Banking & Private Capital
Financial institutions and businesses today require lawyers with the expertise and savvy to handle a broad range of sophisticated transactions. Whether those deals are taking place in Canada, or around our resource-driven globe, Macleod Dixon has the depth, knowledge and expertise to get the job done. We have an impressive track record. Lawyers in our Banking and Private Capital Group have completed some of the biggest deals in western Canada. Our Calgary office is located in the heart of the country’s energy capital, and among our clients we count the leading banks and major financial services institutions and energy companies operating in the markets we serve.Related Areas
Insolvency & Restructuring
Project Development and Finance
Real Estate
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Structured Sale and Leaseback Transaction
Acted for a major Canadian national corporation in connection with its $100 million structured sale/leaseback transaction, and its capital and operating leasing transactions.
Accounts Receivable Securitization
Acted on behalf of a major Canadian national corporation in connection with its $300 million accounts receivable securitization.
ISDA Master Agreement Derivatives Facilities
Acted for a number of Canadian exploration and production companies in connection with the establishment of their co-ordinated ISDA Master Agreement derivatives facilities among a number of Canadian, American, European and Japanese financial counterparties, and a financial institution in connection with the commencement of its derivatives trading activities.
Long-term Private Debt Placements
Over the last ten years we have acted on behalf of numerous U.S. and Canadian life insurance companies and institutional investors in connection with over 50 long-term private debt placements by Canadian issuers aggregating over $6 billion in notes issued.
Two of our lawyers are members of the American College of Investment Counsel.
International Borrowers Aggregate Over $10 Billion in Loans
Acted for major Canadian, American, European and Japanese banks on the investor side, and intermediate and large Canadian and American borrowers on the issuer side, aggregating over $10 billion in loan facilities.
Enerflex Systems Completes Debt Restructuring
In December 2006, Enerflex Systems Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enerflex Systems Income Fund completed a debt restructuring process that replaced its existing debt agreements. Issuance of $100.6 million senior secured notes via private placement to investors in Canada and the United States. Concurrently, a syndicate of lenders completed a $150 million three year revolving bank credit facility.
Howard MacKichan and Salimah Janmohamed of Macleod Dixon represented the note purchasers.
