Michael S. Allen

Practice Areas

Infrastructure Procurement & Finance;

Corporate & Commercial;

Mining Law

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of British Columbia;

Member of the Law Society of Ontario;

Called to the Bar of England & Wales;

Leafs Nation

Work Highlights

Infrastructure projects in transportation, healthcare and social assets across Canada, such as LRT and rail projects (Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto, RER), highways (Calgary Ring Road, NS Hwy 104, Hwy 427), hospitals (Women’s College, BC Children’s & Women’s, Stanton), transportation (Iqaluit airport, Golden Ears bridge, Port Mann bridge), energy (Halifax Organics), education (Sheridan College, Emily Carr) and justice (RCMP Surrey, Toronto Courthouse, Forensic Services, MacDonald Block); Large syndicated financings with Canadian and international sources in the telecom, chemical, information technology and construction industries; Acquisition financing for transactions in the information technology, telecom and other industries; Project financing in the energy, chemical and mining industries, the latter in five continents.

Experience

Michael Allen has extensive experience in corporate finance and banking law, and he regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in international project finance matters. In addition, he is recognized for his experience in secured transactions and public-private partnerships, and for large commercial restructurings and work-outs.

Mr. Allen’s industry sector experience includes mining, energy, forestry and telecommunications. His infrastructure experience includes both transportation projects and social infrastructure. Geographically his practice has spanned transactions across the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Russia.

Mr. Allen has consistently been recognized as a “Leading Practitioner” and “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers Canada. He is repeatedly recognized in both the Chambers Canada and Global Guides, Lexpert Leading Lawyer’s Guide, Martindale-Hubbell and the IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide as “Leading Lawyer” and “Highly Regarded for Canada”.

Mr. Allen is a former director of Mellon Bank Canada, Mulgrave School (Vancouver), Renascent Foundation, (Toronto), Edgewood (Nanaimo) and the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Career

Called to British Columbia Bar, 1976

Publications

The Best Lawyers in Canada (2024);

Chambers Canada Ranked Lawyers (2023);

Chambers Global Ranked Lawyers (2023);

Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2023);

Lexpert Leading Infrastructure Lawyers (2023);

Lexpert Leading Energy Lawyers (2022);

Lexpert Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers (2021);

IFLR1000 “Leading Lawyer” and “Highly Regarded for Canada” (2021);

Lexpert Leading Global Mining Sector Lawyers (2020);

Recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada in the categories of Banking & Project Finance (2020)

Education