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Andrea D. Vabalis

Partner, Toronto Office

Telephone  416-863-2166
Facsimile  416-863-2653
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Profile

Andrea Vabalis practises in the Business Group. She has a broad corporate and commercial law practice encompassing all forms of structured and corporate finance, in particular, private asset-backed securitization and cross-border equipment. She is also experienced in domestic equipment leasing, mergers, multi-jurisdictional acquisitions, divestitures, debt restructuring and various forms of secured and unsecured financing.

Andrea is the current co-ordinator of the Firm's Infrastructure Group. She has advised on several public-private partnership project bids, and has recently completed a major hospital financing under that structure. She has considerable experience in various aspects of life sciences and health law, including advising medical equipment manufacturers, negotiation of clinical trial agreements, and financing hospitals and patient services.

Andrea also has acted on behalf of insurance companies in share and asset purchases and in their funding and investment activities. As well, she handles general corporate matters for several manufacturing and telecommunications companies. Andrea is a director of a number of Canadian corporations.

 
     
 

Areas of Law

Structured Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business
Life Sciences
Infrastructure
 
 

Education

Admitted to the Ontario Bar, 1984
LL.B, University of Toronto, 1982
M.A., McGill University, 1977
B.A. (Hon.), McGill University, 1974
 
 

Recent Publications

Co-author - "Federal Consultation on Lease Financing", Blakes Bulletin on Financial Services, April 2009.

Co-author - "P3s Gain Ground in Canada", North American Free Trade & Investment Report, Vol. 16, No. 21, November 30, 2006.

Author - "Public-Private Partnerships in Canada", The 2006 Lexpert Guide to the Top 100 Industry Specialists in Canada, October 2006.

 
 

Recent Professional Activities

Presenter - "Lender Issues in Financing Canadian PPPs", Project Finance Subcommittee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Spring Conference, Washington, D.C., March 15, 2007.

 
     
     
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