Jeremy Dacks

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Specialises in insolvency and restructuring litigation and frequently appears as lead counsel before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) and other courts across Canada in significant domestic and cross-border insolvency cases. He appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case involving pension and insolvency issues. Has acted for major debtor corporations such as Target Canada and Sears Canada, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, monitors, secured creditors and purchasers of distressed assets. Is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada.

Career

Called to the Ontario Bar (1999).

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (1999-present). Member of national litigation practice group.

Professional Memberships

Insolvency Institute of Canada, Ontario Bar Association, Insolvency Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, Turnaround Management Association, Toronto Chapter, Model Order Sub-committee of the Commercial List Users’ Committee of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Publications

CCAA Claims Processes – Guiding Principles for Developing an Effective Method of Determining Creditor Claims, Journal of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, v. 6, 2017 (co-authored with Neil Bunker of PwC).

Personal

Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.