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Ross W. Walker LL.B., M.B.A., B.A. , Partner

Ross is a partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP’s Financial Services and Insolvency and Restructuring Groups. His practice includes syndicated loan financings, project financings, acquisition financings and other corporate debt financings. He acts for creditors, receivers and corporate debtors in dealing with loan defaults, security enforcement, corporate insolvency restructurings and distress debt transactions. He also advises domestic and foreign financial institutions on the development of new products, including mortgage and other lending products.

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Ross has developed his expertise in the areas of corporate lending, insolvency restructurings and receiverships by working with financial institutions, other lenders and debtors for over 30 years. He provides innovative and practical solutions to complex problems facing both lenders and borrowers.

For many years he has helped one of Canada’s largest banks reduce its exposure to problem loans by working closely with borrowers’ management and shareholders or, in appropriate circumstances, with borrowers’ receivers or bankruptcy trustees.

He has also acted for numerous corporate debtors in restructuring their financial affairs using formal bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. He assists debtors in dealing with their banks, suppliers, customers, unions, employees and other stakeholders as they complete their restructurings under court protection.

Ross assists lenders and corporate borrowers with innovative ways of financing acquisitions, projects and other investment or working capital needs. He also provides advice concerning derivatives, letters of credit, factoring and other types of financial instruments and services.

Representative Work

Grant Forest Products Inc. - Counsel to Grant Forest Products Inc. and its subsidiaries in their proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code

Bombay Furniture Company of Canada - Canadian counsel to the debtor in connection with the Bombay cross-border CCAA and Chapter 11 cases, which resulted in the sale of the Bombay Canada business as a going concern

Counsel to New Gold Inc. on the US$1.6 billion business combination with Metallica Resources Inc. and Peak Gold Ltd.

Acted for Heritage Partners on the $24.9 million equity investment in Centra Industries Inc.

Counsel for Trident in connection with its CCAA restructuring plan

Counsel to a consumer products manufacturer in connection with its asset based lending facility provided by a syndicate of banks and insurers

Counsel to a Uranium mining corporation in connection with public issue of notes

Restructurings under the CCAA of an Ontario building supply company

Counsel for a major Canadian bank in connection with numerous matters involving loan defaults and insolvent debtors and advising the bank throughout its debtors’ judicial insolvency proceedings

Preparation of a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act for a Canadian manufacturer and guiding it through the meeting of creditors required to approve the proposal

Restructuring of numerous restaurant limited partnerships using foreclosures, receiverships or other restructuring methods

Assisting clients with purchases and sales of distress debt

Genesys Capital Partners Inc. - Acted for this major secured creditor and significant equity holder of Affinium Pharmaceuticals Inc. in connection with its successful reorganization proceedings under the BIA

Counsel for Hunjan International Inc. with respect to its proceedings under the CCAA and U.S. Bankruptcy Code

Acted for a major Canadian bank in connection with the insolvency of NRI Manufacturing Inc., a supplier of rubber automobile and industrial products and in connection with its debtor in possession financing

Assisted Thistle Mining Inc. a Yukon mining corporation with subsidiaries in the Philippines and South Africa with its insolvency restructuring under the CCAA

Financing of construction by a Canadian forest products manufacturer of manufacturing plants in the United States

Acquisition by a Canadian cable operator of a European cable corporation and related secured debt

Acquisition by a U.S. bank of a Canadian financing corporation

Advising a Canadian receivables factorer with respect to numerous transactions

Assisting a Canadian credit union with the preparation and negotiation of agreements relating to the supply of cash for automatic banking machines

Advising a Canadian branch of a U.S. bank concerning its obligations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Publications

Lender Strategy in Light of New Pension Priorities

Occasional author for various groups, including the Law Society of Upper Canada and Insight Educational Services

Teaching Roles

Occasional lecturer for various groups, including the Law Society of Upper Canada and Insight Educational Services

Prior Speaking Engagements

Presentations to clients and others concerning a wide range of topics including forbearance agreements, effect of privacy legislation on banks, trading in distress debt and proposed amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act