Program Chairs
Eric Belli-Bivar
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Don Waters
McMillan LLP
Learn what’s market and how to deal with key legal risks – and find out what you may be missing – when acting for borrowers or lenders in commercial loan transactions.
Commercial markets are evolving, making financing transactions more intricate and challenging. Get yourself up to speed and maximize the value of your services.
Back for its 17th year, this essential commercial law course features real-world examples and a faculty of leading lawyers and bankers with specialty knowledge, strategies and techniques, to provide you with a solid understanding of how to deal with loan transactions in today’s competitive market.
You will work through the core legal components of a financing transaction, step-by-step, with a special focus on managing strategic and tactical concerns from the borrower’s and the lender’s perspectives.
Can’t Make the Date? Registration includes 120-day unlimited, online access to the recorded program.
What You’ll Learn
Practical overview of Canadian debt financing, including a survey of products offered and how they reflect the current business climate
How to work with the commitment letter and term sheet
Tactics for negotiating and drafting loan documentation from a lender’s or borrower’s perspective
How to navigate critical issues raised by the type of credit facilities and the form of financing (e.g. asset-based lending vs. equipment lending)
Strategies for negotiating intercreditor arrangements and structuring priorities between lenders
How to deal with strategic and tactical concerns when taking, perfecting and enforcing security
What every professional needs to know about the ISDA Master Agreement and Schedules
Loan agreements – which clauses are most important and why
Best practices for providing opinions
Objectives and requirements of appropriate due diligence
How to navigate new and emerging legal trends and tips to avoid leaving money or risk on the table
PLUS! Registration includes What Corporate Commercial Lawyers Need to Know About Enforcing Security: A Litigators’ Perspective, an online module designed to provide you with a practical overview of how to navigate the enforcement of security. (Available on demand, recorded in 2020.)
Who Should Attend
Junior to mid-level lawyers in corporate/commercial or financial services law
Government and in-house counsel whose work involves financing or commercial transactions
Professionals who work with or who want a solid understanding of loan agreements/transactions, lending and credit facilities
Professionals working with financial institutions, merchant banks, asset-based lenders and leasing companies
Insolvency, litigation or government professionals seeking to gain a greater understanding of market conditions in commercial financing transactions
Management whose work involves negotiating deals involving commercial or debt financing
Consultants
Faculty
Program Chairs
Eric Belli-Bivar
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Don Waters
McMillan LLP
Instructors
Leandro Zylberman
Senior Counsel, Canada Life
“Presentations were engaging and well‑organized. Appreciated receiving perspective from financial institutions. Very enjoyable overall.”
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CPD and Accreditation
Please Note
Final CPD accreditation has yet to be confirmed. The hours below are for the 2023 iteration of the program and should be used as an estimate only. Confirmed hours will be available soon.
OsgoodePD is an accredited provider with the LSO, the Law Society of BC and NY CLE Board. Select your location to view the eligible hours you may claim.
| Substantive (Program) | 12h 5m |
|---|---|
| Professionalism (Program) | 1h |
| Total (Program) | 13h 5m |
| Substantive (Primer) | 1h 30m |
| Total (Primer) | 1h 30m |
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