Our Team

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011—Repeatedly recommended practitioner in asset securitization

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in banking and finance: securitization

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in structured finance law

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2009—Up and coming lawyer in banking and finance: securitization

Jim has recently been involved in representing

• PIMCO Canada in the establishment of Canadian retail mutual funds
• Ally Credit Canada (formerly GMAC Canada) in its participation in the C$12 billion Canadian Secured Credit Facility
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank in its acquisition of a portfolio of mortgages from Citizens Bank
• Ally Credit Canada (formerly GMAC Canada) in its US$11.4 billion secured facility as part of its global refinancing transaction
• the underwriting syndicate led by BMO Capital Markets
  • in Bank of Montreal’s C$1.2 billion public offering of Series D medium term notes
  • in Bank of Montreal’s C$350 million public offering of preferred shares
  • in connection with a private issuance of innovative tier one securities of Canadian Western Bank
• President’s Choice Bank and Loblaws Companies on Eagle Credit Card Trust’s March 2006 C$500 million public offering of asset-backed notes secured by a co-ownership interest in a pool of credit card receivables originated by President’s Choice Bank and the establishment of its C$1.5 billion credit card receivables-backed note program
• Davis + Henderson Income Fund in its C$212.5 million acquisition of Filogix
• Canadian Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust II on three public offerings of notes and obtaining loans from commercial paper conduits, each secured by a co-ownership interest in a pool of auto loan receivables acquired from General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada
• Brascan Adjustable Rate Trust I on its offering of C$75 million of units providing exposure to U.S. mortgage-backed securities
• the underwriting syndicate led by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Saxon Financial’s C$108 million initial public offering of common shares
• GMAC Residential Funding of Canada in establishing its residential mortgage securitization program through Canada Mortgage Acceptance Corporation and carrying out three related transactions of C$270.3 million, C$297.8 million and C$341.4 million, respectively
• Canadian Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust on four public offerings of notes and obtaining loans from commercial paper conduits, each secured by a co-ownership interest in a pool of auto loan receivables acquired from General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada
• various automobile finance companies in the securitization of pools of retail auto loans, wholesale dealer loans and retail auto leases through various commercial paper conduits