Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP - Barristers and Solicitors

• LEGAL SERVICES

BANKING & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP delivers results-oriented advice and representation for financial institutions and institutional lenders. The financial services sector is a comprehensive one, and EKB’s expertise encompasses the full range of financial matters and transactions.

Since 1988, EKB’s Credit Union Practice Group has provided general corporate counsel for some of the largest credit unions in Canada. EKB often advises on major transactions involving mergers, amalgamations, asset acquisitions, and multi-million dollar loans and deposits.  It also assists financially troubled credit unions on behalf of the credit union regulatory body, the Stabilization Central Credit Union of British Columbia.

Legal Services

EKB offers services in several areas including:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Regulatory compliance
• Personal property security agreements
• Real property mortgages
• Loan agreements and floating charge debentures
• Inter-lender transactions
• Asset-based finance transactions
• Subordinated debt transactions
• Leasing
• Syndications

In addition to acting as corporate counsel for the Stabilization Central Credit Union of British Columbia, EKB has advised on many notable transactions, including:

• Acting as lead counsel for a Canadian multi-national corporation in the establishment of a US$750 million standby credit facility with a syndicate of Canadian and foreign banks
• Acting as lead counsel for Canadian corporations in the establishment of trading agreements for derivative transactions with Canadian and foreign trading partners
• Acting as lead counsel in the amalgamation of the second and third largest credit unions in Canada and in the subsequent merger by way of asset acquisition to form the second-largest credit union in Canada
• Representing a credit union in a three-way merger of credit unions to form the largest credit union on Vancouver Island

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