As a partner in the Financial Services Group and a member of the firm's Private Equity Group, Charles' practice focuses on all types of secured and unsecured lending transactions, including cross-border transactions, project/infrastructure financings, syndicated loan transactions, asset based and real estate based lending matters. He also does extensive work in the subordinated and convertible debt areas (representing both borrowers and lenders) and in the areas of restructuring and treasury management.
A few examples of Charles' work include:
· Representing Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Transportation in relation to the 407 East Extension project.
· Representing Infrastructure Ontario and Markham Stouffville Hospital in respect of the Markham Stouffville Hospital redevelopment project.
· Assisting Harley Davidson Canada in connection with its renewal of syndicated credit facilities totalling US$500 million to support its and HDFS Canada's commercial paper program and to fund its and HDFS Canada's lending and other operations in Canada.
· Acted for the Federal Government of Canada, through Industry Canada, in connection with the refinancings of both General Motors and Chrysler.
· Advising Worldlynx Wireless LP in connection with the financing of its acquisition of 10 Bell Mobility independent wireless dealers across Canada (involving over 60 retail locations nationwide).
· Acted as Canadian counsel for Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, in their capacities as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in respect of their financing of the $1.37 billion acquisition of Gateway Casinos Income Fund and Gateway Casinos Inc. by New World Gaming Partners Ltd., a joint venture owned by Macquarie Group Limited and Crown Limited (formerly Publishing and Broadcasting Limited).
· Assisted Teranet Inc. on its syndicated credit facilities in the aggregate amount of $665 million in connection with the initial public offering of Teranet Income Fund.
· Acting extensively for the Return on Innovation Capital group of funds in connection with their investments in equity, quasi-equity and qualified debt obligations.
· Assisted with all aspects of the establishment in Canada of an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a U.S. financial services company for the purpose of allowing the company to offer an expanded range of products in Canada.
· Advising a TSX gold mining company with debt financings of development properties in Africa and Russia.
· Assisted a property developer with senior and subordinated construction facilities in connection with a downtown Toronto shopping and entertainment complex.
· Routinely acting on behalf of numerous lenders, borrowers and receivers in connection with special accounts, work-out related, security enforcement and receivership files in an insolvency and restructuring context.
Associations
· Canadian Bar Association
· Ontario Bar Association
· American Bar Association
· INSOL International
· The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
Transactions
Cassels Brock Represents Front Street Capital as It Raises $30 Million from the Offering of Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units, 01/05/2012
Cassels Brock Acts For Front Street Capital As It Raises $24 Million From The Offering Of Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units, 09/28/2011
Cassels Brock Acts for Sprott Power Corp. in Its $45 Million Debt Financing, 09/09/2011
Bank of Montreal and The Toronto-Dominion Bank Completes $600,000,000 Credit Agreement with Linamar Corporation, 03/29/2011
Front Street Capital Raises $129 Million from Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units Offering, 03/15/2011
City of Toronto Monetizes City Note and Completes Secondary Offering of Toronto Hydro Debentures, 04/12/2010
Front Street Capital Raises Over $90 Million in Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units Offering, 03/22/2010