Sunil Joneja

Sunil Joneja is a Partner in Dentons' Banking and Finance group in Calgary. His practice focuses on Banking and Finance Law, helping clients navigate complex financing matters across a wide range of industries.

His experience includes domestic and cross-border syndicated and bilateral debt financings, both secured and unsecured, with particular emphasis on asset-based lending, project finance, real estate and construction finance, acquisition finance, automotive dealership finance, note offerings, distressed lending and debt restructuring transactions.

He works with a broad range of clients, including borrowers, banks and other financial institutions, as well as public and private companies. His recent experience includes acting as counsel for a major Canadian chartered bank as administrative agent for syndicates of lenders in relation to the financing of automotive dealership groups, and acting as counsel for a Canadian financial institution as administrative agent for a syndicate of lenders in relation to CAD$230,000,000 and US$15,000,000 credit facilities for an energy services company. He has also advised on the project financing of renewable energy projects in Alberta and British Columbia.

He also advises on derivatives transactions, including over-the-counter commodity, cross-currency and interest rate hedging arrangements. He holds an LLB from the University of Victoria and a BA from the University of British Columbia. He is recognised by Best Lawyers in Canada for Asset-Based Lending Practice, Banking and Finance, and by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Banking and Financial Institutions.