Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Financial Services; Infrastructure

Aimee's practice focuses primarily on domestic and cross-border financing and restructuring transactions. Aimee has advised lenders, borrowers, underwriters and issuers on asset-based financings, acquisition financings, equipment financings, inventory financings, warehouse financings, project financings, high yield offerings, debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings. Aimee has been involved in a number of financing and restructuring transactions and high-yield offerings in a variety of industry sectors, including forestry, telecommunications, transportation, manufacturing, aviation, construction and power and energy. A selection of Aimee's representative transactions includes acting for: the administrative agent for the DIP lenders in the Eastman Kodak Company restructuring proceedings; the administrative agent for the lenders in the exit credit facilities to Resolute Forest Products Inc. (formerly, Abitibibowater Inc.) and certain of its subsidiaries; and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), as agent, on its $400-million revolving credit facility to Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.