Partner
Derek has “the ability to concentrate on the real issues” and is “very practical, hard-working, diligent and a pleasure to work with.”
Client – Chambers Canada
Derek advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate finance, banking, private equity, public-private partnership transactions, corporate reorganizations and general corporate matters.
He works in close partnership with his clients, advising banks, private equity firms, manufacturing and service businesses of all sizes – in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia.
He has significant expertise in advising clients on major syndicated credit facilities, acting for both borrowers and lenders. He also regularly consults on public-private infrastructure projects.
Derek teaches the Advanced Business Law course at Osgoode Hall Law School and has also lectured at Western University and University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Partner
Derek has “the ability to concentrate on the real issues” and is “very practical, hard-working, diligent and a pleasure to work with.”
Client – Chambers Canada
Derek advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate finance, banking, private equity, public-private partnership transactions, corporate reorganizations and general corporate matters.
He works in close partnership with his clients, advising banks, private equity firms, manufacturing and service businesses of all sizes – in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia.
He has significant expertise in advising clients on major syndicated credit facilities, acting for both borrowers and lenders. He also regularly consults on public-private infrastructure projects.
Derek teaches the Advanced Business Law course at Osgoode Hall Law School and has also lectured at Western University and University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Doing Business in Canada 2023, contributor
Nov. 14, 2023 - Davies’ Doing Business in Canada guide provides executives, in-house counsel and foreign investors with an overview of the legal framework governing Canadian business operations and outlines key considerations for investing and conducting business in Canada…
Electronic Signatures: A Guide for Ontario Businesses
Mar. 04, 2021 - As we approach the one-year mark for the many Canadians working remotely, executing commercial agreements through electronic means has become “the new normal.” This bulletin provides a brief overview of the current framework in Ontario governing electronic documents and electronic execution of such...
Sept. 06, 2018 - Early in 2018, lenders and their counsel were surprised and alarmed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision in Solar Power Network Inc. v ClearFlow Energy Finance Corp., which threatened to disrupt a long-established consensus that section 4 of the Canadian federal Interest...
Interest Disclosure under Section 4 of the Interest Act: The Ghost Is Clanking Its Chains Again
Feb. 09, 2018 - Section 4 of the Canadian federal Interest Act, an interest disclosure provision first enacted in 1897 and surviving almost unchanged today, has been of little concern to lenders for the past quarter-century. A series of judicial decisions in the early 1990s seemed to have limited its...
Perfection by Control of Security Interests in Cash Collateral Accounts: Recent Ontario Developments
Dec. 07, 2016 - From a lender’s perspective, perfection of its security interest in collateral by control provides stronger protection than perfection by registration. A security interest perfected by control will generally prevail over other interests in the same collateral, including even a prior security...
The Banking Regulation Review, 7th ed.: Canada Chapter
May 01, 2016 - Containing submissions from authors in 40 countries and territories, The Banking Regulation Review is a comprehensive guide to regulatory banking law around the world. A team of Davies lawyers has contributed the Canada chapter, which provides a thorough overview of the country’s banking...
The Banking Regulation Review, 6th ed.: Canada Chapter
June 08, 2015 - Containing submissions from authors in 48 countries and territories, The Banking Regulation Review is a comprehensive guide to regulatory banking law around the world. A team of Davies lawyers has contributed the Canada chapter, which provides a thorough overview of the country’s banking...
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business—Banking and Finance
Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business—Banking and Finance
IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms—Banking; Project Development
Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada—Banking & Financial Institutions
The Legal 500 Canada—Banking and Finance (Leading Partner)
Lexpert Guide to US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada—Financing
Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining
Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A
Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Banking and Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance and Securities; Corporate Mid-Market; Private Equity; Project Finance
The Best Lawyers in Canada—Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Project Finance Law
Who's Who Legal: Banking; Who's Who Legal: Canada; Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders Global Elite—Banking
Expert Guides—Banking; Banking, Finance and Transactional
Ontario, 1998
Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB (Silver Medallist), 1996
Queen’s University, BComm (Honours), 1993
Practical Law Canada, Finance Advisory Board
Derek has taught the corporate law component of the Bar Admission Course and is involved in teaching the Advanced Business Law Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School. He has also lectured at Western Law.
