Francis Trifiro

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Montréal
Canada
T:+1 514 847 6118
Montréal
Canada
T:+1 514 847 6118
Francis Trifiro

Francis Trifiro

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Biography

Francis Trifiro has an active banking and financial services practice. He represents Canadian and foreign lenders and borrowers involved in syndicated loans, project financings, asset-based financings, acquisition financings and other private funding transactions. He is responsible for negotiating, preparing and implementing various aspects of these transactions, such as credit agreements, intercreditor agreements, sureties and refinancing and debt restructuring documentation.

Financial institutions and companies regularly call upon Francis to negotiate ISDA agreements, the schedules to those agreements, and credit support agreements. He also advises his clients on a wide range of derivative instruments, specifically interest rate and cross-currency swaps, futures contracts and foreign exchange agreements.

Professional experience

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LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke, 2002
BAA, Université de Sherbrooke, 1999

  • Quebec Bar 2004

Francis acted for the following clients:

  • A Canadian banking consortium, in connection with the implementation of syndicated credit facilities totalling $150 million made available to a network of 23 higher education campuses in Canada and abroad (June 2021)
  • A U.S. company operating, in Quebec, a number of data centres for hyperscalers, cloud providers and large businesses, in connection with various financings to build and operate these centres (September 2019, November 2020, October 2021, November 2021)
  • A foreign banking consortium, in connection with the implementation of syndicated credit facilities made available to a Brazilian company that manufactures aluminum electric cables, rebar and aluminum alloys (August 2019)
  • A Quebec company specializing in the processing, freezing, packaging and distribution of frozen fruits and vegetables, in connection with the implementation of syndicated credit facilities totalling $85 million (March 2019)
  • A Quebec company specializing in the distribution of tires and automotive accessories, with respect to creating a strategic partnership and a syndicated financing totalling $70 million (January 2018)
  • A foreign banking consortium with the implementation of syndicated credit facilities totalling $75 million made available to a steelmaking coal producer based in northeastern British Columbia, Canada (March 2017)
  • A Schedule I bank, in connection with the provision of credit facilities to a Canadian insurance company to finance the acquisition of a Saskatchewan insurance brokerage company (September 2016)
  • A major cosmetics manufacturer, in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a competitor, which then became the leading Canadian company in the beauty products sector (February 2016)
  • A Quebec investment fund, in connection with its acquisition financings in Quebec, Canada and abroad (2008-2015)
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Banking and Finance Law, 2021-2025
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2022-2024: recommended in Banking and Financial Institutions
  • "La légalisation du cannabis au Canada -  Enjeux juridiques et d'affaires des emprunteurs, des prêteurs et autres," OpenForumOuvert conference, October 17, 2018.
  • "Transfer of a Business: How to Prepare for the Inevitable," Business Law Conference, October 25, 2016.
  • "Négociation avec les compagnies émettrices de cautionnements d'exécution," 10th Annual Conference on securities from Insight, December 2010.
  • Canadian Bar Association