McMillan is thrilled to welcome John Teolis and Suzana Lobo, two accomplished and respected lawyers in the banking and finance sectors, as partners in our Financial Services Group.
John is highly regarded as an expert in financial institutions law, boasting decades of exceptional regulatory expertise. Suzana is one of Canada’s most trusted advisors to many Canadian and global entities. They each have a strong practice representing high-profile organizations in both domestic and international transactions of all kinds.
“John and Suzana bring to McMillan a sophisticated cross-disciplinary practice, that aligns perfectly with the core strengths of our market-leading Financial Services group,” said Jeff Rogers, Partner and Co-Lead, McMillan’s Financial Services Group.
Throughout his distinguished career, John has earned a stellar reputation in regulatory law governing financial institutions, corporate, commercial, and consumer finance, banking, M&A, money transmission, information processing, and payment processing. Due to his unique expertise, he is highly sought after by prominent Canadian and international companies to establish banking, commercial, consumer, or other types of financial presence in Canada.
Suzana has an impeccable reputation as a business lawyer with a focus on lending and credit transactions where she regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in various types of financings, including secured and unsecured lending, and debt restructurings. Her extensive experience in business and corporate law encompasses, payments, corporate, commercial and M&A transactions. She maintains a sophisticated bank regulatory practice in which she deals with regulatory authorities, both federally and provincially, as well as a payments practice advising leading and upcoming Canadian and global fintechs.
“Their extensive knowledge and combined expertise will be highly advantageous for our clients in both the regulatory and transactions space,” added Darcy Ammerman, Partner and Co-Lead, McMillan’s Financial Services Group.
John and Suzana joining our Financial Services Group amplifies our dedication to providing exceptional client service to help our clients succeed and complements the firm’s growth strategy.