Jess Reid

Jess obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta in 2019. During her time at the Faculty of Law, she volunteered with Student Legal Services, Pro Bono Students of Canada, and Edmonton Community Legal Centre.

Prior to attending law school, she obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting at MacEwan University.

Jess remained actively involved in the Edmonton legal community before relocating to our Vancouver office, serving as a volunteer with the Provincial Court of Civil Claims Duty Counsel Program and the Edmonton Community Legal Centre.

• Counsel to Royal Bank of Canada, a secured creditor, in a number of competing CCAA and Receivership applications. A receiver was successfully appointed over the property, assets and undertakings of the debtor entities on December 9, 2025, and the debtors’ application for leave to appeal was dismissed on December 17, 2025.
• Counsel to Royal Bank of Canada, a secured creditor, and successfully petitioned S I Logistics Ltd. into bankruptcy.
• Counsel to Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital Ltd., a secured creditor, and successfully petitioned Morris Chen into bankruptcy.
• Counsel to Waygar Capital Inc., a secured creditor of Very Good Food Company Inc., regarding a priority dispute over unearned insurance premiums relating to director and officer insurance policies in a receivership proceeding.
• Counsel to Four Points Insurance Company Ltd. and Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia, in obtaining an order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia appointing Ernst & Young Inc. as Receiver of Stratford Underwriting Agency Inc. on February 25, 2025.
• Counsel to Tricanna Industries Inc., a cannabis producer and distributor in British Columbia, to obtain a reverse vesting order in proposal proceedings to allow the business to continue operations.

• Director, Western Canada Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (2025–present)
• Volunteer, ECLC Civil Law Clinic (2020–2022)
• Criminal Law Project, Student Legal Services (2016–2017)
• Tax Project, Pro Bono Students of Canada (2017–2018)
• Trial Division, Student Legal Services (2018–2019)
• ECLC Family Law Clinic (2017; 2019)
• Volunteer, Civil Claims Duty Counsel (2019)

• Recognized in the 2026 edition (and since 2025) of the Best Lawyers in Canada (One to Watch – Tax Law)
• Hajduk Gibbs LLP Aboriginal Award (2018)
• Jason Lang Scholarship (2018)
• F.R. (Dick) Matthews Q.C. Excellence Scholarship, Law (2016)
• Undergraduate Dean’s List (2015; 2016)