925 West Georgia St, Suite 1600, Cathedral Pl, Vancouver, BC
Year called to bar: 2002 (BC)
Mandeep’s practice deals mainly with banks and private lenders in both secured and unsecured financing transactions. Mandeep has experience in the preparation and negotiation of loan and security documentation for real estate financing, including construction lending and permanent financing, subordinated debt financing and related intercreditor arrangements, leasing and other asset-based financing structures, hedging, securitization and aircraft finance. He serves as counsel to insurance companies in providing secured deposit protection contract facilities under the Real Estate Development and Marketing Act (B.C.). He has acted on behalf of borrowers in assisting them with international project financing, with a focus on mining and independent power project financings. He is regularly retained by US and Ontario law firms to advise on British Columbia lending, security and opinion matters. Mandeep also represents clients in a variety of commercial and multiple unit residential real estate acquisitions. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Banking and Finance Law and Project Finance Law, and is recommended by Lexology Index for his banking expertise. He was named the 2023 and 2025 'Lawyer of the Year' for Banking and Finance Law in Vancouver by Best Lawyers in Canada.
On December 20, 2019, Canada Development Investment Corporation (“CDEV”), on behalf of the Government of Canada, completed the sale of 90 per cent of Canada’s shares in Ridley Terminals Inc.
On July 26, 2018, Teck Resources Ltd. (Teck) completed the sale of its remaining two-thirds interest in the Waneta Hydroelectric Generating Facility to BC Hydro (BC Hydro) for $1.2B.
On May 31, 2017, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer and leading equipment distributor, completed its previously announced acquisition of IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for heavy equipment and other durable assets.
On October 27, 2016, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (“Ritchie Bros.”) closed a new five-year credit agreement totaling US$1 billion with a syndicate of lenders. The syndicate included 14 banks.
