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Provided by Leanne M. Williams
Partner practicing exclusively in the area of restructuring and insolvency. Recognized as a leading practitioner in scenarios including workouts, refinancings, receiverships, bankruptcies and the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. Regularly represents chartered banks and other financial institutions across a broad spectrum of industries as well as troubled debtors and court-appointed officers such as trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and monitors in CCAA proceedings. Recent significant mandates include acting as lead counsel in the restructuring of the Carriage Ridge and Carriage Hills timeshare resorts, to the Board of Directors of Harte Gold Corp., the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the cross border restructuring of Bumblebee and Cloverleaf, BDC in the CCAA proceedings of North American Fur, JTI-Macdonald Corp. during its restructuring under the CCAA, BDC Capital in the Quebec CCAA proceeding of BioAmber, counsel to Whirlpool Canada in the CCAA restructuring of Sears Canada and counsel to Alberta gas producer, Endurance Energy Ltd. in its CCAA proceeding.
Insolvency Institute of Canada, INSOL International, President of the Turnaround Management Association (Toronto Chapter), IWIRC, Canadian Insolvency Foundation, The Advocates' Society and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
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Leanne is very responsive, very practical and very smart.
Leanne combines insolvency and restructuring expertise with the highest level of client service and commitment.
I'm very happy with Leanne's work. She is pragmatic and cost-sensitive.
Leanne is a strong lawyer with good courtroom advocacy skills.
Leanne is very responsive, very practical and very smart.
Leanne combines insolvency and restructuring expertise with the highest level of client service and commitment.
I'm very happy with Leanne's work. She is pragmatic and cost-sensitive.
Leanne is a strong lawyer with good courtroom advocacy skills.
