Restructuring and insolvency

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The practice at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP acts for debtors, court officers and secured lenders on a range of restructuring and insolvency mandates. The team has notable expertise in the financial services, mining, cannabis, real estate and energy segments. The department is directed by Calgary-based Kelly Bourassa and Toronto-based Linc Rogers. Bourassa handles in-court and out-of-court matters for major public companies, and Rogers regularly assists foreign-based lenders, corporations and private equity and hedge funds with restructurings, distressed acquisitions and distressed financings. Additional key contacts at the Toronto office include Pamela Huff, Chris Burr and Caitlin McIntyre, who handles insolvency litigation, financial restructurings and debt enforcement. Vancouver-based Peter Rubin has experience acting as independent counsel for monitors in reorganization cases.

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Key clients

Royal Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
LTL Management
Deloitte Restructuring
Investissement Quebec
Pure Gold Mining
Alvarez & Marsal
Trevali Mining Corporation
DCL Corporation
NYDIG

Work highlights

Advised the court-appointed monitor in the insolvency proceedings of JTI-Macdonald.
Acted for Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as agent in a ten-bank syndicate, in an out-of-court multi-jurisdiction balance sheet and operational restructuring.
Advised LTL Management LLC on its cross-border recognition proceedings.

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