Overview
Directors and senior leadership of prominent Canadian and international companies, investors, lenders, private equity firms and pension funds, court-appointed monitors, receivers and trustees look to us for counsel in high-profile and cross-border engagements. This diverse client base informs our experience, resulting in creative, constructive and effective strategies for our clients.
We play a lead role in insolvency and restructuring work in every economic sector. Our broad experience includes traditional bankruptcy, receivership, restructuring and insolvency matters—as well as cross-border mandates and negotiated debt modifications, re-financings, recapitalizations, bridge loans, exit financing, equity issuances/subscriptions, debt-to-equity exchanges, and distressed M&A transactions.
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Areas of Service
- Restructuring and AdvisoryFrom early warning signs to the termination of restructuring and insolvency proceedings, we assist clients in mitigating risk and confronting challenges—our work includes forbearance, security enforcement, arrangements and restructurings, receiverships, bankruptcies, wind-ups, liquidations, and plenary and ancillary cross-border insolvency proceedings.
- Board Advisory and GovernanceBoards and senior management seek our counsel to help them navigate strategic and legal alternatives for addressing financial challenges. We also provide counsel on individual and corporate duties, responsibilities and potential liabilities.Learn more
- M&AOur team gives beginning-to-end counsel on distressed acquisitions, equity and debt investments, and other transaction opportunities. We advise on strategies and situational dynamics, develop deal structures, and design and implement the most effective path to completion.Learn more
- Banking and Debt FinanceRepresenting noteholders, lenders and money-side clients at all levels of the debt structure, and working closely with ad hoc groups, syndicates or individual debtholders in managing their interests, our team helps set and drive the agenda.Learn more
- Disputes and InvestigationsWe are skilled litigators with deep experience in trial and appellate court proceedings across the country, including under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Winding-up and Restructuring Act, and plans of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.Learn more
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Recent Recognition
- Recognized in Global Restructuring Review’s GRR 100
- Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year (Canadian Law Awards, 2024)