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Rostom, Waël, McMillan LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7790 - wael.rostom@mcmillan.ca
Waël Rostom is Co-Chair of the Firm's Restructuring and Insolvency Group. His practice focuses on all
matters relating to corporate insolvencies including workouts, court-supervised restructurings, bankrupt-
cies, receiverships, the purchase and sale of distressed businesses, lending transactions, debtor-in-possession
financing and other forms of distressed investing. He has represented a broad range of numerous high profile
domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings. Clients have included publically traded
companies, directors and officers, shareholders, banks, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity
funds, asset based lenders, customers and suppliers. Waël has also advised privately appointed and court
appointed receivers, trustees in bankruptcy and court appointed monitors. Waël is a recognized lawyer to
Chambers and Partners, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers, and all have noted that he is recognized for his
strong market presence.
Lexpert Ranking: RR
Sutcliffe, James E., McMillan LLP Vancouver - (604) 893-2317 - james.sutcliffe@mcmillan.ca
James is a partner in the firm's Financial Services group. He has extensive experience in all aspects of debt
financing. James acts for Canadian banks and other lenders, US and other foreign financial institutions, and
Canadian and US law firms and corporations. James has acted on all manner of loan transactions including
construction and term real estate deals, acquisition, operating and term loan deals, syndicated loan trans-
actions, asset-based loans and loans involving the forestry, renewal energy and seniors living sectors. He is
recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for banking law and is BV rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Interna-
tional Law Directory. James has written articles and made presentations on lending issues and acted as editor
of publications on real estate financing and mortgage practices.
Lexpert Ranking: RR
Tremblay, Janie, McMillan LLP Calgary - (403) 231-8377 - janie.tremblay@mcmillan.ca
Janie splits her practice between Calgary and Vancouver, and leads McMillan LLP's Financial Services
Group in Calgary. Janie acts for lenders and borrowers alike, and her practice ranges from domestic to cross-
border and international syndicated and bilateral lending transactions, covering general corporate and more
structured credits, such as ABL, acquisition, convertible debt, leveraged cash flow, mezzanine and project fi-
nancings. She has extensive private equity-backed transactional, multi-jurisdictional and multi-tiered capital
structures experience, including the development of "bankable" structures, and the running of competitive
financing bid processes. Having held several senior positions across Canada, as well as London, England and
Sao Paulo, Brazil, and established early on in her career a solid transactional foundation in corporate com-
mercial and M&A work, Janie brings to the table a culturally sensitive and solution-driven approach
to negotiations and transaction management.
Waters, Don M.E., McMillan LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7920 - don.waters@mcmillan.ca
Don Waters is a partner in the firm's Financial Services Group with a focus on corporate finance and
structured finance transactions, including domestic and cross-border lending, structured finance, and
project finance transactions. Don routinely acts for and advises various domestic and international financial
institutions, borrowers, sponsors and other lenders with respect to a wide variety of asset classes and transac-
tions. He is recognized by IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide as a leading lawyer in Banking, Capital
Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization and by Best Lawyers in Canada
in Structured Finance Law.
Lexpert Ranking: RR
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