James D Gage
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by James D Gage
Practice Areas
Practises exclusively in bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring matters. Extensive experience advising debtors, creditors and court officers in work-out, restructuring, receivership and bankruptcy proceedings in both Canadian and international contexts. Recent matters include lead bankruptcy counsel to Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. in its restructuring proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, to the syndicate of senior secured lenders in the cross-border restructuring proceedings of a natural gas and electricity retailer, and to CannTrust Holdings Inc. in its restructuring proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. Other recent matters include Canadian restructuring counsel to a car rental company in its global restructuring proceedings implemented under chapter 11 the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and to U.S. Steel Canada Inc. in its restructuring proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Career
University of Western Ontario (LLB, 1991); Ontario Bar, 1993.
Personal
Ivey Business School (HBA, 1988).
Chambers Review
Global
James Gage advises monitors and trustees in addition to companies undertaking restructuring proceedings. He heads up the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at McCarthy Tétrault and is based in Toronto.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has a highly developed ability to think strategically."
"He has a highly developed ability to think strategically."