181 Bay St, Suite 1800, Brookfield Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2008
Partner and member of the firm’s Financial Services and Litigation Groups. Develops acquisition, divestiture and recovery strategies; negotiates commercial agreements and financings; manages and strategizes litigation matters; and provides business-focused solutions to corporate and commercial issues. Maintains an active restructuring and insolvency law practice focused on the corporate and litigation aspects of financial restructurings, M&A and distressed lending. Frequently retained to act for court officers appointed under the BIA, the CCAA and other corporate statutes. Significant experience negotiating the purchase and sale of distressed assets and businesses and structuring DIP financing and other distressed lending transactions. Regularly appears as counsel before Toronto’s Commercial List. Advises corporations, Schedule I banks and other financial institutions, court-appointed officers, secured creditors and bondholders, landlords, purchasers and financiers on domestic and international matters. Chair of the National Insolvency Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. In 2019, Ian was recognized by Lexpert as one of the leading lawyers under 40 in Canada. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in Insolvency & Financial Restructuring Law and Banking & Financing Law.
