Matthew Lippa
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Matthew Lippa's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on multi-jurisdictional and cross-border structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions and borrowers in lending transactions, including asset-based lending, syndicated financings, covered bonds and notes, insolvency and restructuring and securitizations.
Matthew regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, regulatory matters and commercial contracts, and acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, private equity firms and corporate borrowers in connection with the structuring and negotiating of lending arrangements.
Professional experience
Collapse allJ.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, 2010
B.A.(Hons.), York University, 2007
- Ontario 2011
Matthew has acted for the following clients:
- Wells Fargo in connection with a $375 million asset-based revolving credit facility in favour of Stelco Inc., concurrently with the acquisition of U.S. Steel Canada Inc. by Bedrock Industries pursuant to a court-supervised restructuring process
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with a senior secured asset-based credit facility in an aggregate amount of $250 million in favour of Sure Good Foods
- J.P. Morgan with establishing $290 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facilities in favour of Brooks Brothers
- Bank of America with a $200 million cross-border asset-based revolving credit facility in favour of Bauer Hockey Ltd, in connection with the sale of substantially of the assets of Performance Sports Group Ltd to an investor group led by Sagard Holdings Inc. and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for US$575 million, pursuant to court-supervised bankruptcy proceedings
- Royal Bank of Canada in its €32 billion global covered bond programme, including initial registration with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation under Part I.1 of the National Housing Act (Canada), and various issuances in USD, CAD, EUR, GBP and AUD currencies
- Porter Airlines Inc. to secure and negotiate financing through the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), a program instituted by the Government of Canada to provide liquidity assistance to employers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Parq Holdings Limited Partnership, Paragon Gaming and Dundee Corporation in connection with a US$415 million financing for a new Vancouver casino
- Alamos Gold Inc. in connection with US$400 million senior secured credit facilities provided by The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Merrill Lynch with the extension of foreign offerings into Canada, including Nordea Bank's US$25 billion medium-term note program, DNB Boligkreditt's US$12 billion covered bond programme and Jaguar Land Rover's US$500 million 5.625% senior notes
- Chambers Canada, Nationwide: Banking and Finance, Chambers and Partners, 2025
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Banking and Finance Law, 2022-2025; Asset-Based Lending Practice, 2023-2025
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2020-2024: recommended in Banking & Financial Institutions; 2021-2024: recommended in Asset-Based Lending
- Rising Star, Banking and Finance, Expert Guides, 2022
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada