Elizabeth Hutchison

Lawyer, Practice Efficiency & Innovation

Toronto

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416.595.8190

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Biography

BAR ADMISSION

Ontario, 2004

Education

LL.B., Dalhousie University, 2003
B.A., McGill University, 1999

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Elizabeth Hutchison thrives in her role as a lawyer and Legal Project Management Lead within the firm’s Practice Efficiency & Innovation team. In this role, Elizabeth supports the firm’s practice efficiency, knowledge management and pricing innovation initiatives. Elizabeth works within all of the firm’s practice areas but her background as financial services lawyer leads to a notable focus on the financial services and corporate commercial sectors. Elizabeth began her legal career at Miller Thomson where she practiced as a financial services lawyer for many years before transitioning into her current role in 2015. This background as a practicing lawyer at the firm has made her well attuned to the needs of her clients, both internal and external.

Industry involvement

Thought leadership

Financing the Purchase of a Privately Held Business, Advanced Corporate Business Transactions, 2006
Preparation of “The Annotated Loan Agreement”, Law Society Upper Canada (2004, 2005 and 2008), 2004

Notable matters

Represented a syndicate of lenders led by The Bank of Nova Scotia in respect of senior secured financing arrangements in favour of a significant niche commodity hauler, transportation and infrastructure company in Western Canada and represented the senior secured parties in the negotiation of a highly complex intercreditor agreement with, amongst others, Computershare Trust Company of Canada as trustee on behalf of the noteholders of certain second lien guaranteed notes
Represented a syndicate of lenders led by The Bank of Nova Scotia in respect of a CDN$80,000,000 credit facility in connection with the acquisition of a National Hockey League franchise.
Represented a syndicate of lenders led by The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc in respect of a U.S. $1,880,000,000 acquisition financing of Port Lands.
Represented National Bank of Canada in respect of several acquisition financings in favour of a multi-material recycling and waste disposal company.
Represented a Canadian subsidiary of a major U.S. diversified wholesale distributor of construction and maintenance-related products in respect of its U.S. $2,100,000,000 acquisition and operating facility.
Represented a REIT in respect of CDN$400,000,000 credit facility from a syndicate of lenders led by Bank of Montreal in respect of the acquisition and development of its industrial portfolio.
Represented a REIT in respect of CDN$50,000,000 credit facility from a syndicate of lenders led by The Bank of Nova Scotia in respect of the acquisition and development of its retail portfolio.

Memberships & affiliations

Member, Law Society of Ontario