Edward Anido

Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Edward Anido

Edward Anido

Biography

Edward Anido is a business lawyer in the Ottawa office, with extensive experience in secured transactions, 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 worked across several industry sectors, including mining, renewable energy, nuclear, aerospace, defence, infrastructure, and professional sports. Edward also has significant experience in corporate and commercial matters impacting defence and security companies.

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
  • 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
  • The Canadian affiliate of a UK-based defence company with strategic alliances involving aircraft leases and acquisitions and general corporate/commercial matters
  • 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

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