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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BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Laurie E. Barrett Senior banking lawyer and past Chair of Osler's Financial Services practice group. Practice encompasses a broad range of financing transactions, with an emphasis on structuring and negotiating complex domestic and cross-border syndicated loan facilities. Advises clients on a range of matters, including acquisition financings, project finance and capital market debt issuances, including several issuances in the Canadian dollar high-yield note market. Regularly counsels domestic and foreign financial institutions, government agencies, large institutional investors and corporate borrowers in connection with structuring and negotiating significant lending and restructuring transactions. Has been recognized as a leading practitioner by The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, the IFLR1000: Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms and The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law in the areas of banking & finance. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1982. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6599 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto T F lbarrett@osler.com Ian J. Binnie Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Partner in the Financial Services Group. His practice encompasses a broad range of business law matters, with a focus on financing transactions and financial regulatory matters. Binnie has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial finance, both domestically and internationally, including public and private debt issuances, project finance (primarily in the power generation industry), bilateral and syndicated lending, asset-based lending, private equity, second lien and other forms of subordinated lending, securitization and derivative transactions. Binnie has acknowledged expertise in negotiating and integrating commercial law and finance documentation. He also has a long-standing interest in personal property security matters and participates in a number of ongoing law reform initiatives in this field. Tel: (416) 863-3250 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto T F ian.binnie@blakes.com James R. Christie Senior counsel of the firm and partner in the Financial Services Group. Former Chairman of the firm (2001 – 08) and National Managing Partner (1995 – 2001). Carries on a corporate commercial law practice, advising a number of financial institutions, major corporations and families. Has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate commercial law, regulation of financial institutions, corporate governance, debt financing, debt restructuring, insolvency law and structuring shareholder arrangements. Recognized as one of the leading commercial and banking lawyers in Canada by The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; International Who's Who of Business Lawyers; PLC Which Lawyer?; Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in Canada and other publications. Has also written and lectured on a number of topics in the corporate commercial law area, as well as law firm management and the changing environment in the legal profession. Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1978. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2546 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto B T F jim.christie@blakes.com Adam E. Delean Partner and co-head of Torys' Debt Finance Practice Group. Practice focuses on commercial banking, leveraged finance and structured finance. Regularly represents lenders (including leading Canadian banks and pension funds) and borrowers in transactions including bank credit facilities, bond offerings, mezzanine financings and derivatives, with a particular focus on cross-border and international financings, and advises on compliance matters. Co-chair of the firm's India Group. Recognized as a leading banking and finance lawyer in Woodward White's Best Lawyers in Canada 2013; The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers 2012; Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global 2013: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2013; and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013. Ontario Bar, 1990. LLB (Silver Medalist), 1988, University of Toronto. BA (Honors), 1985, McGill University. Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8232 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto adelean@torys.com 56 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 56 13-05-16 1:48 PM T F