Tony DeMarinis
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 3
About
Provided by Tony DeMarinis
Practice Areas
As Chair of Torys’ Canadian Corporate Restructuring and Advisory Practice, Tony advises a wide range of prominent clients on all aspects of corporate financial restructurings or insolvencies, including transactions and proceedings involving negotiated workouts, recapitalizations, debt exchanges, re-financings, distressed investments and acquisitions, court proceedings under the federal Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act or Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, plans of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, sales auctions, bridge and debtor-in-possession loans, and receiverships.
Tony’s clients include public companies seeking to re-finance or restructure debt, lenders and lending syndicates, ad hoc bondholder groups, bridge and debtor-in-possession lenders, financial sponsors, distressed business purchasers, exit lenders, receivers, monitors and information officers. He has deep expertise across many industry sectors, including energy, mining, oil and gas, retail, entertainment, manufacturing, financial services, real estate, media, tobacco, forestry, agriculture, telecommunications and technology.
Chambers Review
Canada
Toronto-based Tony DeMarinis has noteworthy experience as special counsel on high-value matters. He serves as chair of Torys' corporate restructuring and advisory practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tony DeMarinis is a top-drawer strategic thinker."
"Tony DeMarinis is a top-drawer strategic thinker."