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About
Provided by Carol D Pennycook
Practice Areas
Recognized as one of Canada’s top finance lawyers, Carol advises on a wide range of transactions—syndicated loan transactions, corporate finance, structured finance, project finance, debt capital market offerings, private equity, private M&A, corporate reorganizations and derivative products. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to financing transactions, acting for both borrowers and lenders. She also acts on renewable energy transactions, joint ventures, corporate and acquisition credit facilities, and capital markets bond, debenture and note offerings, both Canadian and cross-border. Carol acts in many of the highest-profile public-private partnership projects in Canada and the United States and has achieved great success for borrower and lender clients in complex infrastructure financings. She is currently a director of Infrastructure Ontario and is a former director of PPP Canada. Select Recognition: Named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN; Chambers Global; IFLR1000; The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada’s Toronto Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year 2020; Expert Guides’ Women in Business Law and Best of the Best.
Chambers Review
Global
Carol Pennycook is a leading project finance lawyer in Canada who also maintains a broader corporate finance practice. A veteran of numerous high-value financings, she is sought out for assistance on a wide range of matters and regularly acts for lending syndicates.
Toronto-based Carol Pennycook acts for both borrowers and lenders on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional financing transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carol is the best lawyer in Canada, I would argue. She is incisive and gets things done."
"Carol has a wealth of experience and seems to answer questions before you even ask. We have a great deal of confidence in her guidance and advice."
"We have worked with Carol for years; she is one of the best."
"Carol is stellar - she is second to none in terms of servicing clients."
"Carol is the best lawyer in Canada, I would argue. She is incisive and gets things done."
"Carol has a wealth of experience and seems to answer questions before you even ask. We have a great deal of confidence in her guidance and advice."
"We have worked with Carol for years; she is one of the best."
"Carol is stellar - she is second to none in terms of servicing clients."