Overview

Eric is a partner in the Finance Group in the Toronto office and acts on ‎all types of debt and finance matters for lenders, borrowers, funds, ‎sponsors, regulated financial entities and international financial ‎institutions. Eric is experienced in all types of financings, including:‎
Cross-border multi-jurisdictional syndicated and bilateral ‎credit facilities Derivatives, including ISDA documentation and practice ‎ FINTECH, including Payment System Facilitators and Processors Structured Finance including securitization transactions, ‎receivables financing and factoring Acquisition financing, especially private equity acquisitions and ‎financing.‎ Incorporation of domestic banks and registration of foreign ‎banks, and Bank Act (Canada) regulatory compliance Public/Private (P3) financings Eric is also experienced and advises financial services clients (including those involved in Fintech) ‎on ‎the regulatory compliance regimes applicable to money-laundering, bribery and corruption, and ‎‎sanctions, as well as the relevant applicable legislation including the Proceeds of Crime (Money ‎Laundering) and Anti-Terrorism Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In the course of ‎representing such clients, Eric has had ‎significant dealings with regulatory bodies including the Office ‎of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis ‎Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the Ontario Securities ‎Commission (OSC), the Financial Services ‎Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRO), and the Financial Consumer ‎Agency of Canada (FCAC).‎
Eric is called to the bars of British Columbia and Ontario and holds a B. Comm. (Hons) from UBC and ‎an LLB from McGill University.‎
Eric has been recognized by Chambers Global , Chambers Canada , Lexpert , Best Lawyers (Canada) and ‎the Legal 500 Canada Guide as a leading banking and finance practitioner. He has also been ‎recognized as a leading lawyer in the Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms published by ‎the International Financial Law Review and, for several years, as an Acritas Star. ‎
Eric is a member of the firm's Finance Group, the International Financial Services Group, the Global ‎Derivatives Group, Blockchain/Digital Assets Group and the Retail Sub-Sector.

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Charities & Not-for-profit Org.
• Securities

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1987 (ON); 1985 (BC)