About Lisa A. MacDonnell

Lisa MacDonnell is a Toronto partner at Gowling WLG who works on both sides of the loan table, representing lenders as well as the corporate borrowers they finance. The files run from syndicated and asset-based deals to acquisition and project loans, real estate financings, and term or revolving credit facilities, secured or unsecured. When a loan goes wrong, MacDonnell also steps in for receivers and secured creditors, including on the enforcement of commercial mortgages.

Financial services were familiar ground well before law. MacDonnell held several roles at a major Canadian financial institution before entering practice, then summered and articled at Gowling WLG, with a secondment during articling to the in-house legal team of a large Canadian financial institution. The call to the Ontario bar came in 2010, and today the partner sits in the firm's Financial Institutions & Services Group.

Outside the deal work, MacDonnell advises ACCESS Community Capital Fund, a federal not-for-profit that helps new small businesses and people in training or accreditation programs in Toronto get access to credit. At the University of Windsor, MacDonnell was involved with Pro Bono Students Canada while earning a law degree.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Lending and borrowing

Acts for lenders and for corporate borrowers on secured and unsecured financings, including syndicated loans, asset-based lending, acquisition and project loans, real estate financings, and term and revolving facilities.

Insolvency and enforcement

Works for receivers and secured creditors when borrowers become insolvent, with commercial mortgage enforcement among the matters handled.

Education & credentials

  • LLB, University of Windsor
  • BA Hons., University of Toronto
  • Called to the Ontario bar (2010)

Publications & speaking

  • Ontario Publishes Draft FIT 2.0 Rules, Contracts and Definitions, International Energy Law Review (2012)
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency Law for Leasing Professionals (roundtable leader), ICSC 2013 Canadian Law Conference (2013)
  • Review and Revision of Contracts (presenter), EUCI 2013 Canadian Electricity Contracts for Non-Lawyers Conference (2013)

Memberships & affiliations

In the community

  • Provides legal advice to ACCESS Community Capital Fund, a federal not-for-profit that works to improve access to credit for new small businesses and individuals in training programs in Toronto.
  • Was involved with Pro Bono Students Canada while studying law.

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