Counsel to the Medican Holding Ltd. and related entities in their proceedings under the CCAA
Acted as counsel to Riverfront Pointe Properties Inc. and Riverfront Pointe Partnership in their proceedings under the CCAA
Acted as counsel to JED Oil Inc. and its subsidiaries in their Canadian CCAA proceeding
Counsel to the lead lender and significant shareholder in the CCAA restructuring proceedings Darian Resources Ltd. and Bowview Petroleum Inc.
Trident Exploration Corp. - Canadian Counsel to Trident Exploration Corp. and Trident Resources Corp. in connection with their cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings
Gemini Engineering - Counsel for a professional engineering group in the restructuring of its affairs after a calamitous foreign contract (sponsored in part by Canadian government agency), resulting in its return to profitability and no loss of jobs
International Utilities Structures Inc. - Counsel to the monitor in a multinational Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act reorganization of a utility pole manufacturer with operations in Canada, the U.S., and Europe
Nicholas Lysek - Counsel for a Canadian chartered bank in connection with the recovery of defrauded funds
Octane Energy - Counsel for a Canadian chartered bank in connection with the preservation of its credit facility, the implementation of a DIP credit facility, and full recovery of all amounts outstanding
Gauntlet Energy - Counsel to the purchaser of oil and gas interests in a highly competitive process run out of a Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act reorganization - the engagement included involvement in the liquidation of the debtor, the resolution of representative actions, and the determination of the priority of GST claims
Anita Koo - Counsel for a Canadian chartered bank in connection with the recovery of defrauded funds
Sulphur Corp. - Counsel for the monitor in connection with the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act reorganization of a sulphur port - the engagement included the establishment and defence of Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act priority charges
Androscoggin - Counsel for ISDA® in its intervention in the Ontario Court of Appeal regarding the interpretation of "eligible financial contracts" under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Phantom Freightlines - Counsel for the debtor in connection with the successful reorganization of an international trucking company under the proposal provisions of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Conor Pacific Environmental Technologies - Counsel for the debtor of a publicly listed company in connection with the reorganization of its debt in Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings completed from start to finish in 71 days
Smoky River Coal - Counsel for U.S. lenders in connection with a creditor sponsored Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act reorganization involving coal mining interests in northern Alberta
Solv-Ex Corporation - Counsel for the U.S. purchaser of Canadian oil sands interests under Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection in a highly competitive international bidding (and "Stalking Horse") process, conducted under a protocol between the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States and Canada
Has had extensive experience in insolvency matters, having appeared regularly before Alberta’s Bankruptcy Court and Court of Appeal, as well as having made submissions to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada
Has acted for lenders, debtors, receivers/trustees, creditors/counterparties, DIP financiers, and acquisitors in a variety of insolvency proceedings, including Principal Group, Solvex, Smoky River Coal, Crafts Canada, and Sunoma Energy
Acted as counsel to various private equity funded lenders with respect to the recovery of funds through enforcement of security as well as maintaining facilities through restructuring proceedings
Has also had extensive involvement with financial/derivative contracts in such insolvency proceedings as NESI, Enron, Blue Range Resources, Air Canada and Androscoggin