Our Debt Products Group acts for Canadian and international financial institutions and borrowers in Canada and abroad on all types of financing transactions. Our expertise includes sovereign credit, infrastructure and project financing, balance sheet enhancement and risk reduction techniques, government finance, domestic and cross-border leasing, structured instruments and over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivative products. Well recognized for our expertise in municipal finance for domestic and international transactions, we routinely advise Canadian and international financial institutions on compliance with federal and provincial regulatory regimes. We also advise on, plan and implement merger and acquisition transactions and a wide range of capital markets transactions, including public equity and debt offerings, government finance, private placements and investment fund/structured product offerings.

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	Publications / Presentations
	February 2010 Insolvabilités dans un contexte international Faillite et Insolvabilité, Montréal Éric Vallières
	January 2010 M&A Developments in Canada in 2009 Securities Bulletin Sean Farrell, Robert K. McDermott
	November 30, 2009 "Are Canadians Better Served by Majority or Minority Government?" Timothy John Murphy
	October 2009 Set-Off or Security Interest? Supreme Court’s Expansion of Enhanced Federal Deemed Trust Provisions Raises Some Troubling Issues Debt Products and Restructuring Bulletin Robert M. Scavone, Tobias P. Whitfield
	October 2009 New Rules for Financial Institutions in the Consumer Credit Business Financial Institutions Regulation Bulletin Stephanie M. Robinson
	September 2009 Negotiating the Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement Presentation, Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Shahen A. Mirakian
	May 2009 "Know Your Client - Complying ith the Law Society's Client Identification and Verification Rules" Author and presenter, Sixth Annual Six-Minute Municipal Lawyer, Law Society of Upper Canada
	March 2009 Asset Securitization - Recent Developments of Importance 2009 Lexpert / ALM Media Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada Robert M. Scavone, Don M.E. Waters
	February 2009 Expert Panel Report Makes Recommendations Regarding Federal Derivatives Regulation Derivatives Law Bulletin Shahen A. Mirakian
	February 2009 OSC Notice Suggests Growing Interest in Disclosure of Equity Swap Positions Reproduced with permission of the publisher from Corporate Securities and Finance Law Report, Vol. 14, No. 1, January/February, 2009. Shahen A. Mirakian
	January 2009 New Client Identification and Verification Requirements: How they will affect you? McMillan Client Alert
	January 2009 The Restructuring Review: Canada Law Business Research co-author of chapter on Canada, November 2008 Paul G. Macdonald, Nicholas Scheib
	Fall 2008 Canadian Business Restructuring Law: When Should a Court say "No"? The Banking & Finance Law Review, Fall 2008 Andrew J.F. Kent, Adam C. Maerov, Waël Rostom, Tushara Weerasooriya
	September 2008 Panel Discussion of Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: Bill C-55, Statute C. 47 and Beyond The Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 46, No.3 Andrew J.F. Kent
	September 24, 2008 OSC Prohibits Short Selling of Certain Financial Stocks Investment Funds and Asset Management Group Bulletin
	July 2008 Wage Earner Protection Program Act and Certain Other Amendments to the BIA Now in Force Restructuring Bulletin Waël Rostom
	June 2008 Principal Protected Notes: Federal Minister of Finance Issues New Disclosure Regulations Investment Funds and Asset Management Group Bulletin David Hudson, Cindy Wan
	June 2008 CMBS Market Update Speaker, 11th Annual Asset Securitization Forum, ABS Conference 2008 Stephanie M. Robinson
	February 2008 Budget 2008: Budget Promises to Lessen Tax Reporting Burden on Foreign-Based Private Equity Funds Investing in Canada Private Equity Bulletin
	February 2008 OSFI Ruling Confirms Foreign Bank Issuers Selling Debt Instruments in Canadian Capital Markets not Subject to The Bank Act (Canada) National Banking Law Review, Volume 27, Number 1 Shahen A. Mirakian, Stephanie M. Robinson
	February 2008 Reforming Registration Reform: Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Second Draft of National Instrument 31-103 Public Markets Group Bulletin Michael Burns, Larry Markowitz, Kimberly J. Poster
	February 2008 The Use of Special Committees and Developments in Directors' Liability Corporate Securities and Finance Law Report Sean Farrell
	December 2007 "Hare v. Hare: Demand Promissary Notes and Limitation Periods" Case comment, Canadian Business Law Journal
	November 2007 Accelerated Elimination of Non-Resident Withholding Tax on Conventional Interest Payments Tax Law Bulletin Michael Friedman
	October 2007 "Intensive Course in Securities Law & Practice" The Canadian Institute Sean Farrell
	September 2007 The Elimination of Non-Resident Withholding Tax on Interest: An update for U.S. lenders and other participants in the Canadian corporate debt market Debt Products Bulletin Stephanie M. Robinson
	September 2007 "Recent Developments in the Law of Limitations" Author and presenter, Operation Update 2007, Ontario Bar Association
	August 2007 COMMENTARY: Can debtors foil rights of valid claims purchasers? Focus on Bankruptcy and Insolvency The Lawyers Weekly - Vol. 27, No. 16 Max Mendelsohn, Marc-André Morin
	August 2007 OSFI Ruling Confirms Foreign Bank Issuers Selling Debt Instruments in Canadian Capital Markets Not Subject to the Bank Act (Canada) Debt Products Bulletin Stephanie M. Robinson
	June 2007 The House of Lords Conculdes that Bank Owes No Duty of Care to the Beneficiary of Freezing Orders: Custom and Excise Commissioners v. Barclays Bank plc Banking & Finance Law Review, Vol 22 No. 3

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