Paul Murray

Senior Associate

Toronto
PaMurray@blg.com
416.367.6154
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Paul represents lenders and borrowers in domestic, cross-border and international financings, including bilateral and syndicated loans, acquisition finance, project finance, and more.

Experience

  • Represented Telesat, one of the world’s largest satellite operators, in its $2.54B funding agreements (for its subsidiary, Telesat LEO Inc.) with the Government of Canada and the Government of Québec for its broadband satellite constellation, Telesat Lightspeed network.
  • Acted for RFA Capital Holdings Inc. in its plan of arrangement to acquire and delist Street Capital Group Inc. (formerly TSX:SCB), the parent company of Street Capital Bank of Canada (now RFA Bank of Canada), a federally regulated Schedule I bank. Concurrently with closing, RFA completed a securitization of mortgage renewal rights relating to the Bank's residential mortgage loan portfolio, the first mortgage renewal securitization completed in Canada.
  • Acted for Algoma Central Corporation (TSX:ALC), a leading provider of marine transportation services, on a refinancing which included (i) a private offering of $323M (CDN equivalent) of new senior secured notes to Canadian and U.S. institutional investors and (ii) the concurrent establishment of a $171M senior secured revolving credit facility to a syndicate of financial institutions.

Beyond Our Walls

Community Involvement

  • Organized the BLG Paws for a Cause charity event in support of the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, 2019
  • Organized the BLG Pie-A-Person charity event in support of Give a Day, 2018

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 2019
  • JD, Queen's University, 2018
  • JD Exchange Program, University of Hong Kong, 2017
  • Certificate in International Business Law, Queen's University, 2016
  • BA Political Science, Concordia University, 2013