Adrienne Love

Specializing in corporate law, Adrienne is renowned for her expertise in commercial banking and debt financing, skillfully navigating both lenders and borrowers through multifaceted transactions that span local, cross-border, and global spheres. Her portfolio is replete with high-stakes syndicated lending, private equity and acquisition financing, debt security offerings, and project financing. Further enhancing her versatility, Adrienne possesses extensive knowledge in insolvency and restructuring domains.

A proficient French speaker, Adrienne contributes her vast experience to the Banking and Debt Finance sector, delivering outstanding results in numerous landmark transactions. Among her notable accomplishments, Adrienne played a pivotal role in advising Novelis on securing a US$1.2 billion global asset-based revolving credit facility, orchestrated by a syndicate of banks with Wells Fargo Bank at the helm.

Her remarkable contributions extended to Loblaw's strategic C$12.4 billion acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, a staple in Canadian retail. Further, Adrienne was instrumental in facilitating the initial public offering of Choice Properties REIT, which included a C$460 million offering of trust units and a C$600 million offering of senior unsecured debentures. This venture set the stage for Loblaw's subsequent C$7 billion property portfolio sale to Choice Properties REIT, marking a significant transaction in the retail and real estate sectors.

Adrienne's adeptness was also evident in her guidance to Imperial Capital during the sale of AIM Health Group Inc.'s Clinical Services business and her strategic financial advice to major lenders like Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Natixis, and Nord/LB in their C$180 million financing of Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc. and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC's purchase of solar projects in Ontario.

Adrienne's academic credentials include an LLB from Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, earned in 2008, and a BA from the University of Western Ontario, obtained in 2004. She was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2009, further cementing her position as a distinguished practitioner in her field.