Dentons

Banking and Finance; Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Partner

Valerie Cross is an associate with the Banking and Finance and Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy groups in Dentons’ Vancouver office. Valerie’s financial services practice focuses on commercial lending, acting predominantly for lenders in large corporate finance transactions. She advises lenders and corporations on a range of transactions, including acquisition financing, multi-lender arrangements, commercial real estate financing, construction loans, and cross-border transactions, as well as day-to-day commercial matters.

As part of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency group, Valerie assists businesses, institutional lenders, monitors and trustees on issues arising in complex commercial restructurings and reorganizations, and advises on issues relating to creditor realization and bank litigation.

After graduating from law school, Valerie served as the judicial law clerk to Mr. Justice Tysoe and Mr. Justice Frankel of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia.

Prior to attending law school, Valerie worked as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada and London, England, and managed Asia-Pacific public relations for a multinational tech company.

English

Carleton University, MJ

University of British Columbia, JD

University of Calgary, BA (Dean’s List Honours)

Admitted to the Bar: Briitsh Columbia, 2016