Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

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Dean Masse is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto and co-head of the firm's Structured Finance Group. His practice focuses on securitization, structured finance and securities transactions, including single-seller, multi-seller and cross-border securitization transactions.

Dean has significant experience acting as lead counsel for issuers, dealers, sellers, purchasers, lenders, borrowers and trustees in various public and private securitization, structured finance and securities transactions, with his securitization and structured finance transactions involving a variety of asset classes, including credit card receivables, residential and commercial mortgages, home equity lines of credit, auto and equipment loans and leases, data centre revenues, consumer finance receivables, retail instalment contracts and esoteric assets.

Dean also has extensive experience acting as lead counsel for issuers and dealers in connection with prospectus offerings, private placements, medium term notes programs, commercial paper programs, covered bonds programs and continuous disclosure matters.

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Securities
• Commercial Law
• Corporate & Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1999 (ON)