The HEC Avocats, Banking, Financial Institutions and Financial Services Law team is highly experienced in regulatory and compliance issues, securities, mutual funds, financing and capital procurement, banking litigation, commercial and consumer law. It has a thorough understanding of the legislative and regulatory frameworks around banking and financial institutions. We are able to represent our clients in complex financial transactions within established deadlines and develop and implement financial strategies for lenders or borrowers. We act as legal counsel to corporations, banks, and other financial institutions.
We can assist you with the following:
- Asset securitization;
- Bank financing, commercial finance, acquisition financing, equipment finance, secured financing, structured finance/securitization;
- Creating security interests;
- Debt capital markets;
- Documentary credit;
- Financial institution regulation;
- Leasing;
- Letters of offer of financing;
- Banking litigation;
- Restructuring;
- Taking security, including legal mortgages and their execution;
- Actions in damages brought on the basis of allegations;
- Fraud-related claims, including cheque and ATM fraud and other fraudulent activities;
- Enforcement of security and mortgages on behalf of financial institutions;
- Defending financial institutions in actions pertaining to letters of credit;
- Challenges to fraudulent transactions, payments, and the disposition of assets;
- The exercise of hypothecary rights;
- Debt collection.