Edward A. Wooldridge

Edward A. Wooldridge

Partner, Financial Services

Contact Information

ewooldridge@osler.com

tel: 403.260.7051

Office

Calgary

Bar Admission

Alberta, 1999

Education

University of Calgary, LL.B.

University of Western Ontario, B.A.

Language(s)

English

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.

  • GaN Systems Inc.

    GaN Systems Inc. in its US$830 million acquisition by Infineon Technologies

    • 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.
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  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:  Recognized in Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing; Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Lexpert Special Edition: Recognized in Energy
  • Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers: Recognized as a leading Finance and M&A lawyer
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Banking and Finance Law

  • Edward is regularly involved in working with schools and charitable organizations that educate and enrich the lives of children and young adults with autism.

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Calgary Bar Association

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