The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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ASSET-BASED LENDING ASSET-BASED LENDING David M.A. Amato Norton Rose Canada LLP David M.A. Amato focuses on corporate finance and is co-Chair of the Norton Rose Asset-Based Lending team in Canada. As counsel and advisor to various foreign and domestic financial institutions, insurance companies, funds and other credit providers, he has significant experience in sophisticated debt financing transactions and has led numerous multijurisdictional, international and domestic debt financing mandates (including cash-flow, asset-based, acquisition, debtor-in-possession, mine and project financings). As a leading member of the asset-based lending team (an area for which we are recognized as a leading firm), he represents, and is a trusted advisor to, a number of Canadian and US asset-based lenders. He also has extensive insolvency and restructuring experience acting on behalf of creditors. He has been recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global. Tel: (416) 216-1861 Fax: (416) 216-3930 Toronto david.amato@nortonrose.com Jean E. Anderson Partner in the Banking and Finance Law Group. Practice is focused on financing, corporate transactions and regulatory matters. More than 25 years of extensive expertise in project finance, structured finance, ABL, debt restructuring, complex domestic and cross-border financings and regulatory matters relating to financial institutions. Clients represented include Wells Fargo, PNC, Citco Bank, OMERS, Fortress, Regions Financial Corporation, US Bank, UBS, First Capital Realty Inc. and Clearwater. Identified as a leading practitioner of banking/finance law by Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR 1000, The Best Lawyers in Canada and Law Business Research. Recognized for ABL and banking by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/ Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Also received the 2009 Lexpert® Zenith Award, recognizing her as one of Canada's leading women lawyers. Formerly served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal. Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4297 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto janderson@goodmans.ca ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHANIE DALTON Michael R. Harquail Michael Harquail is the practice group leader of the firm's Financial Services Group. He advises a wide range of financial institutions and corporate clients on corporate lending, debt restructuring and general corporate matters. Harquail has extensive experience in structuring and documenting domestic financing transactions, crossborder financing transactions, syndications, acquisition financings, asset-based financings, project financings, high yield offerings, subordinated debt arrangements and structured finance. He also has extensive experience in buying and selling businesses and in structuring shareholder arrangements. Harquail has advised lenders and borrowers in financing transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, energy, financial services, general manufacturing, health care, mining, pulp and paper, retail, steel, technology, telecommunications and transportation. Harquail has been an instructor for the practice skills portion of The Law Society of Upper Canada's Bar Admission Course. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2929 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto michael.harquail@blakes.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 53 D-00-Bios.indd 53 13-05-16 1:48 PM