Bennett Jones LLP‘s practice group acts for creditors, debtors and CCAA monitors across the range of insolvency and restructuring mandates. The department is directed Toronto-based Kevin Zych, who specializes in private loan workouts and judicially supervised restructurings under the CCAA and the CBCA; and Calgary-based Kelsey Meyer, who has focused her practice on bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring litigation. Sean Zweig, who is based in Toronto, is an additional key contact. Ex-practice head Christopher Simard was appointed a Justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, effective June 2023. Kenneth Lenz KC retired in December of the same year.
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Key clients
- Alvarez & Marsal Canada
- BDO Canada
- Bridging Finance Investors Capital Bridging Investors
- Bybrook Capital
- Cannect Mortgage Investment Corporation
- Concord Pacific Developments
- Creative Wealth Media Lending
- Cresco Labs
- Deerfield Management
- Detroit Windsor Tunnel
- Durum Capital
- Elliott Capital Management
- Ernst & Young
- Freshlocal Solutions
- FTI Consulting Canada
- George Melville Holdings
- Glenogle Energy
- Grant Thornton Limited
- Hut 8 Corporation
- KingSett Mortgage Corporation
- KPMG
- KSV Restructuring
- Loyalty Ventures Ad Hoc Group of Term Loan B Lenders
- LXRandCo. Board of Directors
- Port Capital Group
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Repsol Oil & Gas Canada
- Ridley Terminals
- SHP Capital, Apogee Pharmaceuticals
- Solus Alternative Investments
- Stone Investment Group
- Stoneway Capital Corporation
- Syncora Guarantee
- Tacora Resources Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders
- The Provinces of Canada (BC, SK, MB, NB, NS, PEI) and the Territories (NU, NT, YT)
- Third Eye Capital Corporation
- Trez Capital
- XDI Energy Solutions
Work highlights
- Represented a consortium of territories and provinces in connection with the three CCAA filings of the tobacco industry in Canada – JTI-MacDonald, Imperial Tobacco and Rothmans.
- Acted for KSV, the Court-appointed Officer in the CCAA proceedings of Endo International.
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Kevin Zych, Kelsey Meyer