Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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Lawyers

Gus Karantzoulis

Gus Karantzoulis

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Gus’ practice focuses on lending, structured finance and securitization, project and infrastructure finance, private equity and debt capital markets.

His services include:

extensive experience advising Canadian and foreign based financial institutions, private equity funds and other lenders (as well as borrowers) on sophisticated debt financing transactions including cash flow lending, syndicated lending, acquisition financing, asset-based lending and leveraged finance, and with particular expertise in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional financings representing participants in structured finance and securitization transactions, including securitizations of commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans, credit-card receivables and other asset classes advising project developers, governments, sponsors, lenders and underwriters on the financing of public-private infrastructure projects and major power projects in Canada extensive expertise in advising financial institutions, investment banks, corporations, trustees and collateral agents across the spectrum of debt capital markets transactions with particular expertise on domestic and cross-border high yield debt offerings and other secured bond issuances (whether on a first lien, second lien, pari- passu or subordinated basis). Gus is Chair of the Partnership Board, the firm’s governing body, and the Toronto regional leader of the Structured Finance and Securitization Group. Gus is also fluent in Greek.

Languages

English and Greek

Memberships

Member, Commercial Mortgage Securities Association Member, Association for Corporate Growth Member, Canadian Bar Association Member, Ontario Bar Association Member, American Bar Association (business law section) Member, Hellenic Canadian Lawyers Association

Education

MBA, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2000 LLB, University of Toronto, 2000 B.comm. (High Dist.), University of Toronto, 1996 Bar Admission Ontario, 2002

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