Veronica Monteiro

Partner

Managing Partner, Edmonton Office

About

Areas of FocusFinancial Services Corporate Finance Mergers and Acquisitions Real Estate Infrastructure, Construction and Transport Employment

Bar admissionsAlberta, 2010Northwest Territories, 2020Saskatchewan, 2013

EXPERIENCE

Acts for a number of Canadian Chartered Banks and large, Alberta-based, commercial lenders.
Acted in the restructuring of the Canadian subsidiaries of a large, US-based publicly traded company.
Acted as Canadian counsel for a US based private lender on a $85,000,000 USD senior credit facility.
Acted for a Canadian chartered bank on a $50,000,000 credit facility in the automotive industry.
Acted for a major Canadian bulk transportation company with respect to several acquisitions of mid-sized trucking businesses.
Acted for the purchaser of assets relating to an airport hangar.
Acted for a Canadian subsidiary of a large international public corporation specializing in technology services with respect to the multi-million dollar acquisition of a Canadian business.
Acted for a European public corporation with respect to establishing a Canadian subsidiary and with respect to the purchase of a Canadian corporation providing transportation and logistics services in Canada.
Acted for a large Alberta pension plan with respect to an investment in the HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund L.P, a limited partnership and venture capital program with a specific focus on the Canadian venture market. The amount of commitments from investors was in excess of $200,000,000.
Acted for a large Alberta pension plan with respect to an investment in the amount of $50,000,000 in a Canadian real estate fund focusing on a diversified Canadian real estate portfolio.
Acted for a large Alberta pension plan with respect to an investment in the amount of $30,000,000 in a Canadian Fund (structured as a Limited Partnership) with a focus on pursuing equity and equity-like investments in infrastructure assets in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Acted for Sprott Resource Lending Partnership in a non-revolving secured $140 million credit facility to Altius Minerals Corp. to fund its acquisition of coal and potash royalties from Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd.
Acted for Capital City Link General Partnership on the Northeast Anthony Henday Drive Project, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the government of Alberta, to design, build, finance and operate the northeast leg of the Edmonton Ring Road.

Languages

Education

LL.B., University of Alberta, 2009

B.Sc., (with distinction), University of Alberta, 2006

Awards

Chambers Canada (Pensions and Benefits), 2018-2019
The Legal 500 Canada (Pensions), 2018-2019, 2021
Lexpert Rising ‎Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40, 2021 ‎
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Pensions), 2022 (Lawyers to Watch); (Pensions - Employer), 2023

Memberships And Affiliations

National Vice-President, Canadian Bar Association Pension and Benefits
Past Co-chair, Canadian Bar Association Pension and Benefits Alberta (North) Section
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Bar Association