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Overview

Dom has a general corporate and commercial practice with broad experience advising on various types of financing transactions, routinely acting for a wide range of lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border syndicated loan financings, acquisition and take-over bid financings, public and private bond offerings, and other debt capital markets transactions.

Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Dom was the head of an enterprise-wide contracts advisory function at an international financial institution, where he developed and implemented an end-to-end contracting process focusing on regulatory compliance, risk reduction, operational effectiveness, and cost avoidance/reduction. He also assisted with the management and implementation of an enterprise-wide third party risk management program in response to regulatory guidelines set out by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

He began his legal career with a national full-service law firm and also spent time in regulatory/policy reform, working with the Federal Government and interested provinces/territories to establish a co-operative capital markets regulatory system.

Dom complements his practice by remaining actively involved in the community. He is an adjunct lecturer of corporate and regulatory liability at McMaster University, a member of the Canadian Bond Investors’ Association, and volunteers as a committee member with the Young Professionals for SickKids.

Client Work

Verillium Health in its acquisition of Wellwise by Shoppers from Shoppers Drug Mart
Third Eye Capital, as the senior secured creditor and DIP leader, in connection with the CCAA restructuring of King Street Restaurant Group, a Toronto based hospitality group, and purchase by way of credit bid transaction of the King Street Restaurant Group's ongoing assets and operations.
Credit Suisse and a large UK investments bank, as lead arrangers, and Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, in connection with the US$2.01 billion 1L, 2L and ABL facilities to finance the US $2.6-billion acquisition by Cinven of Bayer Environmental Science (a carve-out transaction of the Bayer AG's environmental science business).
The lead arrangers and agents for Cinven's $2.021-billion acquisition financing of Bayer Environmental Science, including a $1.346-billion first lien term loan facility, a $300-million second lien term loan facility, a $225-million revolving credit facility and a $150-million ABL facility.
Ali Group S.r.l., in it's connection with approximately US$4.5-billion acquisition financing for its acquisition of Welbilt, Inc., comprising of term and revolving loan facilities.
York1 Group of Companies, a leading private-equity backed environmental and infrastructure services provider, in its acquisition of the Budget Group of Companies, specializing in residential, commercial, and industrial waste and recycling solutions as well as metal salvage, waste facilities and demolition.

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • McMaster University, BComm (Honours), 2008, summa cum laude
  • McMaster University, MBA, 2009, summa cum laude
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2013

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2014