Gowling WLG's practice group is frequently called upon by debtors, creditors and court appointed officers seeking support with multi-jurisdictional restructuring and insolvency mandates. Montreal-based Geneviève Cloutier heads up the national department and specializes in insolvency and restructuring, distressed acquisitions and commercial litigation. Also noted are Toronto-based David Cohen, who majors on corporate and commercial law and restructuring and insolvency mandates; and Calgary-based Sam Gabor, who focuses on court-appointed receivership and interim receivership proceedings, CCAA restructurings and out-of-court restructurings.
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Key clients
- People's Trust Company
- Investissement Quebec
- Export Development Canada
- Myra Falls Mine
- KSV Restructuring
- Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation and affiliated entities
- Cyxtera Technologies
- Ernst & Young
- Red White & Bloom Brands
- BJK Holdings / HAB Cann Holdings
- Fiera Capital Corporation / Briva Finance
- Callidus Capital Corporation
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel to Peoples Trust Company in its application for a stay of the CCAA proceedings of the Simply Green Leasing Group.
- Acted as counsel to Myra Falls Mine in connection with its insolvency proceedings pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
- Acted as Canadian counsel to Cyxtera in its Canadian Companies Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings of Cyxtera's United States Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Geneviève Cloutier