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Rachel
Silber

Counsel
  • rsilber@airdberlis.com
  • 437.880.6114
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  • Toronto Office
Call to Bar:
  • Admitted to the New York Bar: 2007
  • Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2012
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Rachel is a skilled problem solver who leverages her in-house experience and commercial expertise to devise pragmatic solutions for clients. Having practised law in Canada and the United States, she is well-placed to advise on cross-border financings and commercial transactions.

As Counsel in the firm’s Financial Services Group, Rachel advises lenders, borrowers and other commercial entities on complex debt and financing transactions. She has broad experience in the financial services industry, and is proficient at adapting to the unique needs of her clients.

Prior to joining Aird & Berlis, Rachel was Senior Legal Counsel at the Bank of Montreal. 

Expertise

  • Financial Services

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

GrandBridge Corporation and GrandBridge Energy Inc. Complete Debt Restructuring

Aird & Berlis LLP represented GrandBridge Corporation and GrandBridge Energy Inc. with a team led by Rachel Silber (Financial Services) and Russell Sanders (Capital Markets) and including Saam Nainifard (Tax), Kieran Moloney and Jenaya McLean (Financial Services) and Michelle Slipanchuk (Articling Student).

October 20, 2025

Representative Matter

Abraxas Power Enters Loan and Royalty Agreement With RE Royalties

On November 21, 2024, Abraxas Power Corp., a leading energy transition developer, announced that its subsidiary Abraxas Power Maldinvest Ltd. entered into a loan agreement with RE Royalties Ltd., a global leader in renewable energy royalty-based financing, to receive a secured loan facility of up to $10 million to support the construction of solar projects in the Maldives.

November 21, 2024

Representative Matter

Maritime Resources Corp. Acquires Point Rousse Mining Inc. and Completes Related Financings

Aird & Berlis represented Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE) in all aspects of its acquisition of Point Rousse Mining Inc., owner of the Point Rousse Project located in Newfoundland and Labrador, including two concurrent financings, a memorandum of understanding with New Found Gold, and a financing and cooperation agreement with Shoreline Aggregates Inc.

September 28, 2023

Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • Association of Corporate Counsel Canada
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Association of Corporate Counsel Canada
  • Ontario Bar Association
Co-Author, "Lending in Canada’s Defence and Dual-Use Sector: Aligning Risk and Structure," Aird & Berlis LLP, Financial Perspectives, March 30, 2026.

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Article

Lending in Canada’s Defence and Dual-Use Sector: Aligning Risk and Structure

March 31, 2026

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Firm News

Aird & Berlis Welcomes Rachel Silber

December 01, 2022

Education

  • B.A., Economics, McGill University, 2003
  • JD, University of Toronto, 2006
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