James E. Sutcliffe

James is a partner in the Banking and Debt Financing Group and has extensive experience in all aspects of debt financing. James acts for Canadian banks and other lenders, U.S. and other foreign financial institutions and Canadian and U.S. law firms and corporations.
He has acted on many loan transactions involving real and personal property security, financings for debt and equity offerings, cross-border financings and restructurings.

Prior to joining, Lawson Lundell in 2007, James practised at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP.

Recognition and Ranking

• Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for banking law
• Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated

Professional Activities

• Law Society of British Columbia, Guest Lecturer
• Banking Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch, past President

Bar Admissions

• Ontario (1992)
• British Columbia (1996)

Education

• University of Toronto (LL.B., 1990)

James has recently acted for:

• The purchaser of the assets of a major fitness centre group
• A company in respect of vendor take back security on the acquisition of land in Burnaby
• A chartered bank in respect of a group of care home providers
• A syndicate of lenders on a financing of a Vancouver real estate development
• A syndicate of lenders in respect of a condominium development on Vancouver Island
• A lender to a partnership acquiring a company’s shares
• A group of companies in respect of a major asset based loan facility

James has edited two chapters of the Professional Legal Training Course Commercial Law Practice Materials and edits a chapter of the Continuing Legal Education materials on real estate financing. James has written on the subject of secured transactions.