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 Marc Novello Specializes in corporate finance. Represents and advises lending syndicates and investors in project financing, public and private take-over bids, asset acquisitions and debt restructuring. Represents borrowers in connection with their borrowings and derivative instruments. Actively involved in the implementation, negotiation, preparation and finalization of all aspects of cross-border financing, including credit and intercreditor agreements, investment contracts and security documents and bank debt restructuring documentation. Conference lecturer on best legal practices in bank financing and the creation of effective security documentation in syndicated loan transactions. Participant in the preparation of reports on major legal reform in emerging civil law jurisdictions in cooperation with the World Bank. Consistently recognized as one of Canada's leading Banking Law lawyers by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada and a leading Banking & Financial Institutions lawyer in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in 2012 and 2013. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (514) 397-7581 Fax: (514) 397-7600 Montréal B T F mnovello@fasken.com Louis Payette, AdE Louis Payette has broad experience representing banks and financial institutions, arranging syndicated credit agreements in domestic and cross-border transactions and related security. His expertise includes project structure and equipment financing and the development of financial products. A renowned speaker on various legal aspects of bank financing and secured transactions, he is consistently named in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leading Canadian practitioner in the area of Banking & Financial Institutions. He is listed in The 2012 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading banking and finance practitioner. He is also an AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer. In 2007, he received the Canadian Bar Association's Paul-André Crépeau Medal for his contribution to the advancement of the international aspects of private law and commercial law in Canada. In 2008, the Québec Bar Association awarded him the distinction of Emeritus Lawyer in recognition of his professional excellence. Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. Tel: (514) 878-5581 Fax: (514) 871-8977 Montréal T F lpayette@lavery.ca Michael S. Allen Michael Allen has a broadly based domestic and international practice in corporate finance. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in project finance and syndicated financings. He is well-known for his work in P3 and infrastructure matters, secured transactions and structured finance. He is also highly experienced in large commercial restructurings and work-outs. Industry sectors in which he has worked include mining, energy and forestry. Recognized by Lexpert® as one of Vancouver's leading practitioners in Banking & Financial Institutions, Project Finance and Corporate Commercial law. Allen was listed as Best Lawyers' 2013 Vancouver Project Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year." He is also listed in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers and International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and in The Best Lawyers in Canada in Banking, Corporate and Project Finance law. He is called to the Bar in Ontario, British Columbia, England and Wales. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (604) 631-1346 Fax: (604) 681-1825 Vancouver Tel: Fax mallen@stikeman.com David R. Bain S Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP Partner in Bull Housser's Financial Services Practice Group. Acts for lenders and borrowers on debt financings and commercial lending transactions, including multilender financings, project finance, aircraft and marine financing, asset-based lending, inventory financing and securitizations. Clients include Canadian chartered banks, foreign banks and major non-bank lenders. Involved in some of BC's most significant financings in forest, transportation, real estate development, hotel and resort, manufacturing and film sectors and in numerous national and cross-border lending transactions. Has lectured for CLE and Insight courses and written a number of papers on topics in his specialty. Former Chair of the Banking Law section of the CBABC. Bain joined Bull Housser in 1982, was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1983, became a partner in 1990 and was managing partner from 2003 to 2006, inclusive. Tel: (604) 641-4812 Fax: (604) 646-2545 Vancouver drb@bht.com 62 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 62 13-05-16 1:49 PM B T F