Lawyer Profile
Viorelia Guzun
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Viorelia advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of finance transactions, both domestic and cross-border, including general corporate financings, asset-based financings, acquisition and restructuring financings, real estate financings, project financings, special loan programs, sale of loan interests and change of agency in syndicated loan arrangements. She has experience in a diverse range of industries, including cannabis, forestry, pulp and paper, mining, manufacturing, windfarm, shipping and transportation, film financing, financial services, and cryptocurrency mining. She also maintains a complementary factoring and equipment leasing and finance practice.
In the mining practice area, Viorelia has extensive experience in regulatory and commercial aspects of carrying on mining activities, the acquisition and maintenance of mining rights and the acquisition and use of private and public land tenures for mining infrastructure. She works with numerous mining and exploration companies, investment firms, financial advisors and lending institutions, both foreign and local, on a wide range of transactions in the mining sector, including mergers and acquisitions, acquisition of mining projects, joint ventures and projects, and corporate and debt financings and restructurings.
Viorelia is also developing a forefront complementary practice relating to hydrogen, with a focus on the development and use of hydrogen power in the transportation, mining and power system industries. She is also a member of the COVID-19 task force for the Firm's Montréal office.
A syndicate of lenders led by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on their C$65-million senior secured credit facilities to Hexo Corp., a Canadian cannabis producer
Bitfarms Ltd. group, a cryptocurrency miner, on its US$20-million debt and equity financing by Dominion Capital LLC
A private stakeholder on its equity investment in La Granaudière, a Quebec company, for the construction and operation of a plant to produce wood pellets from forest biomass in Quebec
A syndicate of Canadian lenders on their C$60-million senior secured credit facilities to Fresche Solutions Inc., a Canadian information technology company
Apax Partners LLP on its financing by a syndicate of lenders for the acquisition of Ideal Protein, a proprietary weight loss and wellness solutions company
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2003 (QC)