Celia Rhea
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Celia Rhea
Practice Areas
Celia Rhea is a partner in a business law group at Goodmans. Her practice encompasses corporate advice, financing, leveraged buyouts, private equity, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and restructuring.
Celia works with companies, private equity funds and hedge funds in financing and corporate transactions, including in the restructuring context, to find creative solutions to unique challenges in collaboration with clients and other professionals.
Career
Celia has been recognized by IFLR1000 as Canadian Lawyer of the Year for Banking and in their Women Leaders 2022 guide as one of the most prominent female lawyers working in Canada. Celia is also recognized as a leading lawyer by various legal publications including Lexpert, Chambers, IFLR1000, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Corporate, M&A, Leveraged Buyouts, Private Equity and Restructuring, and featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A.
Professional Memberships
Celia served as a director of People for Education from 2011 to 2018.
She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
Chambers Review
Canada
Toronto-based lawyer Celia Rhea is an experienced practitioner with a range of experience in financing matters. She is particularly noted for her work on credit facility agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Celia Rhea demonstrates a strong knowledge of how to draft credit agreements to capture commercial concepts."
"She adds value in all matters she contributes to and goes the extra mile to ensure her client's needs are met."
"Celia Rhea demonstrates a strong knowledge of how to draft credit agreements to capture commercial concepts."
"She adds value in all matters she contributes to and goes the extra mile to ensure her client's needs are met."