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Alison R Manzer

Alison R Manzer

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Business law practice in financial services including financial institution regulation, investment, lending, securitization, business reorganization, fund formation, governance, and syndicated transactions. Expertise in the entry of financial institutions to Canada, structuring international transactions, fintech, and blockchain. Frequent author/lecturer (recent books in financial services Crawford – The Law of Banking and Payment in Canada; Halsbury’s Canada – Banking, Guarantee, Other - Project Finance, Real Estate Finance,  Asset Based Lending, International Finance. Canada-US Commercial Law, Partnerships), Adjunct Professor Osgoode Hall Law. Degrees include B.Sc., LLB, MBA, LLM, M.Sc., and DBA. Memberships include the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys (Past President); American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (Regent); ABA Business Law Committee (Committee Chair and Council Member); and the American Bar Foundation.

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Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance - Canada

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Alison Manzer is a well-established and respected corporate finance lawyer based in Toronto. She is proficient across a range of finance-related mandates, including restructuring and project finance mandates.

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  • Alison is a subject matter expert.

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  • Alison is a very smart lawyer.

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  • She is a pleasure to work with.

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