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Stephanie is a senior associate in the Business Law Group, Restructuring. She provides strategic legal and risk management advice to businesses with respect to all aspects of their financial and operational turnaround. She devises creative solutions to complex issues in order to successfully guide businesses through restructuring and reorganization processes and value maximizing transactions. Stephanie has a great deal of experience acting as the point-person for various business stakeholders, including government and regulatory authorities and large groups of investors involved commercial transactions, among many others. She has had the pleasure of working with businesses in a diverse range of industries, including technology and software, retail, hotel and hospitality, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, mining, real estate and condominium development, media and broadcasting, not-for-profit and many more.
In addition to acting for businesses, Stephanie acts for secured creditors, purchasers, financiers, as well as various court-appointed officers in restructuring proceedings. Stephanie also uses her broad legal skillset to help grow businesses through restructuring transactions and related asset acquisitions. Stephanie takes a practical and solution-oriented approach to legal advice, and her advice is strongly guided by what makes good business sense.
Réalisations professionnelles et leadership
- The Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, 2022-2023
Mandats importants
- Court-appointed Representative Counsel to approximately 660 syndicated mortgage Investors with investments in Hi-Rise Capital Inc. in the trustee proceeding, court file number CV-19-616261-00CL
- Counsel to Green Earth Stores Ltd., in connection with the retail debtor-driven proposal proceeding, court file number 31-2481649
- Counsel to Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Hamilton Specialty Bar (2007) Inc. in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-15-589579-00CL
- Counsel to Deloitte Restructuring Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Monitor of Kraus Group of Companies in the CCAA proceeding, court file number CV-18-604759-00CL
- Counsel to KPMG Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Liquidator of Tarn Financial Inc. in winding-up proceeding, court file number CV-17-11697-00CL
- Counsel to A. Farber & Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Intercity Broadcasting Network in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-16-11568-00CL
- Counsel to BDO Canada Limited, in its capacity as Court-appointed Interim Receiver of Altmore Mortgage Investment Corp. in receivership and investigation proceeding, court file number CV-21-00662471-00CL
- Counsel to Zeifman Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of 40 Park Lane Circle in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-13-9989-00CL
- Counsel to Ziefman Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Vandermeer Greenhouses Ltd. in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-14-10443-00CL
Leadership éclairé
Presentations
- Panelist, “Inherent Jurisdiction & Statutory Interpretation: Powerful Insolvency Tools”, Virtual Panel presented by the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Ontario Network, June 2021
- Panelist, “Technology & Insolvency Law – Cryptocurrency in Insolvency Proceedings”, 2nd Annual International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) on the Vine Conference, September 28, 2019
Publications
- Co-authored with Craig Mills, « Requesting a Sealing Order from the Court – Practice Note », Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, Fall 2017-2022
- Co-authored with Craig Mills, « The Commercial List – Practice Note », Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, Fall 2017-2022
- Co-author, “What May a Landlord Seize? A Guide to Ensuring that Landlords Don’t Miss the “Mark” in Distress: A Commercial Landlord’s Remedy », Second Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2021
- Co-author, “Governing the Ungovernable: Cryptocurrencies in Insolvency Proceedings”, Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2019 Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, page 363
Engagement communautaire
- Lawyers Feed the Hungry, The Law Society Foundation
Associations professionnelles
- Member of the Executive, Ontario Bar Association – Insolvency Section
- Director of Website and Communications, Ontario Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
- Turnaround Management Association
- The Advocates’ Society
Formation et admission au barreau
- Ontario Bar, 2015
- J.D., University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 2014 (Cum Laude & Dean’s Honour List)
- B.A. Hons., York University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, 2011 (Cum Laude & Dean’s Honour Roll)
