Program Directors
Eric Belli-Bivar
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Don Waters
McMillan LLP
Don’t leave money or risk on the table. Learn what’s market – and what you may be missing – when acting for borrowers or lenders in commercial loan transactions.
Rapidly changing commercial markets are making financing transactions more intricate and challenging. Get yourself up to speed and maximize the value of your services.
In this practical and solutions-focused course, you will learn how to navigate key legal issues and trends involving secured and debt finance transactions and benefit from specialty knowledge, techniques and tactics from leading lawyers and bankers.
Back for its 19th year, this essential business/commercial law course will provide you with a solid understanding of loan transactions in today’s competitive market and strategies to deal with current and emerging trends. You will work through the essential legal components of a financing transaction step-by-step, with a focus on strategic and tactical concerns from the borrower’s and the lender’s perspectives and real-world examples to illustrate key concepts.
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
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)
Bundle this program with the Intensive Short Course in Secured Debt Enforcement & Insolvency, and obtain a Certificate in Commercial Lending, Enforcement and Restructuring
Who Should Attend
Junior to mid-level lawyers in corporate/commercial or financial services law
Government and in-house counsel whose work involves lending/financing or commercial transactions
Professionals whose work involves negotiating or reviewing commercial deals, financing, loan agreements, transactions, lending or credit facilities
Bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers
Professionals working with financial institutions, merchant banks, asset-based lenders or leasing companies
Insolvency or litigation professionals seeking to gain a greater understanding of market conditions in commercial financing transactions
Consultants
Commercial and civil litigators
In-house lawyers and business professionals who work in secured debt financing and enforcement
Faculty
Program Directors
Eric Belli-Bivar
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Don Waters
McMillan LLP
Eseosa Omoruyi (Secured Lending and Dent Finance 2026 participate)
Finance Content Lawyer, LexisNexis Canada
“The program was excellent. The instructors delivered clear, well-structured introductory overviews of their topics and covered all of the key issues. They broke down complex concepts in a way that was accessible for junior lawyers and used practical examples that helped to contextualize the material. I particularly valued the hands-on review of the provisions of the credit agreement and the discussion of common types of financings. I also appreciated the instructors’ openness and willingness to answer questions as they arose, which made the sessions engaging and highly informative. ”
Register
Nov 26-27, 2026
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)
$1695 + TAX
Time
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
Jan 21-22, 2027
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)
$1695 + TAX
Time
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
Printable registration form
If a downloadable form is required, please contact OsgoodePD@osgoode.yorku.ca.
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Wayne Cente (Secured Lending and Dent Finance 2026 participate)
Associate at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
“The course covered a broad range of topics and presented the material in a clear, accessible manner. ”
CPD and Accreditation
Please Note
Final CPD accreditation has yet to be confirmed. Confirmed hours will be available soon.
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