Edward is a partner in the Financial Services Group of our Calgary office. He has extensive experience in advising domestic and international lenders and borrowers on a variety of complicated financing transactions including syndicated bank financings, asset-based lending transactions, cross-border and international financing transactions, and equipment financings and leases.
Edward also regularly acts for public and private corporations of all sizes on an assortment of wide-ranging corporate matters.
He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Banking & Financial Institutions and Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing by Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and in Banking & Finance Law by Best Lawyers in Canada.
Representative Work
- Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.
Mountain Province Diamonds in its $33-million working capital facility
- Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in its series of refinancing agreements
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of 10 North American Banks extending $500 million in asset-based lending credit facilities to a Canadian heavy equipment lessor.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $250 million in asset-based lending credit facilities to a Western Canadian Agricultural Co-Operative Group.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $200 million in credit facilities to a Western Canadian Agricultural producer.
- Lead Counsel to a private Energy company in obtaining $160 million in credit facilities from a syndicate of Canadian Banks.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of North American Banks extending $140 million in credit facilities to a related group of North American manufacturers.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $140 million in cross-border facilities to a North American manufacturer
Prior to joining Osler:
- Lead counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $400 million to a large equipment lessor of heavy equipment in Western Canada.
- Lead counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $350 million to a large North American retail distributor.
- Lead banking counsel to a Canadian utility partnership and its affiliates in their various syndicated credit facilities with multiple syndicated agents aggregating over $1 billion in credit facilities
- Lead counsel to a Canadian Bank in extending $150 million to a private group of companies with affiliates in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
- Lead counsel to a Canadian Bank in extending over $125 million to a private company and its affiliates in the Alberta agricultural industry.
- Lead counsel to an international private company and its affiliates in establishing new operations in Canada and entering into services arrangements with Canadian clients and Canadian banks in excess of $1 billion.
Mountain Province Diamonds in its $33-million working capital facility
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in its series of refinancing agreements
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $200 million in credit facilities to a Western Canadian Agricultural producer.
- Lead Counsel to a private Energy company in obtaining $160 million in credit facilities from a syndicate of Canadian Banks.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of North American Banks extending $140 million in credit facilities to a related group of North American manufacturers.
- Lead Counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $140 million in cross-border facilities to a North American manufacturer
Prior to joining Osler:
- Lead counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $400 million to a large equipment lessor of heavy equipment in Western Canada.
- Lead counsel to a syndicate of Canadian Banks extending $350 million to a large North American retail distributor.
- Lead banking counsel to a Canadian utility partnership and its affiliates in their various syndicated credit facilities with multiple syndicated agents aggregating over $1 billion in credit facilities
- Lead counsel to a Canadian Bank in extending $150 million to a private group of companies with affiliates in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
- Lead counsel to a Canadian Bank in extending over $125 million to a private company and its affiliates in the Alberta agricultural industry.
- Lead counsel to an international private company and its affiliates in establishing new operations in Canada and entering into services arrangements with Canadian clients and Canadian banks in excess of $1 billion.
Awards and Recognition
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized in Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing; Banking & Financial Institutions
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Lexpert Special Edition: Recognized in Energy
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Lexpert Special Edition—Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers: Recognized as a leading Finance and M&A lawyer
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Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Banking and Finance Law
Community Involvement
- Edward is regularly involved in working with schools and charitable organizations that educate and enrich the lives of children and young adults with autism.
Credentials
Education
- University of Calgary, LL.B.
- University of Western Ontario, B.A.
Languages
- English
Professional Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Alberta
- Calgary Bar Association
