Practice Areas
Joel’s practice focuses on national and international banking and finance, representing financial institutions and private equity firms. He has expertise in a broad range of finance-related matters with an emphasis on financing of the acquisition of portfolio companies by private equity firms, leveraged buyouts and takeover bid financings, mezzanine and subordinate debt, capital call and margin credit facilities and asset-based lending. He is widely viewed as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in finance and is regularly and consistently retained by CIBC, BMO, BNS, Royal, TD and National in connection with their sophisticated and complex financings. Select Recognition: Chambers Global (Band 1); Chambers Canada (Band 1); The Legal 500 Canada (Leading Individual); IFLR1000; The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Who’s Who Legal: Banking.