Lawyer Profile
Michael A. Birch
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Michael's practice focuses primarily on banking, corporate lending, acquisition finance, project finance, high-yield and mezzanine finance, and commercial real estate finance transactions.
Michael regularly advises financial institutions, institutional lenders and borrowers on senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured, bilateral and syndicated financing transactions and on a wide range of commercial issues.
Recent transactions include major corporate credit facilities, acquisition financings, high-yield and mezzanine financings, infrastructure and project financings, construction financings, and cross-border structured financings, particularly to businesses focused on mining and precious metals, engineering and construction services, light industrial manufacturing, water, waste-water and gas utilities, industrial equipment rental, site support and logistics structures and services, and a wide range of diversified enterprises.
Equinox Gold Corp. on its US$578-million all-stock acquisition of Leagold Mining Corporation and concurrent private placement of US$170-million and debt financing of US$500-million
Equinox Gold Corp. in connection with US$260-million credit facilities used to, among other things, refinance the Aurizona project financing and the Mesquite acquisition financing
The Bank of Nova Scotia, SG Americas Securities, LLC and ING Capital LLC, as joint lead arrangers in connection with US$480-million credit facilities used to, among other things, refinance an existing construction financing package (including repurchase of a stream) for the development of the Brucejack Mine in British Columbia
Equinox Gold Corp. in connection with the US$120-million acquisition financing of the Mesquite mine in California
Ero Copper in connection with US$130-million credit facilities used to, among other things, refinance existing senior secured debt
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2001 (BC); 2005 (AB)