22 Adelaide St W, Suite 3400, Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1995 (ON)
James MacLellan’s practice focuses on construction and surety bonding issues. He spends the majority of his practice advising sureties on complex insolvency and risk mitigation matters. He also advises a number of public institutions including hospitals, colleges and municipalities in infrastructure, procurement and contract litigation matters. MacLellan has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada and Court of Appeals in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, and before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. With extensive experience, MacLellan lends his expertise in the area as an instructor for the Surety and Construction Law Course at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto for the Surety Association of Canada. MacLellan is the author of several papers and a frequent speaker at legal conferences and seminars on topics related to surety and construction law. MacLellan has been selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada and is a frequent speaker at legal conferences and seminars on topics related to surety and construction law. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1995.
Leading infrastructure and construction materials enterprise Armtec Infrastructure Inc. and its affiliates (Armtec) completed a going-concern sale of substantially all of its assets to Armtec LP, an affiliate of Brookfield Capital Partners Fund III L.P. (Brookfield), in exchange for a release from approximately $200 million in secured debt obligations owing to Brookfield. The transaction was completed pursuant to an asset sale under the <I>Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act</I> (CCAA).
