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John Torrey Toronto Lawyer

John W. Torrey

Counsel Fasken
Jurisdiction Ontario, 1988
Language(s) Spanish, French, English
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

One of Canada’s most highly regarded lending lawyers, John Torrey has a practice focused exclusively on lending transactions. With experience in all areas of lending, John has a particular focus in project and acquisition financings and in all aspects of mine finance.

John acts on behalf of both borrowers and lenders and has extensive experience with a broad range of financings in a broad range of industries. The mine finance practice of John and his colleagues is amongst the most active in Canada.

John is supported by a team of talented and experienced colleagues allowing for consistently responsive and cost-effective representation.

John regularly represents, or acts opposite, many, if not most, of the banks active in Canada. John is also very familiar with counsel active in this area. John’s familiarity with those active in Canadian lending consistently proves an asset in effective and efficient file management.

John is consistently recognized as a top practitioner in the leading legal directories in the areas of banking, project financing and mining. Amongst such recognitions, John is a Senior Statesperson practitioner with Chambers Global.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Eldorado Gold Corporation completes US$500 million senior notes offering, [Deal - Eldorado Gold Corporation], Eldorado Gold Corporation completes US$500 million senior notes offering.
  • Torex Gold completes refinancing of C$150 million senior secured credit facility, [Deal - Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, ING Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Societe Generale], Refinancing of significant senior secured credit facility for a leading Canadian intermediate gold producer.
  • Star Royalties Ltd. completes gold stream financing with Arizona Gold Corp. for the restart of the Copperstone Gold Mine, [Deal - Star Royalties Ltd.]
  • Telus International completes C$1.2 billion acquisition financing of Lionbridge AI, [Deal - The Bank of Nova Scotia], Significant acquisition financing in the Canadian telecommunications sector.
  • SolGold plc completes US$100 million secured royalty financing with Franco-Nevada Corporation, [Deal - SolGold plc], Leading mining exploration company secures US $100 million secured royalty financing
  • Fasken advises Cupric Canyon Capital on the financing of the Khoemacau Copper project in Botswana, [Deal - Cupric Canyon Capital]
  • Eldorado Gold completes US$300 million senior second lien notes offering and US$450 million senior secured credit facility, [Deal - Eldorado Gold Corporation]
  • NFI Group completes US$300 million acquisition financing, [Deal - Bank of Montreal and National Bank]
  • Superior Plus completes C$750 million financing, [Deal - The Bank of Nova Scotia]

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB University of Toronto
  • BA Dartmouth College

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, Dartmouth Lawyers Association

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