Simon R. Fitzpatrick

Simon R. Fitzpatrick

Simon Fitzpatrick is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. Prior to joining the firm in 1999, he spent three years in London, England practising with a prominent U.S. firm in the area of structured finance. Mr. Fitzpatrick was recently named one of the "Top 40 under 40" lawyers in Canada in 2007.

Mr. Fitzpatrick's practice focuses primarily on securitization. He has extensive experience in acting for single and multi-seller securitization conduits, originators, issuers, liquidity providers, credit enhancers, underwriters and investment banks. He has been involved in a large number of transactions in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States covering a wide variety of asset classes, including residential and commercial mortgages, credit cards, installment sales contracts, lease receivables, trade receivables, CLOs, lines of credit and student loans.

Mr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the Canadian Bar Association. He received his BA (Hons.) from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and his LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 1994. Mr. Fitzpatrick was called to the Ontario bar in 1996.