CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Clifton Prophet, David F W Cohen, Virginie Gauthier, Thomas Gertner and Kate Yurkovich, Gowling WLG
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Authors
Clifton Prophet is a partner and leader of Gowling WLG’s financial institutions litigation group. Cliff practises in the area of restructuring and insolvency, with a focus on litigation. His experience includes
Virginie Gauthier is a partner at Gowling WLG, based in Toronto. Her practice is focused on insolvency and restructuring, and encompasses lending, corporate and commercial law. Virginie has more than 25 years’
significant retainers for Canadian financial institutions, creditors, monitors, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, and corporate debtors. Cliff represents clients before all levels of court and has been involved in some of the most significant insolvencies of recent years, including the CCAA proceedings involving the Canadian asset-backed commercial paper market and the Sino-Forest and Essar Algoma insolvencies. Cliff also acted for Philip Morris International Inc. in the CCAA proceedings of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. He is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada.
experience representing clients in court and helping them navigate complex domestic and cross-border transactions. She has represented a range of stake - holders, including debtors, court officers, potential purchasers, financial institutions and bondholder committees. Virginie is dual-qualified in Ontario and Quebec. She is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and lectures on advanced bankruptcy and insolvency law at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Thomas Gertner is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office, practising in the firm’s financial institutions and services group. His practice focuses on a broad range of commercial matters, with an
David F W Cohen is the national leader of Gowling WLG’s financial institutions and services group in Canada and co-leader globally, and is a senior practitioner in the firm’s Toronto office. He practises in
emphasis on banking and insolvency law. As part of his insolvency practice, Thomas regularly advises lenders, debtors and other stakeholders on complex restructurings, including consensual and contested proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, as well as informal workouts.
corporate and commercial financing and restructuring and insolvency law, in both a domestic and cross-border context. David also co-ordinates the firm’s national distressed M&A practice and leads large, complex insolvencies and restructurings. He was the global president, then chair of the Turnaround Management Association (2016–2017), chair of the bankruptcy and insolvency section of the Canadian Bar Association (2003– 2004), and an instructor in bankruptcy law at Osgoode Hall Law School for five years.
Kate Yurkovich is an associate lawyer in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office, practising in the firm’s financial services group. Kate works on a broad range of commercial matters, with an emphasis on lending and insolvency.
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