Cases
Representative Work: Carillion Canada Inc. et al. -Co-counsel for two major bonding companies for Carillion Canada, RPC Limited Partnership
Rokstad Power GP Inc. with regard to Carillion's, RPC's
Rokstad's restructuring commenced under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act .
Ingenious Packaging Group ULC - Lead counsel to Bank of Montreal as the agent for the Lending Syndicate as applicant for the appointment of Deloitte Restructuring Inc. as Receiver of Ingenious Packaging in order to consummate a sale of Ingenious' property, assets
business to Ingenious Group Inc., affiliate of Resource Label Group.
SecureCare Capital Inc. - Lead counsel to Grant Thornton Limited in its capacity as Proposal Trustee to SecureCare Capital in respect of Secure Care's proposal proceedings under the Bankruptcy
Insolvency Act .
Sears Canada Inc. et al. - Lead counsel to Sears Holdings Corporation
Roebuck
Co. in respect of the restructuring proceedings of Sears Canada Inc. under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act .
PTX Performance Products Inc. -Lead counsel to Fuller L
au Group Inc. in its capacity as Court Appointed Receiver of PTX Performance Products
RTK WP Canada ULC -Lead counsel to Grant Thornton Limited in its capacity as court appointed receiver of RTK for the purpose of selling the property, assets
business of RTK related to a wood pellet mill in Wawa, Ontario
Tarn Construction Group -Lead counsel to the primary surety bonding company to Tarn Construction in respect of its multi-residence project over which KPMG Inc. was appointed as receiver
manager by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice [Commercial List].
Terrasan 327 Royal York Road Limited -Lead counsel to the primary surety bonding company to Terrasan in respect of its multi-residence project over which BDO Canada Limited was appointed as receiver
manager by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice [Commercial List].
Rockport Company LLC -Co-counsel to Rockport in respect of Rockport's recognition proceedings in Canada commenced under Part IV of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act .
Diteba Research Laboratories - Lead counsel to Nutrasource Diagnostics Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the business
assets of Diteba Research Laboratories in the context of Diteba's proposal proceedings commenced under the Bankruptcy
Insolvency Act .
Maple Bank GmbH - Lead counsel to KPMG Inc. in its capacity as court-appointed liquidator of the business in Canada of Maple Bank
its assets. On application by the Attorney General of Canada acting on behalf of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, the Toronto Branch of Maple Bank was ordered to be wound up under the provisions of the Winding-Up
Restructuring Act
KPMG Inc. was appointed by the Court as liquidator. Prior to KPMG's appointment, the regulator for banks in Germany, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( BaFin ) issued a moratorium on Maple Bank's business activities, commenced insolvency proceedings against Maple Bank in Germany
obtained an order from the German Court for the appointment of an insolvency administrator over Maple Bank's operations
Wasaya Airways Limited Partnershp, Wasaya General Partner Limited
Wasaya Airways Leasing Ltd. - Lead counsel to Wasaya, a First Nations Airline, in regard to its restructuring under the Proposal provisions of the Bankruptcy
Insolvency Act
Sherson Group - Co-counsel to BMO as operating lender during the Sherson Group's proposal proceedings
sale of its retail
wholesale operations to Nine West Canada LP
Laricina Energy Ltd. - Co-counsel to one of the largest institutional shareholders of Laricina during Laricina's restructuring proceedings commenced under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Represented an Alberta-based oilfield service company during its successful restructuring under the Proposal provisions of the Bankruptcy
Insolvency Act
its concurrent reorganization under the Alberta Business Corporations Act
Bombay
Bowring - Co-counsel to CIBC as DIP Lender to Bombay
Bowring in their proceedings commenced under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Comstock Canada Ltd. - Acted as lead counsel in the restructuring of Comstock Canada Ltd. under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Comstock was one of the largest electrical contractors in Canada with operations in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta
British Columbia,
has significant expertise in the oil
gas
nuclear energy sectors
Great Basin Gold Ltd. - Co-counsel to KPMG Inc. in its capacity as court-appointed Monitor of Great Basin Gold Ltd.
its reorganization proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Nortel Networks - Canadian Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Nortel Networks Inc.
certain of its direct
indirect subsidiaries in the cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceedings
Canadian counsel to TerreStar Networks Inc. in connection with its CCAA recognition proceedings of TerreStar's Chapter 11 cases
Cooper-St
ard Canada - Canadian counsel to an informal note holder group
the backstop parties in connection with the Cooper-St
ard cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings
Grant Forest Products Inc. - Counsel to Grant Forest Products Inc.
its subsidiaries in their proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code
Pope & Talbot Ltd. - Acted for the Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia in successfully having the CCAA proceedings transferred from the Courts of Ontario to the Courts of British Columbia on the basis of forum conveniens
Acted as counsel for RSM Richter Inc. in its capacity as monitor in respect of the restructuring of a large scale bread
bakery business
Acted as counsel for RSM Richter Inc. in its capacity as receiver
manager
monitor of The Ravelston Corporation Limited
for certain affiliated companies with respect to cross-border insolvency
criminal proceedings
Acted as independent counsel for Ernst & Young in its capacity as interim receiver
trustee in bankruptcy of The Royal Crest Life Care Group Inc.
its affiliates in its CCAA
bankruptcy proceedings
Acted as counsel to PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in its capacity as interim receiver
trustee in bankruptcy of 1231640 Ontario Inc. (formerly known as The State Group Limited) (an electrical manufacturer)
