
Edward Anido
Biography
Edward Anido is a business lawyer in the Ottawa office, with extensive experience in banking and finance matters, including syndicated and bilateral project finance, acquisition finance, corporate finance, and asset-based lending. Edward’s practice also covers private mergers and acquisitions, defence contracting, sports law, and general corporate/commercial matters. Edward has acted for financial institutions, corporate borrowers, mining companies, private equity firms, defence and security companies, and equipment manufacturers, among others, and has worked across several industry sectors, including mining, renewable energy, aerospace, defence, construction, infrastructure, and professional sports. Edward practises in English and French.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Edward's recent transactional experience includes acting for:
- The export credit agencies, commercial lenders and hedge providers with the financing of the Mantoverde copper mine expansion project in Chile
- The lenders with the refinancing and ongoing development of the Bloom Lake iron ore mine near Fermont, Quebec
- A syndicate of Canadian and international lenders and export credit agency with the financing of the Gahcho Kue diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Lundin Gold Inc. with the project financing of the Fruta del Norte gold mine project in Ecuador
- The National Hockey League in financings and ownership transactions relating to Canadian hockey clubs
- Development Finance Institute Canada (DFIC) Inc. (dba FinDev Canada) with respect to its private placements in international social and climate impact investment funds
- Ullico Inc. with the acquisitions of two portfolios of commercial solar projects from BlackRock, Inc. and DIF Infrastructure III, respectively
- A Canadian defence contractor with restructuring of the commercial contracting framework for the provision of defence-related training services to the Department of National Defence
- An international security and defence contractor with several strategic acquisitions
- AtkinsRéalis in negotiating terms for federal government funding of the development of a large-scale nuclear reactor
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Banking and Finance Law, 2025
- Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2022
- Acritas Stars: Designated as an "Independently rated lawyer," 2020-2021
Education
Education
J.D., Université de Moncton, 2013
B.A. (Hons.), University of Toronto, 2008
Admissions
Admissions
- Ontario 2017
- Nova Scotia (inactive) 2015
- New Brunswick (inactive) 2014
Publications
Publications
- Global Offshore Wind Report
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario
Languages
Languages
- English
- French