Dean Masse is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. His practice focuses on securitization, structured finance, securities and fintech transactions, including single-seller, multi-seller and cross border securitization transactions.

Dean has significant experience acting as lead counsel for issuers, sellers, purchasers, lenders, borrowers, underwriters and trustees in various public and private securitization, structured finance, securities and fintech transactions, with his securitization and structured finance transactions involving a variety of asset classes, including credit card receivables, residential and commercial mortgages, home equity lines of credit, consumer finance receivables, retail instalment contracts and trade receivables. 

Dean also has extensive experience acting as lead counsel for issuers and underwriters in connection with prospectus offerings, private placements, medium term notes programs, commercial paper programs, covered bonds programs and continuous disclosure matters. He has spoken at a number of conferences on various securitization, structured finance and fintech topics.

Dean is recognized as one of the most frequently recommended lawyers in the area of asset securitization in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada. He is also recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of structured finance and securitization in the Expert Guides: The World’s Leading Lawyers Chosen by their Peers and as a highly regarded capital markets lawyer in the area of structured finance and securitization in the IFLR 1000 Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms.
Dean received his B.Comm. in 1993, his MBA in 1994, and his LLB in 1997, each from the University of Windsor. He also received his JD in 1997 from the University of Detroit Mercy. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1999.