company Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec Dealer counsel for Rogers Communications Investissement Québec First West Credit Union Oxford Properties Trust Group