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John Elias Toronto Lawyer

John M. Elias *

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Jurisdiction England and Wales, 2012 | Ontario, 1989
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
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*practising through a professional corporation
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Overview

John Elias’ practice is focused predominantly on banking, finance, financial restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. Regularly advising financial institutions, as well as borrowers and project sponsors on multi-jurisdictional financings, John also works with clients on acquisition financings, corporate facilities, energy and mine financings and project financings.

In his corporate and mergers and acquisitions practice, John advises on cross-border private equity transactions, as well as on international corporate finance transactions involving parties or assets across Canada, US, Central & South America, Europe and Africa.

John is a former Managing Partner of the firm’s London office, where he was based for over 10 years.

Achievements

  • For his work in advising corporates, banks and private equity houses on a broad range of work, Legal 500 2006

Client Work

  • Oando Energy Resources Inc., Oando E&P Holdings Limited and 0902702 B.C. Ltd. complete refinancing, [Deal - Various], OER, OEPHL and 0902 BC complete refinancing put in place to finance the completion of a large acquisition of assets
  • Swissport Group closes debt refinancing, [Deal - Swissport Group], Swissport Group S.à r.l. (together with its subsidiaries, "Swissport"), an indirect parent company of Swissport International AG, Swissport Financing S.à r.l. and Swissport Investments S.A., successfully closed its debt refinancing. The closing includes 5.25% senior secured notes in an aggregate ...
  • Trimac acquires trucking business in Alberta and Quebec, [Deal - Trimac Transportation Services Inc.], On December 22, 2018 Trimac Transportation Services Inc. (“Trimac”), a trucking, maintenance and rail transloading company, entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Bessette & Boudreau Inc. and Bess Tank Lines Ltd., transportation companies with deep roots in Quebec and Alberta. The tra...
  • Nyrstar signs US$650 million committed trade finance framework agreement, [Deal - Nyrstar Sales & Marketing AG], Nyrstar NV ("Nyrstar", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") entered into a Trade Finance Framework Agreement (“TFFA”) with Trafigura Pte Ltd ("Trafigura") on December 6, 2018 under which Trafigura will extend US$650 million of committed liquidity in favour of Nyrstar Sales & Marketing AG ...
  • TMX Group restructures its holdings in CanDeal, [Deal - TMX Group Limited], On October 30, 2018 CanDeal.ca Inc. (“CanDeal”), the leading institutional electronic marketplace for Canadian bond, money market, and derivatives trading, has announced an ownership restructuring under which each of Canada’s six leading banks increased its stake in the marketplace. As a result o...
  • BearCom acquired by affiliate of Bertram, [Deal - BearCom Group, Inc.], On July 6, 2018, BearCom Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), was acquired by OAO Acquisitions, Inc. (“OAO”).  BearCom is one of the United States’ preeminent providers of wireless communications equipment and solutions for two-way radios and other voic...
  • BearCom Group acquires Spectrum Communications, [Deal - BearCom Group, Inc.], On June 1, 2018, BearCom Acquisition Canada Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), directly and indirectly acquired all of the issued  and outstanding shares of Spectrum Communications Ltd. (“Spectrum”).  BearCom is one of the United States’ preeminent providers of w...
  • CDS Clearing and Depository Services amended credit facility, [Deal - CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.], On March 27, 2018, CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”)  amended the secured standby liquidity facility it has maintained since 2014 which provides liquidity to support processing and settlement activities in the event of certain CDS participant defaults.  The amended secured standby...
  • BearCom Group acquires communications group Red Deer, [Deal - BearCom Group, Inc.], On March 13, 2018, BearCom Acquisition Canada Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), acquired all of the issued  and outstanding shares of Communications Group Red Deer Ltd. (“CGRD”).  BearCom is one of the United States’ preeminent providers of wireless communicatio...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Osgoode Hall Law School at York University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Upper Canada College Common Ties Advisory Committee (2012-2019)
  • Chair, Structured Finance Subcommittee of the IBA Banking Law Committee
  • Co-Chair, Joint IBA/ABA Task Force on Cross-Border Legal Opinion Practices

News

Publications

  • Raising Mining Debt Capital, 4/7/2008
Article Raising Mining Debt Capital

Speaking Engagements

  • Financing the deal – certain(ty) of funds in uncertain times, 5/17/2020
  • Cross-border aspects of legal opinions in financial transactions, 10/11/2017
  • Canadian Mining Law & Finance 2008, 4/14/2008

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