Jason McMurtrie

Paralegal/Law Clerk

Language(s) English

Office(s) Toronto

Contact

Business +1 416 943 8814

Email jmcmurtrie@fasken.com

Overview

Jason McMurtrie is a Senior Law Clerk and Team Lead in the firm’s Toronto Banking and Finance Group and has worked in the legal profession as a law clerk since 1997.

Jason's work is primarily focused on mining and project financing, asset-based lending, syndicated, asset-based, senior and subordinated debt financing, cross-border lending and debt restructuring. He has extensive experience in assisting both lenders and borrowers in a variety of debt financing arrangements (domestic and multi-jurisdictional).

Jason has spoken on various topics relating to personal property security matters and law clerk career development, and is a frequent guest speaker at Seneca College’s Law Clerk Career Preparation Days.

Client Work

The Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal co-lead lending syndicate in US$2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. and Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd., [Deal - A syndicate of lenders co-led by The Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal], Canadian banks co-lead syndicate in a significant sustainability-linked financing for one of the world’s largest precious metals streaming companies
Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. purchases net smelter returns royalty for US$20 million, [Deal - Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.], Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. purchases net smelter returns royalty
Cobalt 27 Capital in US$100 million Senior Secured Revolving Term Facility, [Deal - Syndicate of lenders agented by National Bank of Canada], Cobalt 27 Capital Corp., Cobalt 27 Capital (Europe) Ltd., Cobalt 27, Capital (US) Ltd. and Electric Metals Streaming Corp. completed a USD $100 Million Senior Secured Revolving Term Facility for the purposes of financing the Ramu cobalt-nickel stream on the producing Ramu nickel-cobalt mine in Pa...
National Bank of Canada revolving term facility made available to Cobalt 27 Capital Corp., [Deal - National Bank of Canada]
Acted as lead counsel to a syndicate of lenders in a senior secured financing of Alamos Gold, [Deal - Various]
Trevali closes acquisition of the Rosh Pinah and Perkoa zinc mines and US$190 million credit facilities, [Deal - 0930032 B.C. Ltd.], Trevali Mining Corporation (“Trevali”) completed the acquisition of a portfolio of zinc assets from Glencore PLC, and certain of its subsidiaries, including an 80% interest in the Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia, a 90% interest in the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso, an effective 39% interest in the Gerga...
Counsel to the National Bank of Canada as an agent and syndicate of four lenders in a deal concerning Brio, [Deal - National Bank of Canada], The senior secured credit established by the Lenders was established concurrent with Brio becoming a publicly traded company and is secured on the Pilar, Fazenda, RDM and Santa Luz Mines in Brazil.
Brio Gold closes US$75 million revolving term credit facility, [Deal - Various], Brio Gold Inc. (“Brio”) entered into a credit agreement providing for a US$75 million senior secured revolving term credit facility made available to Brio by National Bank Financial Markets and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (the “Co-Lead Arrangers”...
TELUS International secures US$425 million in financing, [Deal - Bank of Nova Scotia], On May 31, 2015, TELUS International (Cda) Inc. announced that it has entered into US$425 million credit facilities with a syndicate of banks led by The Bank of Nova Scotia. Fasken Martineau advised The Bank of Nova Scotia and the syndicate of lenders, with a team led by John Torrey, and that inc...