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Verbrugge, Magnus C., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Vancouver - (604) 640-4198 - mverbrugge@blg.com
Partner and member of BLG's Financial Services Group. Practices in the areas of bankruptcy and insolvency
and corporate finance. Acts for creditors, debtors, proposal trustees and monitors in a broad range of restruc-
turings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Acts for fi-
nancial institutions, debtors, bankruptcy trustees and receivers in connection with foreclosures, receiverships,
bankruptcies and realizations. Also acts for financial institutions, borrowers and private lenders in a broad
range of secured financing transactions, including syndicated loans, leveraged acquisitions, and asset-based
lending. Past President of the Canadian Bar Association, Banking Subsection. Selected by peers for inclusion
since 2009 in e Best Lawyers in Canada, since 2013 in Chambers Global: e World's Leading Lawyers for
Business and since 2012 in Who's Who Legal: Canada. Graduated from the University of Toronto with an
LLB and MBA. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1998.
McLean, John I., QC, Gowling WLG Vancouver - (604) 891-2285 - john.mclean@gowlingwlg.com
John McLean is a partner in Gowling WLG's Vancouver office practicing in insolvency matters, including
bankruptcy, CCAA proceedings, foreclosures and creditor and debtor rights. McLean's corporate restructur-
ing practice is extensive and includes representing key players/stakeholders in a wide variety of industries. He
has acted as counsel for trustees in bankruptcy, monitors under CCAA proceedings, as well as creditors and
debtors, and has been involved in most major insolvency matters in British Columbia. He also has extensive
cross-border insolvency experience in the United States and the United Kingdom. McLean has lectured at
the University of British Columbia as Adjunct Professor in insolvency, and sat as oral examiner for Super-
intendent of Bankruptcy Trustee exams. McLean was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2010 and is the former
Director of the Alzheimer's Society of British Columbia.
Arellano, Ian W., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7997 - iarellano@torys.com
Co-head of Torys' International Initiative and partner in the firm's Capital Markets Practice. Extensive ex-
perience in M&A, joint ventures and strategic alliances, licensing and other contractual matters and is active
in the mining and financial services sector. Represented Sherritt, Inmet, ArcelorMittal, Xstrata, AREVA,
Vale, Inco, Noranda, Falconbridge, BNS, TD, BMO, RBC Dominion Securities, CIBC, Sun Life, Clarica
Life, Microso, ICI and Unilever. Mandates have included complex multijurisdictional transactions span-
ning a broad range of business sectors, including banking, insurance, wealth management, mining, hi-tech,
consumer, automotive and industrial products. Advised on transactions in numerous countries, including the
US, China, India, Australia, ailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Greece, UK, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Dominican Republic, Bermuda,
Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Cayman Islands. Ontario Bar, 1986. LLB, Univer-
sity of Toronto.
INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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