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Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Canada

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Gowling WLG provides comprehensive restructuring and insolvency expertise across its Canadian offices, including substantial insolvency litigation capabilities. The group fields a strong national practice, with significant strength in Toronto complemented by its Calgary, Montréal and Vancouver offices, and has notable cross-border experience handling mandates that concern the US Bankruptcy Code. The team advises debtors, receivers and court-appointed monitors on bankruptcies and receiverships across various industries, including oil and gas, retail, agriculture and financial services. It also regularly acts as counsel to several major Canadian banks.

Strengths

Gowling are excellent at situational analysis and strategy assessment. The team make themselves available based on client needs and timelines.

Gowling are technically strong, with an excellent grasp of relevant trends and case law. The team is on top of current trends and tailors solutions to meet the issues and problems at hand.

The insolvency lawyers at Gowling are knowledgeable and well experienced. The service level and responsiveness are excellent.

Work Highlights

Gowling acted on behalf of Callidus Capital Corporation, in its role as senior lender, over claims of wrongful lending practices brought by the former entities Bluberi Gaming Technologies and Blueberi Group.

Notable practitioners

Clifton Prophet heads the firm's financial institutions litigation group. He has a broad range of experience in major insolvency proceedings.
 

Cliff is an excellent insolvency lawyer.

 

Clifton has gravitas and presence. He has the ability to control the room.

 

Clifton Prophet works through complex issues in a simplifying way and his legal, technical and analytical abilities are very strong.

 

Clifton is an exceptionally strong advocate.

Toronto-based Virginie Gauthier has a broad practice which includes offering advice to information officers, debtors and financial institutions on an array of high-stakes insolvency matters.
 

Virginie is a very competent lawyer, who is always available for her clients and has a very hands-on approach.

 

Virginie proved to be a real partner during the process and was instrumental in our successful completion of the matter.

David Cohen has a financial sector focus, leading the financial institutions and services practice within Gowling, and regularly acts for lenders on restructuring and insolvency matters.

 

David is a very strong commercial and strategic thinker. He's great at coming up with tactics.

 

David has an extensive knowledge of restructuring in Canada.

 

David Cohen has a strong appreciation for deals and understands where clients are coming from in a commercial sense.

Thomas Cumming leads the Gowling WLG restructuring and insolvency group in Calgary. He assists creditors and debtors, among others, with CCAA proceedings.
 

Thomas Cumming is a brilliant person and great for anything challenging.

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Clifton Prophet
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Virginie Gauthier
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David F W Cohen
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Thomas Cumming
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