Bennett Jones LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Clifford and Peter Westcott have joined the firm in the Toronto office.

Michael advises clients on structured financings and derivative products, specifically in regard to asset securitizations. He also advises Canadian financial institutions in regard to structured financing regulatory matters. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance Lawyers, The Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and The IFLR Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms as a leading capital markets lawyer.

In his commercial law practice, Peter acts for participants in the Canadian securitization market and issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities. He advises in the securitization of a range of asset classes, funded by issuances in the public and private markets in Canada and the United States. Pete has also participated in numerous Public-Private Partnership (P3) and Alternative Finance and Procurement (AFP) transactions across a wide range of sectors.