
Overview
Jean Anderson serves as counsel in the Banking and Financial Services Group of Goodmans. Her practice focuses on financing, corporate transactions and regulatory matters.
With more than 35 years of legal experience, she has developed extensive expertise in the areas of project finance, structured finance, asset-based lending, P3 finance, debt restructuring and complex domestic and cross-border financings and regulatory matters relating to foreign and domestic financial institutions. Clients represented include Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Monroe Capital, Hitachi Capital, OMERS, Citizens Bank, US Bank, UBS, AB Private Credit, Carlyle Global Credit and Clearwater Seafoods.
Jean is recognized in The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal
Lexpert Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Media Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada, The Lexpert Guide to Leading US/Canada Cross-border
Corporate Lawyers in Canada (banking and asset-based lending), Chambers
Global, Chambers Canada, IFLR
1000, Euromoney’s Guide to The World’s Leading Banking Finance &
Transactional Lawyers and The World’s
Leading Women in Business Law (banking), Law Business Research’s International Who’s Who Legal of Banking
Lawyers and Best Lawyers in Canada
(banking and structured finance and the “2015 Toronto Asset-Based Lending
Lawyer of the Year”). In 2009 Jean
received the Lexpert Zenith Award,
recognizing her as one of Canada’s leading women lawyers.
She served as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal. Prior to joining Goodmans in 2000, Jean was a partner at another major Toronto law firm.
Awards & Recognition
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Chambers Canada Band 3, Banking and Finance 2023
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Lexpert/American Lawyer Media Guide Most Frequently Recommended, Banking & Financial Institutions 2023
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The Legal 500 Canada Leading Individual, Banking and Finance 2023
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized: Asset-Based Lending Practice, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Project Finance Law, Structured Finance Law 2023
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Who's Who Legal Recommended National Leader, Banking 2022
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The Legal 500 Canada Leading Individual, Banking and Finance 2022
Credentials
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B., 1979
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 1981 Ontario
Insights
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Banking and Financial Services
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review 9th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Nadler, Carrie Smit, David Wiseman, Caroline Descours, Steven Marmer, and Cathy Costa-Faria co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Acquisition and Leveraged Finance… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Lending and Secured Finance Review 8th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Wiseman, David Nadler, Caroline Descours, Michael Royal, Kyle Gerow and Cathy Costa-Faria co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Lending and Secured Finance Review 8th… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review 8th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Nadler, Carrie Smit, David Wiseman, Caroline Descours, and Steven Marmer co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review 8th Edition… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Lending and Secured Finance Review 7th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Wiseman, David Nadler, Carrie Smit, Caroline Descours, Kyle Gerow and Cathy Costa-Faria co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Lending and Secured Finance Review 7th… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review 7th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Nadler, Carrie Smit, David Wiseman, and Caroline Descours co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review 7th Edition. The publication… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Lending and Secured Finance Review 6th Edition - Canada Chapter
Jean Anderson, David Wiseman, David Nadler, Carrie Smit, Caroline Descours, and Cathy Costa-Faria co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Lending and Secured Finance Review 6th Edition. The…
News & Events
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Goodmans Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
We are delighted to announce that The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada once again features Goodmans in their 2023 Guide.The Lexpert/ALM 500 Directory, produced in… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Legal 500 Canada Continues to Recognize Goodmans with Top Tier Rankings
We are pleased to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top tier recognition from The Legal 500 Canada in their 2023 Guide released today. Recognition from The Legal 500 is based on… -
Goodmans Lawyers Named Across 2022 Expert Guides
We are pleased to share Goodmans lawyers have been recognized across several Expert Guides 2022 editions. Recognition from Expert Guides is based on peer review, and demonstrates our lawyers…