Alex MacFarlane
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Alex MacFarlane
Practice Areas
Alex MacFarlane is a partner at BLG and National Co-Chair of the Insolvency and Restructuring Group. He specializes in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies, including financial institutional insolvencies. He routinely acts for debtor corporations, financial institutions, creditors’ committees, court appointed liquidators, receivers and monitors, and trustees in bankruptcy. Most recently, Alex acted as lead counsel to Universal City Development Partners, Ltd and Universal Studios Licensing LLC in the Cirque du Soleil and al. CCAA Proceedings, to Ernst & Young Inc. in its capacity as court appointed monitor of PharmHouse Inc., a cannabis cultivator and producer and has also acted for GNC Holdings Inc. Canadian counsel to the U.S. Creditors Committee appointed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Proceedings of GNC Holdings.
Career
Called in the provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the TMA, ABI, INSOL and the Risk Management Association.
Chambers Review
Global
Alex MacFarlane possesses experience acting on high-value CCAA proceedings and representing insurance companies and receivers. He is based in Toronto.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex is great in court. He gives strategic advice and he crafts a plan for your goals."
"Alex is great in court. He gives strategic advice and he crafts a plan for your goals."
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