Brian F Empey

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Partner in the Corporate Restructuring Group. Practices in bankruptcy and insolvency, restructuring, creditor remedies, secured transactions and structured financings, including derivatives and asset-backed securitizations, and regulatory compliance in the financial services and payments industry. Brian has advised debtor companies, creditors, regulators, committees and court-appointed officers on insolvency matters across Canada and he has particular expertise in complex and cross-border restructurings and in insolvencies of securities firms and financial institutions.

Career

Brian is recognized as a leading insolvency and financial restructuring lawyer by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, Best Lawyers in Canada, Who’s Who Legal Canada, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers and is BV Peer Review Rated by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. Brian is also recognized in the area of banking and finance law in The Best Lawyers in Canada.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, INSOL, TMA, CLUC, and CBA. Ontario Bar (1990).

Publications

Has authored articles and spoken nationally and internationally, including at INSOL and ARIL.