DLA Piper Canada welcomes associate Louis van Zyl

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP welcomes Louis van Zyl to the firm’s Toronto office in the Finance group.‎ Louis ‎maintains a broad financial services practice with a focus on banking, corporate and real estate finance. ‎

Louis regularly acts as counsel to domestic and foreign banks and syndicates, funds, mortgage investment corporations, real estate asset managers and investment advisors and borrowers at all stages of their business. Louis advises clients across a range of debt financing transactions, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, mergers, term and revolving financings, asset-based loans and cross border/global loans. He also regularly advises lenders, sponsors and borrowers in commercial mortgage lending, construction financing and project finance as well as the structuring of joint ventures and public-private partnerships for commercial property owners.‎

Prior to joining the firm Louis practised in the banking and real estate finance groups in the Toronto ‎office of another National firm. Louis has a Masters of Law from Osgoode Hall and an LL.B. from the ‎University of Aberdeen.‎