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Osler’s Insolvency & Restructuring Group is Canada’s leading multi-disciplinary practice offering top-tier legal expertise in all aspects required to resolve the most compelling business challenges. The team-based, multi-disciplinary approach delivers innovative and integrated solutions for complex business-critical matters.

The team is relied upon as tested and trusted advisors to corporations, purchasers of distressed assets and loans, bondholders, directors, senior executives, in-house counsel, credit and investment officers and fund managers, as well as other professional advisors, court-appointed officers and regulators. Osler is the first port-of-call among the top Canadian and US-based traditional lenders, bondholders and for major private equity players and investment funds seeking to protect their interests or make a play for distressed assets. 

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What the Team is Known For

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt operates an outstanding restructuring and insolvency practice that is recognised for its consummate ability to manage a wide variety of complex restructuring and insolvency mandates on behalf of an impressive portfolio of financial advisers, private equity firms and major hedge funds. The group offers strong coverage across Canada, with highly praised restructuring and insolvency lawyers in its Calgary, Montréal, Vancouver and Toronto offices. It also has an impressive track record of acting for debtors and court-appointed monitors on CCAA filings, and is active on both high-end and mid-market transactions. The team has notable experience acting for lenders in high-profile insolvency proceedings, as well as handling bondholder mandates and retail insolvency matters.

Work Highlights

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt continued to represent Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited and Imperial Tobacco Company Limited in CCAA proceedings.

Strengths

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The team were able to work at the pace and complexity required.

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Their client-first approach made it easy to accurately achieve the objective.

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Notable Practitioners

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Marc Wasserman
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Marc Wasserman
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Marc Wasserman is consistently active on high-value and highly significant cross-border restructuring matters. He has acted on mandates arising in industries as diverse as cannabis, manufacturing, transportation and tobacco. Based in Toronto, Wasserman leads the national insolvency and restructuring group at Osler.

Marc is a natural born problem-solver.

Mark is very effective.

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Tracy Sandler
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Tracy Sandler
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Tracy Sandler represents numerous prominent companies in high-profile CCAA proceedings and also acts for receivers. She is based in Toronto.

Tracy is a real professional, a seasoned expert and strong negotiator.

She is one of those minds that has seen every problem.

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Mary Buttery
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Mary Buttery
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Mary Buttery KC is based in Vancouver and has a respected practice representing clients in the mining and real estate spaces in CCAA proceedings and advising on receiverships.

Mary is incredibly knowledgeable and always thinks of issues from different angles to ensure the best solutions.

Mary is an expert across the board.

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Sandra Abitan
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Sandra Abitan
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Osler's Montréal managing partner Sandra Abitan is noted for the wealth of her experience in relation to retail insolvency matters. She is widely acknowledged as one of the leading lawyers in this field in Québec.

Sandra is very fast to come back to you and has a great business sense.

She is a very strong professional with the ability to coordinate complex matters.

Sandra is a tremendous lawyer.

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Jeremy Dacks
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Jeremy Dacks
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Jeremy Dacks is a respected litigator who often acts in major CCAA proceedings. He is based in Toronto, where he has a wealth of experience assisting with litigation matters up to the Ontario Superior Court and Ontario Court of Appeal.

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Michael De Lellis
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Michael De Lellis
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Michael De Lellis handles a variety of work which includes acting for distressed companies in CCAA proceedings. He is based in Toronto.
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Martino Calvaruso
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Martino Calvaruso
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Martino Calvaruso practises from the Toronto office and acts for clients in both CCAA and Chapter 11 proceedings.
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Emily Paplawski
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Emily Paplawski
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Up and Coming

Emily Paplawski is an up and coming talent whose practice is strong in contentious restructuring and insolvency matters. She is based in the firm's Calgary office.

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Marc Wasserman
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Marc Wasserman
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Tracy Sandler
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Tracy Sandler
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Mary Buttery KC
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Mary Buttery KC
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Sandra Abitan
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Sandra Abitan
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Jeremy Dacks
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Jeremy Dacks
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Michael De Lellis
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Michael De Lellis
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Martino Calvaruso
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Martino Calvaruso
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Emily Paplawski
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Emily Paplawski
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Up and Coming
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