National (October 7, 2026) - Nine BLG lawyers have been recognized in the 2026 Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring. These practitioners were selected from the Insolvency & Financial Restructuring category of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory alongside top-ranked lawyers with insolvency and restructuring experience across Banking & Financial Institutions, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Tax and Litigation: Corporate Commercial.
The Firm's national Insolvency and Restructuring Group is recognized for navigating Canada's most intricate restructurings, recently demonstrating this expertise across several major mandates:
- ELNA Medical Group Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA): Represented National Bank of Canada as first-ranking secured creditor and DIP lender in a C$120 million mandate involving over 100 clinics across five provinces;
- SSENSE Group CCAA: Acted as counsel to Bank of Montréal as agent and a syndicate of lenders (including JP Morgan Chase Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada) in the restructuring proceedings of the Montréal-based global fashion e-commerce retailer;
- The Lion Electric Company CCAA: Represented major unsecured creditors in a C$200 million matter involving complex cross-border Chapter 15 recognition and public market implications;
- Romspen Mortgage Limited Partnership: Acted in cross-border creditor enforcement cases, securing a summary judgment for over C$68 million and successfully defending the appeal in Romspen Mortgage Limited Partnership v 3443 Zen Garden Limited Partnership;
- Bus.com CCAA: Acted as counsel in a C$31 million cross-border restructuring, successfully transitioning the venture-backed transportation technology company from a Notice of Intention to CCAA proceedings; and
- Corus Entertainment Canada Business Corporations Act: Acted as counsel to GBC 25 Dockside Inc. opposing an attempt to forcibly assign a head office lease to a third party in a C$1.1 billion matter presenting a novel legal issue under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
With expertise spanning banking, healthcare, retail, real estate, technology and construction, our team delivers strategic commercial innovation in contested bankruptcy, receivership and liquidation proceedings.
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