
David’s practice focuses on debt transactions that span jurisdictions and sectors. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating banking and secured lending transactions, acquisition financings, capital call facilities, and mine financings. He regularly acts for Canadian and international banks and financial institutions as well as corporate borrowers. Clients look to David for their most important financing work and for counsel on complex multijurisdictional transactions.
He is a supportive partner in managing global complex transactions.
—Chambers Canada, 2026
| 2024-2026 | Chambers Canada—Leading lawyer in banking and finance law |
| 2024-2026 | Chambers Global—Leading lawyer in banking and finance law |
| 2017-2025 | Lexology Index—Leading lawyer in banking law |
| 2020-2025 | IFLR1000—Leading lawyer in banking and mining law |
| 2023-2025 | The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in banking and financial institutions |
| 2021 | The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in banking and financial institutions |
| 2019 | IFLR1000—Rising star in banking, financial services, healthcare, and mining law |
| 2018 | IFLR1000—Rising star in banking law |
| 2019 | IFLR1000—Rising star in M&A |
David is an instructor for the Secured Lending and Debt Finance presented annually by Osgoode Professional Development.