 Bennett Jones Education St. Francis Xavier University, BBA, 2018, with distinction Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, JD, 2022 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2023 Overview William Gatchell is a corporate associate in the Bennett Jones Toronto office, and a member of the firms Banking & Secured Transactions Group. He regularly acts as counsel for both lenders and borrowers on commercial lending transactions and domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, including bilateral and syndicated loans, asset-based lending and acquisition-financing transactions. Prior to becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, William summered and articled with the firm. Experience • Optiva in connection with a proposed strategic combination transaction with Qvantel by way of a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act to create a leading, AI-enabled digital BSS provider • Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada on an ABL Loan in connection with a change of control transaction for a leading Canadian retailer • Wells Fargo in its refinancing of IMAX Corporation • Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited in connection with their C$1.085-billion secured term loan facility with Morgan Stanley • Halpenny Insurance Brokers, a leading independent Canadian insurance broker, in its acquisition of Windley Ely, a workers compensation claims management company • Resolve Sleep Health, a portfolio company of Kensington Private Equity Fund, in its acquisition of Sleep Therapeutics • Canaccord Genuity, as lead agent and sole bookrunner, together with SCP Resource Finance, in a C$18-million brokered private placement of Avalon Advanced Materials • Resolve Sleep Health, a portfolio company of Kensington Private Equity Fund, in its acquisition of Aveiro Sleep, CanSleep, Parkland CPAP Services, SleepMedix, Chinook Respiratory Care and FreshAir Respiratory Care • The lead arrangers and the lending syndicate of a US$2.55-billion term facility and US$600-million revolving credit facility to support the US$6.3-billion sale of Nuvei • York1 Waste Solutions Ltd., a member corporation of the York1 Group of Companies, a leading private equity-backed environmental and infrastructure services provider, in its acquisition of First Choice Disposal, a private corporation specializing in residential, commercial, and industrial waste and recycling solutions in the Greater Toronto Area • O3 Mining Inc. in its $18.5-million non-brokered private placement of common and flow-through shares |