Restructuring/Insolvency
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
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Provided by Fasken
Whether you’re restructuring or recovering debt, selling or acquiring assets, we identify and leverage opportunities to chart a path to success. From the negotiating table to the court room, our team always brings creative solutions into focus.
Financial crises involve many stakeholders and moving parts. A legal team that knows the landscape and can guide you through as effectively as possible is crucial.
Whether we’re helping clients restructure debt or operations, sell assets or address future risks, we keep the lines of communication open and bring creativity to problem solving.
Our lawyers have been involved in all types of restructuring and insolvency proceedings in Canada and have extensive experience in cross-border restructurings, including under Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. We have comparable expertise throughout the U.K. and Africa.
Our clients include debtors, lenders and accounting and advisory firms acting as court-appointed monitors, receivers and information officers in insolvency proceedings. We also regularly advise purchasers, investors, lenders and others in transactions with insolvent debtors.
We are one of the largest groups in Canada focusing exclusively on insolvency and restructuring, with highly ranked practitioners sitting in all of Canada’s major centres. Our lawyers occupy leadership positions in the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the Turnaround Management Association and other professional organizations.
Chambers Review
Fasken has a highly regarded national team with substantial experience of mining and retail insolvency. The firm is also active on matters in the construction sector, advising a wide range of clients including lenders and debtors on complex debt recovery proceedings, liquidations, receiverships and informal workouts. It often acts for distressed companies during CCAA proceedings. Fasken is particularly well known for its strengths in Vancouver and Montréal, and leverages the firm's international platform to advise on mandates involving European and African components.
Strengths
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"The team at Fasken showed experience, expertise and creativity when handling complex files involving complex individuals. Simply the best in the Montréal market."
"Fasken is one of our top firms. They just deliver exceptional results and provide incredible client service and support."
"The team at Fasken showed experience, expertise and creativity when handling complex files involving complex individuals. Simply the best in the Montréal market."
"Fasken is one of our top firms. They just deliver exceptional results and provide incredible client service and support."
Notable Practitioners
Alain Riendeau has notable experience advising insolvent companies as well as monitors and creditors in CCAA and CBCA restructuring proceedings. He is based in Montréal.
"Alain Riendeau has a strong legal mind, is efficient at strategising and has a sharp commercial mind. The best of the best."
Kibben Jackson possesses exceptional insolvency experience across a range of industries, including mining and real estate. He is based in Vancouver.
"Kibben is very diligent in his assessment of facts. I would consider him one of the top counsels in British Columbia."
"Kibben Jackson is extremely creative and a very strong advocate."
Stuart Brotman heads the insolvency and restructuring practice at Fasken. He is consistently active on significant, high-value matters, with his work including major restructuring and insolvency mandates in mining, logistics and retail. He has experience representing lenders, receivers and information officers, among other clients. He is based in Toronto.
"Stuart is very professional and has extensive restructuring knowledge."
Aubrey Kauffman is based in Toronto. He has a wealth of experience acting on behalf of banks and other creditors in high-value insolvency proceedings.
"Aubrey is a good practitioner and thinker."
Luc Béliveau advises clients on a range of high-value CCAA and receivership proceedings from his base in Montréal.
Robyn Gurofsky is noted for her experience advising clients in the energy industry on restructuring and cross-border CCAA proceedings.
"Robyn Gurofsky is a leading insolvency practitioner in Calgary."
"Robyn is an excellent practitioner and advocate."
Dylan Chochla is developing an excellent restructuring and insolvency practice. He has experience assisting in significant CCAA proceedings.
"Dylan Chochla is extremely competent, efficient and a pleasure to work with."
Vancouver-based Lisa Hiebert advises a broad range of clients, including financial institutions, on CCAA restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings.
"Lisa is very responsive, accessible at all times and able to address matters in a commercially reasonable manner."
"Lisa is very practical, detail-oriented and very responsive."
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