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Kanika
Sharma

Partner
  • ksharma@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.3086
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  • Toronto Office
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2020

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Kanika provides diligent and timely advice on a wide range of financing matters. She collaborates with clients to develop practical solutions to complex legal matters and facilitates getting transactions across the finish line.

Kanika is a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group. She advises on all financing-related transactional matters, including those related to real property security and other real estate considerations, and has extensive experience negotiating and drafting commercial contracts. Kanika regularly acts for lenders in bilateral and syndicated financing transactions, including asset-based lending, project and acquisition financing and other secured lending matters. She also works with borrowers in various industries on corporate and commercial lending transactions, such as cross-border and subordinated debt/mezzanine financings.

Expertise

  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Banking & Finance
  • Financial Services

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

Ontario Provides $670-Million Loan for Vianode’s First North American Synthetic Graphite Facility

Aird & Berlis is advising the Province of Ontario on all aspects of the announced transaction, including commercial, lending and real estate matters, with a team led by Paige Backman (Corporate/Commercial) and including Aaron Collins, Jonathan Yantzi and Kanika Sharma (Financial Services) and Ethan Eisen and Kenneth Pimentel (Real Estate).

November 25, 2025

Representative Matter

Allied and Partners Reorganize Ownership of TELUS Sky

Aird & Berlis represented Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the reorganization of the ownership of TELUS Sky, a 60-storey, mixed-use high-rise building in Calgary, Alberta.

December 31, 2024

Representative Matter

AirBoss Secures US$180-Million Senior Credit Facilities With TD Bank, CIBC

On December 2, 2024, AirBoss of America Corp. (TSX: BOS) (OTCQX: ABSSF), a manufacturing company focused on advanced rubber compounding and related markets, entered into new senior secured credit facilities totalling $180 million (all figures USD) to replace its prior senior secured revolving credit facilities.

December 02, 2024

Representative Matter

Allied Properties REIT Completes Acquisition of Ownership Interest in 400 West Georgia and Increased Ownership Interest in 19 Duncan

On April 1, 2024, Allied Properties REIT completed the acquisition from Westbank for an aggregate property value of $920.7 million.

April 01, 2024

Representative Matter

Kuehne+Nagel Acquires Farrow, Expanding Customs Brokerage Presence in North America

On January 31, 2024, Kuehne+Nagel, a global logistics company headquartered in Switzerland, completed its acquisition of Farrow, a Canadian customs brokerage firm employing more than 800 employees in 41 locations across Canada and the United States.

January 31, 2024

Representative Matter

Juno Pharmaceuticals Acquires Omega Laboratories

Juno Pharmaceuticals Corp., a leader in the commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical products, announced its acquisition of Omega Laboratories.

May 18, 2023

Professional Involvement

Co-Author, "End-of-Summer Brief on Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average," Aird & Berlis LLP, September 5, 2023.

Co-Author, "A Closer Look at OSFI Guideline B-15: Climate Risk Management," Aird & Berlis LLP, June 27, 2023.

Co-Author, "ESG Initiatives Take Hold in Banking Sector," Aird & Berlis LLP, April 18, 2023. 

Co-Author, "CARR Confirms Development of Term CORRA Benchmark," Aird & Berlis LLP, February 2, 2023. 

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End-of-Summer Brief on Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average

September 05, 2023

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CARR Confirms Development of Term CORRA Benchmark

February 02, 2023

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Aird & Berlis Welcomes Nine New Partners

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Education

  • JD, University of Ottawa, 2019
  • B.Soc.Sc. (Magna Cum Laude), University of Ottawa, 2016
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