John has extensive experience with restructurings under both the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. He also has a working familiarity with the United States Bankruptcy Code. Additionally, in his practice, John regularly advises internationally-based companies on lending and remedy issues in Canada and is frequently retained by major U.S.-based law firms on Canadian bankruptcy issues.

John has specific expertise in the area of fraudulent transactions, particularly in the context of multi-jurisdictional insolvency cases involving the coordination of foreign legal proceedings to effect recovery, and has been a driving force in Canada with respect to developing joint insolvency protocols to harmonize legal proceedings in the context of cross-border insolvencies.

John has authored, presented and published several articles and papers in the insolvency and creditors’ rights areas. He is a past contributing author to the Annual Review of Law and Practice and the Continuing Legal Education Society in British Columbia. As well, John is a member of the editorial boards of both the National Insolvency Review and the National Creditor Debtor Review, Insolvency Institute of Canada, an executive member of the Insolvency Section of the Canadian Bar Association and an active member of the insolvency sections of the Turnaround Management Association, the International Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

John has been recommended as leading lawyer for Insolvency/Restructuring in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory 2008 and 2009, Best Lawyers 2009, 2010 and 2011, Global Insolvency and Restructuring Review, Chambers Global 2008, 2009, 2010: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers is considered by many to be the pre-eminent international directory for business lawyers, ranking both firms and individual lawyers in their respective areas of expertise.