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Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Offices
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Toronto, ON M5H 0B4
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David Budd
Work Department
Banking & Specialty Finance
Position
David Budd* (he/him/his) is a partner in the firm’s Mining, Banking & Specialty Finance, and Sports & Entertainment Groups and serves clients from both the Toronto and Vancouver offices. He has worked extensively with both lenders and resource companies in the mining sector on a variety of unsecured and senior secured debt facilities. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers on domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions with an emphasis on corporate credit facilities, acquisitions, and project finance matters, including the financing of mines, hotels, and other real property developments. David offers extensive experience in sports law having provided advice with respect to the acquisition and financing of professional sports franchises. In addition, he has experience with respect to financing (acting for lenders and borrowers) across a broad range of industries including retail, retirement lifestyle, transportation, recycling and waste management, financial services and hospitality.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Banking and finance
Historically recognized for its record in mining deals, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP’s banking and finance practice has expanded its sector focus over recent years, with additional strong showings in the energy, TMT and financial services spheres — for both borrowers and lenders. Charles Newman co-chairs the department from Toronto and handles a mix of banking, finance, private equity and infrastructure work. The Toronto team also includes financial services chair Charles Rich and deputy firm managing partner Jennifer Wasylyk, who specializes in mine finance. Other key contacts in Toronto are: Marc Mercier, Alison Manzer and Jason Arbuck. In Calgary, David Kolesar and department co-head Bria Fallen are noted, while David Budd divides his practice between Toronto and Vancouver.
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- Indigenous law
- Media and entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Labour and employment