About

Provided by MLT Aikins LLP

The MLT Aikins insolvency and restructuring group provides:

  • Counsel with broad experience focused on insolvency and restructuring law
  • Significant experience as debtor company counsel (more than 40 assignments)
  • Unique understanding of how consensual outcomes preserve value
  • Deep knowledge and skill in agricultural restructuring

We have acted as counsel to debtor companies in restructuring assignments under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”) and Division I of Part III of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “BIA”) in more than 40 cases.

We have represented parties in complex restructuring proceedings under the BIA, the CCAA and their American equivalents across Canada and into the United States. Our lawyers have successfully completed assignments in the manufacturing, energy, aviation, real estate, agribusiness, film and television, hospitality, transportation, telecommunications, fish processing, construction, forest products, mining and pulp and paper industries. We have experience in representing companies in financial distress, senior lenders, secondary lenders, court-appointed officers, trustees, receivers, shareholders, directors, suppliers, landlords and others in a wide variety of insolvency and restructuring mandates.

Our insolvency and restructuring lawyers have appeared before Superior Courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick as well as the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada.

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Nationwide - Canada

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Band 6

What the Team is Known For

MLT Aikins provides deep expertise in insolvency and restructuring law to a varied clientele. The firm boasts capabilities across agriculture, manufacturing and energy, among other industries.

Notable practitioners

Ryan Zahara is a key contact based in the firm's Calgary office.