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/BANKING & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Daryl E. Clark Daryl Clark's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border transactions on behalf of North American and international clients, with special emphasis on commercial and corporate finance, asset-based lending and subordinated debt financings including mezzanine financings. Representation includes specialized secured transactions and loan workouts in Canada for a number of asset-based and cash-flow lenders headquartered in Canada, the US and the UK. Clark's primary representation is as Canadian counsel to Canadian banks as well as numerous non-Canadian financial institutions and their Canadian-based offices, hedge funds and private equity funds for which he has completed numerous acquisition financings and first-lien and second-lien financings for both cash-flow and asset-based loans. Clark is recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publications: Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2013 (Banking); The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 (Mergers & Acquisitions); Law Business Research's Who's Who Legal: Canada 2012 (banking). Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3357 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver l r f f daryl.clark@blakes.com BANKING & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 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 Bank, US Bank, UBS, First Capital 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 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 Bruce C. Barker Co-chair of firm's corporate commercial department. Has practiced in the area of banking and corporate finance for more than 20 years; representing institutional creditors and investors of all types, including the major Canadian banks, many of the US money center banks and an American global financial services company. Recently has advised the Bank of Canada on systemic matters including the proposed acquisition of TMX. Also represents investment banks in complex or specialized structured finance transactions, including asset-based financing, securitizations and other types of innovative structured finance, both domestic and offshore. Has participated as investors' counsel in numerous restructurings during the recessions of the 1980s and 1990s. Named in The 2006 Lexpert ® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada. A member of the Executive Committee, Entrepreneurship Council of the Richard Ivey School of Business; past member of the Editorial Board of the Banking and Finance Law Journal. Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-4818 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto barkerb@bennettjones.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 55 D-00-Bios.indd 55 13-05-29 1:00 PM