J.J. Burnell will be a panelist and moderator at an upcoming International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation conference themed IWIRC on the Vine – Santa Barbara Wine Region Edition.
The conference will take place on November 3-5 in Santa Barbara, California. The agenda includes a variety of networking opportunities and educational sessions on the topics of insolvency and debt restructuring.
J.J. will moderate a panel entitled ‘When North Meets South: A Cross Border Conversation.’ Attendees from Canada and the U.S. will delve into key topics in insolvency, how the two countries’ respective schemes differ and how these schemes are similar. Other panelists will include Jeri Leigh Miller (Sidley Austin LLP), Michelle Grant (PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.) and Emily Paplawski (Hoskin & Harcourt LLP).
J.J. Burnell is a partner at MLT Aikins and based in Winnipeg. She practises in the areas of corporate recovery and insolvency law, as well as in pension and benefits 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 and applications under the Family Farm Protection Act (Manitoba) and the Farm Machinery and Equipment Act (Manitoba) – and bankruptcy and receivership generally. She advises corporations, banks, secondary lenders, venture capital firms, monitors, receivers, trustees, shareholders, creditors and debtors.
The International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation has been connecting women worldwide for more than 30 years. Across board rooms, courtrooms and continents, diverse relationships make IWIRC the premier organization for women in the restructuring and insolvency professions.