Don Waters is a Toronto-based partner with McMillan LLP. His practice is focused on corporate debt finance and structured finance transactions, including syndicated lending, cross-border debt financings, securitization and project finance transactions.
Don’s experience in corporate debt financing transactions includes leading syndicated, bilateral, club, domestic and cross-border debt financings, debtor-in-possession financings and infrastructure projects for financial institutions, borrowers, syndicates and private equity sponsors. Don routinely acts in securitization and structured finance matters on behalf of sellers, financial institutions, asset providers, swap counterparties, liquidity providers and servicers. His expertise covers a variety of asset classes, including commercial and residential mortgages, trade receivables, collateralized debt obligations, personal credit lines and vehicle loans and leases.
Don is also co-chair of McMillan’s Japan desk. With experience gained at a leading Japanese firm of in Tokyo, he regularly acts for a number of Japanese financial institutions and corporations.
He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in Banking and Finance Law and Structured Finance Law and in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in the area of Asset Securitization. Don is also named as a leading lawyer in IFLR1000 in Banking, Capital Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization.
