Michael Harquail is the Practice Group Leader of our Financial Services Group. He advises a wide range of financial institutions and corporate clients on corporate lending, debt restructuring and general corporate matters. Michael has extensive experience in structuring and documenting domestic financing transactions, cross-border financing transactions, syndications, acquisition financings, asset-based financings, project financings, high yield offerings, subordinated debt arrangements and structured finance. He also has extensive experience in buying and selling businesses and in structuring shareholder arrangements.

Michael is recognized for his skills in corporate banking, asset-based lending and project finance by many organizations and publications, including Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers; Who's Who Legal 70; Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada; and IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms. He is rated highly by the Martindale-Hubbell survey of Canadian legal practitioners.

Michael has advised lenders and borrowers in financing transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, energy, financial services, general manufacturing, health care, mining, pulp and paper, retail, steel, technology, telecommunications and transportation.

Michael has been an instructor for the practice skills portion of The Law Society of Upper Canada's bar admission course. He has also spoken publicly and delivered papers on various topics relating to commercial lending.