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INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING
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Leader, national restructuring and insolvency practice. Practice covers all major areas
of restructuring, acting for creditors and debtors. Especially noted for pre-eminent
Canadian practice representing bondholders, major foreign creditors and creditors'
committees in many of Canada' largest restructurings. Very active cross-border practice
involving the US, UK, continental Europe and Central/South America. Selected to
Legal Media Group's ! e Best of the Best (insolvency and restructuring); Lexpert® Guide
to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers; ! e Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; ! e 2006 Lexpert® Guide to
the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; and as a top-tier practitioner by Chambers
& Partners, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal, Global Counsel, PLC,
IFLR and others. Member IIC, INSOL International, ABI and Insolvency Lawyers'
Association (UK). Recent past president of a Toronto Children's Aid Society and
Director of charitable organizations/foundations. Holds MBA/JD degrees.
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Partner practicing exclusively in the area of insolvency and restructuring law. Extensive
experience in all areas of Canadian and cross-border insolvency and restructuring
proceedings and transactions, including advising secured and unsecured creditors, DIP
lenders, debtors, suppliers, boards of directors, purchasers, receivers, interim receivers,
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) monitors, bankruptcy trustees and
Chapter 11 Creditors' Committees. Recognized in the 2014 edition of Chambers
Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business (restructuring/insolvency) and in
! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 (insolvency & fi nancial restructuring). Also named
one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in 2004. Inducted into
the Insolvency Institute of Canada in 2007. Member, American Bankruptcy Institute,
Insol International, Turnaround Management Association, Canadian Insolvency
Foundation. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992. Graduated from the University of New
Brunswick Law School with an LLB in 1990.
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Called to the Ontario Bar in 1981, Ken Rosenberg is an advocate before all levels
of court and tribunals in Canada and in cross-border US and European disputes. His
practice focuses on commercial, corporate, shareholder, regulatory and insolvency/
restructuring disputes. Rosenberg has acted as counsel to a wide range of stakeholders,
including debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, pension plans, unions, class-action
plaintiff s, court offi cers and public/government authorities. Files from the last 10‒12
years with cross-border components have included: Air Canada, Algoma Steel, Stelco,
ABCP, Fraser Paper, Collins & Aikman, Nortel, Indalex, Sino Forest and Lac Megantic/
MM&A. Rosenberg also regularly acts as a mediator and sometimes as an arbitrator in
commercial and regulatory disputes. Rosenberg has worked for three diff erent ministries
in the Ontario government as an executive assistant to the minister, the Ministry of
Consumer and Commercial Relations, the Ministry of Financial Institutions and the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology.
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Partner, member of fi rm's Executive Committee and member of the Board of Directors
of Hydro One and Insolvency Institute of Canada. Practice includes insolvency and
restructuring, focusing on domestic/international fi nancial institutions and on pension
and employee issues in restructurings. Senior counsel to the investor committee who
oversaw the restructuring of Canadian ird Party ABCP, to the province of Ontario
on the GM and Chrysler restructurings and GM IPO, to the liquidators of numerous
fi nancial institutions, including Confederation Life and Union Life and the Canadian
branches of Reliance and Orion Insurance Companies, and to the Superintendent of
Financial Services of Ontario regarding the Algoma and Stelco pension plans. Identifi ed
as a leading practitioner of insolvency and restructuring law in publications such as
Lexpert®, Chambers Global, Euromoney, IFLR, Law Business Research and ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada. Recipient of the OBA Award for Excellence in Insolvency Law in
2013. Co-author of LexisNexis service on Insurance Companies Act and on Winding-up
and Restructuring Act.
S. Richard
Orzy
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-5737
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Edmond
F.B. Lamek
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6311
Fax: (416) 361-2436
Toronto
Ken
Rosenberg
Paliare Roland
Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP
Tel: (416) 646-4304
Fax: (416) 646-4301
Toronto
Gale
Rubenstein
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4148
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
orzyr@bennettjones.com
elamek@blg.com
ken.rosenberg@paliareroland.com
grubenstein@goodmans.ca
