Restructuring/Insolvency
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
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When a company is in distress, senior leaders need to move quickly. We help map out the right strategic course, finding a creative path that preserves and distributes value.
In almost every major restructuring in Canada, stakeholders across industries – and borders – turn to our team to achieve optimum results. Whether you’re a creditor, debtor, shareholder, investor, monitor, trustee or receiver, we help you navigate all the challenges and complexities of a restructuring or insolvency.
Our team takes a holistic approach, drawing on the strategic and deal-making skills of lawyers across practices, from mergers and acquisitions to finance, tax and litigation. This allows us, time and again, to find creative solutions and negotiate the best results.
Our perspective is global and our reach multijurisdictional. We work regularly with insolvency practitioners and courts internationally, particularly in the U.S. and the U.K. And we explore all means – including interim financing, M&A alternatives and, when necessary, the courts – to protect your interests and help you reach your goals on your timetable.
Chambers Review
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is well respected for its ability to represent a wide range of key stakeholders in major restructuring mandates. The restructuring and insolvency group advises debtors, creditors and court-appointed monitors on both domestic and cross-border matters. Davies is also frequently sought after to advise purchasers on distressed M&A deals. The firm has a strong presence in both Toronto and Montréal, with lawyers in both offices handling domestic and cross-border mandates.
Work Highlights
- Davies acted for several partners and creditors of Groupe Sélection in their CCAA proceedings, including for Revera, the majority owner of 25 of the 48 residences operated by Groupe Sélection.
Strengths
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"They have a very large and balanced team."
"Davies demonstrate an exemplary ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters."
"Davies is an absolutely top-notch firm and they specialise in solving the most challenging problems. They always have an eye on the business realities for their clients."
"They have a very large and balanced team."
"Davies demonstrate an exemplary ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters."
"Davies is an absolutely top-notch firm and they specialise in solving the most challenging problems. They always have an eye on the business realities for their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Natasha MacParland remains active on major mandates including high-value CCAA proceedings, and her clients include both creditors and monitors. She is based in Toronto.
"Her advice is flexible and pragmatic."
"Natasha is technically strong and highly regarded. She knows how to weed through the technical side and she understands the commercial side too."
"Natasha is a thoughtful, pragmatic and astute practitioner. She has a practical approach and brings to bear her experience, intelligence and creativity in order to solve complex legal problems."
Denis Ferland acts on high-profile restructurings, and on insolvency proceedings arising in sectors such as mining, retail and manufacturing. He is a key restructuring and insolvency lawyer in Davies' Montréal office.
"He is really thoughtful, practical and business-oriented."
"Denis is a very competent insolvency lawyer who does a great job for his clients in fighting the right battles."
Robin Schwill is based in Toronto, where his work includes advising debtors and monitors on CCAA filings.
"He takes sophisticated issues and lays them out as simply as a children's story. Beyond that, he has a sense of humour and an eye to business realities that make him an indispensable partner for any intense transaction situation."
Christian Lachance enjoys an excellent reputation in the restructuring and insolvency space in Montréal.
"He is very thoughtful and practical."
Interviewees especially highlight Natalie Renner for her capable handling of restructuring and insolvency matters in Canada's nascent cannabis industry.
"Using her commercial awareness as well as her legal background, Natalie guided the matter to a fair conclusion."
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