Tim’s practice is transaction-oriented, focusing on corporate finance, investment funds, derivatives and domestic and off-shore structured finance.
 
He is regular counsel to various investment fund advisors and managers and has assisted with the establishment of numerous alternative investment funds, including hedge funds, fund of funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles.  Tim regularly advises financial intermediaries and end-users with respect to over-the-counter and exchange traded derivatives, including structured fund products, equity derivatives, credit derivatives and financial product development.  In addition to advising lenders and borrowers on syndicated and asset-based lending facilities, Tim has advised numerous construction companies and sponsors and lenders on the financing of public-private infrastructure projects.  Some of the transactions in which Tim has had a lead role include William Osler Health Center, Ontario Archives, North Bay General Hospital and the Roy McMurtry Youth Centre.

Tim is involved in teaching the Advanced Business Law Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School.  He has also participated on various committees and has written and spoken at numerous conferences on issues related to investment funds, derivatives market and financings.

Tim was named in the publication Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of derivatives.  He is also a member of the firm's Student Committee, which is responsible for the recruitment, development and evaluation of summer and articling students at the firm.

Tim was called to the Ontario Bar in 1996 following his studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he received his LL.B. in 1994.  He received his LL.M., specializing in Finance and the Regulation of Financial Institutions, from Osgoode Hall in 1999.

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