Six MLT Aikins lawyers recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring

Six MLT Aikins lawyers – Erin Bokshowan, J.J. Burnell, Jeff Lee, K.C., Dana Nowak, Todd Rosenberg, K.C., FCPA, FCA and Ryan Zahara – have been named as leading lawyers by the 2026 edition of the Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring.

The Guide featured top-ranked lawyers whose practices are relevant to matters related to insolvency and restructuring, as well as insightful editorial articles discussing market trends, legislative developments and significant cases.

Please join us in congratulating these lawyers on this well-deserved recognition:

Erin Bokshowan

Erin is a partner in the firm focused on private enterprise, taxation and estate planning. She assists clients at all stages of the business cycle, from incorporation to winding-up, ensuring all transactions are undertaken in a tax-efficient manner. Erin has extensive knowledge in the areas of income tax, provincial sales tax and goods and services tax issues, and has completed Parts I, II and III of the CPA Canada In Depth Tax Course. Erin works regularly with privately held companies, high net worth individuals and regulated professionals. She assists clients in planning and implementing corporate reorganizations and with the purchase and sale of privately owned businesses.

J.J. Burnell

In the area of corporate recovery and insolvency law, J.J. provides advice regarding corporate recovery strategies, debt restructuring, arrangements under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, proposals under the Bankruptcy Insolvency Act, loans, loan recovery and enforcement, liquidations shareholder, director and employee issues, lender liability, farm enforcement (including in respect of the Farm Debt Mediation Act (Canada) and mediations thereunder and applications under The Family Farm Protection Act (Manitoba) and The Farm Machinery and Equipment Act (Manitoba), bankruptcy and receivership generally. She advises corporations, banks, secondary lenders, venture capital firms, monitors, receivers, trustees, shareholders, creditors and debtors.

Jeff Lee, K.C.

Jeff’s insolvency experience includes assignments in the manufacturing, energy, aviation, real estate, agribusiness, hospitality, transportation, telecommunications, fish processing, construction, forest products, mining and pulp and paper industries. He has appeared before Superior Courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick, Appellate Courts in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and before the Federal Court, Tax Court and Supreme Court of Canada.

Dana Nowak

Dana has extensive experience acting as counsel in numerous restructuring proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. She also acts on behalf of court-appointed officers in insolvency proceedings, including receivers, monitors and trustees. Dana has represented clients before the Alberta Provincial Court, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, the Court of Appeal of Alberta, Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench, the Yukon Supreme Court and the Yukon Court of Appeal.

Todd Rosenberg, K.C., FCPA, FCA

Todd advises corporations, partnerships, pensions and individuals on tax efficient ownership structures, real estate transactions, tax loss utilization transactions, complex trust and estate planning, and the tax implications of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financing and corporate restructuring. He has extensive experience in planning ownership structures, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate restructuring for public and private corporations, including tax-exempt and pension corporation entities. He also deals extensively with provincial, national and international tax issues, and provides tax litigation advice on disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Ryan Zahara

Over his 20-year career, Ryan has been involved in numerous restructuring proceedings under the Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (CCAA) and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA). He also regularly acts on behalf of court-appointed officers in insolvency proceedings, including receivers, monitors and trustees. Ryan has represented clients from a wide range of industries including agricultural, retail, real estate, mining, oil and gas and manufacturing. Ryan appears regularly before the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta and the Alberta Court of Appeal and has appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared before the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench and the Ontario Superior Court.

About the Insolvency and Restructuring Group

The MLT Aikins Insolvency and Restructuring Group comprises highly skilled insolvency and restructuring lawyers, with deep experience in cases in the Prairie Provinces and across Canada. We have represented parties in complex restructuring proceedings under the BIA, the CCAA and their American equivalents across Canada and into the United States, and our lawyers have appeared before Superior Courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick, as well as the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada.

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