“He’s the best lawyer on the street from our perspective.”
Client – Chambers Canada 2018

Joel has a reputation as an outstanding and leading lawyer in the national and international banking and financial services sector and is consistently ranked as an expert in finance. He is known as a “shrewd and strong negotiator and an educator” with “highly relevant market knowledge.” (Chambers Canada 2018)

High-profile clients, including CIBC, BMO, Royal Bank, BNS, TD and National Bank, rely on Joel for their sophisticated finance, restructuring and insolvency matters. Joel is regularly retained in connection with the financing of acquisitions of both public and private companies as well as asset-based lending and subordinate debt/first lien/second lien financings.

Joel is recognized for his intense client focus. He “provides great service and produces results” and “is very responsive.”(Chambers Global 2015, 2016)