Barbara Farina is a partner in Miller Thomson’s Business Law Group. Her expertise touches upon all aspects of national, cross-border and global financings, including, acquisition financings, credit facilities, project financings, real estate and construction financings, private placements and master lease financings. Barbara represents the full spectrum of financing stakeholders, including financial institutions, lenders, lending syndicates and corporate borrowers. Her experience extends to a large array of industries and sectors, namely transportation, mining, oil, forestry, real estate, renewable energy, automotive, entertainment and media, and manufacturing. She is also actively involved in M&A transactions (both on the purchaser and seller sides), and other transactions of a commercial nature such as service agreements, distribution agreements, licensing agreements, equipment leases and conditional sales agreements. She is regularly recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law and Asset-Based Lending Practice and by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing and Banking & Financial Institutions. Barbara has also been admitted as a Fellow to the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.