Alex Tarantino
Alex practises corporate and commercial law and commercial lending and banking law.
Alex provides timely, clear, concise and practical legal advice, is responsive and accessible and takes his own time to understand his clients’ businesses, earning him the loyalty of his clients as a trusted advisor.
Alex practises corporate and commercial law and commercial lending and banking law.
Alex provides timely, clear, concise and practical legal advice, is responsive and accessible and takes his own time to understand his clients’ businesses, earning him the loyalty of his clients as a trusted advisor.
Alex practises corporate and commercial law and commercial lending and banking law.
Alex provides timely, clear, concise and practical legal advice, is responsive and accessible and takes his own time to understand his clients’ businesses, earning him the loyalty of his clients as a trusted advisor.
Prior to joining Beard Winter, Alex practised corporate and commercial law and commercial lending and banking law for 8 years in the downtown Toronto office of a national Bay Street firm and for 2 years at a top mid-sized firm in Mississauga.
He has experience in many industries and sectors including manufacturing, supply, distribution, retail, technology, telecommunications, automotive, trucking and logistics, construction and project management, film and entertainment, mining, energy and utilities and sports.
He has completed the Business Essentials for Lawyers course by the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and the Certificate in Mining Law by Osgoode Hall Law School.
Alex takes pride in giving back to the community. He was a member of the planning committee for the Young Lawyers Division of the Ontario Bar Association for 5 years, a director for 2 years of a respite and support services provider in Toronto and has participated with the business improvement association of his neighbourhood of Riverside.
Corporate and Commercial Law
Alex has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions acting for buyers and sellers.
He also assists businesses with all of their life stages including:
- incorporation and corporate structuring
- commercial agreements including technology, service, supply, employment, non-competition and non-solicitation
- general day-to-day legal advice
- privacy law including privacy policies
- shareholder and partnership agreements
- equity and debt financings
- reorganizations including the implementation of roll-overs and other tax-driven reorganizations
Commercial Lending and Banking Law
Alex specializes in acting for public and private borrowers, lenders and agents (including banks and other financial institutions).
He has extensive experience in a wide variety of financings including operating, acquisition, factoring/accounts receivable, secured, unsecured, senior, subordinated, single lender, syndicated, domestic, cross-border and international.
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- “An Overview of Financial Assistance Rules Relating to Cross-Border Guarantees and Security” (presented to The Bank of Nova Scotia)
- “Bank Act Security vs. PPSA Security” (in-firm presentation)
- “An Evening with Ontario Practitioners” (presented to Osgoode Hall Law School)
- “Commercial Agreements” (Ontario Bar Association), Program Chair
- “Drafting Commercial Agreements and Avoiding Traps” (Ontario Bar Association), Program Chair
- “Your First Acquisition Transaction” (Ontario Bar Association), Program Chair
- “Ontario Personal Property Security Act Registration Made in “Shake-Down” Attempt Results in Award of Substantial Indemnity Costs against Corporation and Sole Director (client newsletter)
- Case Comment: Capital One v. Solehdin (National Insolvency Review)
- Boundaries Shift in CCAA Hardship Funds (Lexpert)
- June 25, 2020 — Why waivers won’t necessarily protect clients from COVID-19 liability
- June 18, 2020 — Beard Winter embraces the paperless court, electronic filings and remote hearings
- June 4, 2020 — Litigation Issues Arising from the Global Crisis
- March 17, 2020 — Response to COVID-19
- March 12, 2020 — John Olah to receive 2020 OBA Award for Excellence in Insurance Law
- March 2, 2020 — Happy International Women’s Day 2020 from Beard Winter LLP
- February 12, 2020 — Beard Winter and 30 Forensic Engineering Co-Present Insurance Industry Seminar
- February 11, 2020 — Contentious estate dispute over a cottage
- February 5, 2020 — Meet our newest team member, Shannon Mulholland
- January 29, 2020 — Beard Winter LLP Earns Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Award