How we help

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 acted as counsel to debtor companies in restructuring assignments under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”) and Division I of Part III of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “BIA”) in more than 40 cases, together with a broad and comprehensive range of lender appointments, court receivership and recovery mandates, bankruptcy cases, liquidations and assignments for other key stakeholders.

Our insolvency and restructuring lawyers have a unique understanding of the importance of consensual outcomes and problem solving in preserving asset value and driving positive results for clients. If it is necessary to “let the Court decide,” we will do that (but only after all reasonable opportunities for a consensual settlement have been fully explored).

We have represented parties in complex restructuring proceedings under the BIA, the CCAA and their American equivalents across Canada and into the United States. Our lawyers have successfully completed assignments in the manufacturing, energy, aviation, real estate, agribusiness, film and television, hospitality, transportation, telecommunications, fish processing, construction, forest products, mining and pulp and paper industries. We have experience in representing companies in financial distress, senior lenders, secondary lenders, court-appointed officers, trustees, receivers, shareholders, directors, suppliers, landlords and others in a wide variety of insolvency and restructuring mandates.

Our insolvency and restructuring lawyers have many years of experience among them in agricultural enforcement and restructuring. We are very well acquainted with the application of (and interaction between) the BIA, the CCAA, the Farm Debt Mediation Act, The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act (the “SFSA”) and the specific farm protection Acts of other provinces. Our firm argued the interaction between section 243 of the BIA (receivership provision) and Part II of the SFSA (mandatory mediation provision) before the Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Saskatchewan v. Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. on May 21, 2015. It is the leading Canadian case on the issues.

Our insolvency and restructuring 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.

Client Work

Alberta

  • KMC Mining Corporation – Counsel to the court-appointed monitor in CCAA proceedings (2025)
  • Revitalize Energy Inc. – Counsel to the Orphan Well Association in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Long Run Exploration Ltd. – Counsel to the Orphan Well Association in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Sunterra Farms Ltd. – Counsel to U.S. receiver in Alberta NOI proceedings (2025)
  • Apex Nutri-Solutions Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2025)
  • Regent Aircraft Services Inc. – Counsel to interim receiver (2025)
  • Sirona Pharma and affiliates – Counsel to debtor companies in CCAA proceedings and DIP financing (2025)
  • Wild Rose Meats Inc. v. Andres – Counsel to discharged bankrupt in bankruptcy litigation (2025)
  • Light Speed Logistics Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2025)
  • Christenson Group (Senior Care Facilities) – Counsel to resident creditors in CCAA proceedings (2025)
  • AlphaBow Energy Ltd. – Counsel to Kikino Métis Settlements in CCAA proceedings (2025)
  • Ryfan Inc. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Caliber Control Systems Ltd. and Flodell Enterprises Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • S.K. Courier Express Corp. – Counsel to secured lender and guarantors in receivership and bankruptcy proceedings (2025)

British Columbia

  • V K Delivery & Moving Services Ltd. et al. – Counsel to secured creditor in competing CCAA and receivership proceedings (2025)
  • S I Logistics Ltd. – Counsel to secured creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2025)
  • Morris Chen – Counsel to secured creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2025)
  • Very Good Food Company Inc. – Counsel to secured creditor in PPSA priority dispute (2025)
  • Stratford Underwriting Agency Inc. – Counsel to insurers in equitable receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Tricanna Industries Inc. – Counsel to debtor company in NOI proposal proceedings, including reverse vesting order (2025)

Saskatchewan

  • Climate Smart Capital Inc., Climate Smart Solutions Canada Inc. and Climate Smart Services Inc. – Counsel to secured lender in interim and full receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Purely Canada Foods Corp. and related entities – Counsel to secured lender in receivership and bankruptcy proceedings (2025)
  • Kerrobert Golden Prairie Lodge Inc. and Consort Country Inn Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2025)
  • Stork and Dove Natural Foods, Inc. – Counsel to trustee in bankruptcy (2025)
  • Sask Valley Processors Inc. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • 101015413 Saskatchewan Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in interim receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Rocker Holdings Ltd. – Counsel to senior secured creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2025)
  • AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd. et al. – Counsel to prospective purchaser, stalking horse bidder and interim financing lender in CCAA proceedings (2025)

Manitoba

  • 5993092 Manitoba Ltd. (formerly Rondex Limited) et al. – Counsel to secured lenders in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Pluto Transport Inc. and Guru Peer Transport Inc. – Manitoba counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Bokhari Development Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver in real estate receivership (2025)
  • Genesus Inc. and CanAm Genetics Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver in multi-property agribusiness receivership (2025)
  • Kromar Printing Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2025)
  • Ultracuts Franchises Incorporated – Counsel to creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2025)

Other jurisdictions

  • Mernova Medicinal Inc. and Creso Canada Limited (Nova Scotia) – Counsel to debtor companies in CCAA proceedings (2025)
  • QM GP Inc. and Highpoint Environmental Services Inc. (Ontario) – Counsel to creditor and lien claimant in CCAA proceedings (2025)

Alberta

  • Tallahassee Exploration Inc. – Counsel to the Orphan Well Association and British Columbia Energy Regulator in receivership proceedings (2024)
  • KMC Mining Corporation – Counsel to proposal trustee in CCAA proceedings (2024)
  • Delta 9 Cannabis – Counsel to debtor company in CCAA proceedings (2024)
  • Long Run Exploration Inc. – Counsel to the Orphan Well Association in CCAA proceedings (2024)
  • AlphaBow Energy Ltd. – Counsel to the Orphan Well Association in CCAA proceedings (2024)
  • Kaden Energy Ltd. – Counsel to debtor company in BIA proposal proceedings (2024)
  • Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited – Counsel to secured lender in cross-border CCAA and Chapter 15 proceedings (2024)
  • Tool Shed Brewing Company – Counsel to proposal trustee in BIA proposal proceedings (2024)
  • Northlink Supply Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2024)
  • C170 Properties Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2024)
  • Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc. v. 12-10 Capital Corp. – Counsel to mortgagee in appellate insolvency litigation (2024)
  • Collision Kings Group Inc. – Counsel to debtor company in CCAA proceedings (2024)

British Columbia

  • Nexii Building Solutions Inc. – Counsel to critical supplier in CCAA restructuring and sale process (2024)
  • G-T-X Cavating Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2024)
  • Teal Jones Cedar Products Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed monitor in CCAA proceedings (2024)
  • Garibaldi at Squamish Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver, including reverse vesting order sale (2024)
  • My Mortgage Auction Corp. – Counsel to investor in bankruptcy fraudulent preference proceedings (2024)
  • Donmar Properties Ltd. – Counsel to debtor company in CCAA restructuring and sale process (2024)
  • Big Rig Trailers & Leasing Inc. – Counsel to senior secured lender in receivership proceedings (2024)
  • CGI Merchant Group – Counsel to secured lender in cross-border enforcement proceedings (2024)

Saskatchewan

  • Canadian Isotope Innovations Corp. – Counsel to trustee in bankruptcy (2024)
  • miEnergy Inc. – Counsel to interim receiver and receiver (2024)
  • DL Pharmacy Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver, including Saskatchewan reverse vesting order (2024)
  • Leon Mfg. Company Inc. and Ram Industries Inc. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2024)
  • Riveriene Farm Ltd. – Counsel to proposal trustee in Division I BIA proposal proceedings (2024)
  • Moose Jaw Auto & Leisure Ltd. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2024)
  • ALX Artificial Lift Werx Ltd. and Davy Crocket Investments Ltd. – Counsel to debtor companies in NOI proceedings (2024)
  • 102159350 Saskatchewan Ltd. et al. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver (2024)
  • Pride Group – Counsel to Saskatchewan-based stakeholder in Ontario CCAA proceedings (2024)

Manitoba

  • Bokhari Development Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver in real estate development receivership (2024)
  • Cobalt Industries Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2024)
  • Genesus Inc. – Counsel to court-appointed receiver in agribusiness receivership (2024)
  • Kromar Printing Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership asset realization proceedings (2024)
  • Capitol Steel Corporation and Capitol Steel Works Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2024)

Alberta

  • W. Carr Holdings Ltd. – Counsel to debtor group in CCAA proceedings involving multi‑property real estate portfolio (2023)
  • Ventures North Financial Group Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed interim receiver and receiver (2023)
  • Lovingly Made Ingredients Ltd. – Counsel to asset purchaser in BIA NOI proceedings (2023)
  • Independent Energy Corp. – Counsel to supplier in CCAA proceedings (2023)
  • Dynamic Attractions Ltd. – Counsel to debtors in cross‑border CCAA and Chapter 15 proceedings, including reverse vesting order sale (2023)
  • Lukus Developments Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver (2023)
  • Mantle Materials Group Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in NOI and CCAA proceedings (2023)
  • Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed liquidator and residual asset trustee under the CBCA (2023)
  • Everest Canadian Resources Corp. – Counsel to Orphan Well Association in receivership proceedings (2023)
  • Westmount Projects Inc. et al. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2023)
  • Nomodic Modular Structures Inc. – Counsel to trustee in bankruptcy (2023)
  • OGEN Holdings Ltd. and OGEN Ltd. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver (2023)
  • Dynaleo Inc. and Dynaleo Group Services Inc. – Counsel to proposal trustee and bankruptcy trustee (2023)
  • Viking Projects Ltd. – Counsel to proposal trustee in NOI proceedings (2023)
  • Home Solutions Corporation – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver (2023)
  • MGT Management Inc. and MGT Aggregate Products Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver (2023)
  • Newland Financial Inc., Newbank Capital Inc. and Fortune Reliance Inc. – Counsel to secured creditors in receivership and stalking‑horse sale process (2023)

British Columbia

  • Mina Tucano Ltd. – Counsel to secured creditor in Brazilian reorganization with Canadian CCAA proceedings (2023)
  • Ideal Image Group – Counsel to trustee in bankruptcy (2023)
  • Garibaldi at Squamish Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver of ski resort development (2023)
  • Trees Corporation and Ontario Canadian Holdings Corp. – Counsel to secured creditor in CCAA proceedings (2023)
  • My Mortgage Auction Corporation – Counsel to investor in bankruptcy preference proceedings (2023)
  • Tantalus Labs Ltd. – Counsel to cannabis producer in NOI proceedings and CRA dispute (2023)

Saskatchewan

  • The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver of non‑profit housing and services provider (2023)
  • Voyager Retirement II LP and Voyager Retirement III LP – Counsel to purchaser in receivership sale of retirement home units (2023)
  • Ability Society of Alberta – Counsel to secured creditor in receivership of senior housing facility (2023)
  • Vital Metals Ltd. – Counsel to trustee in bankruptcy (2023)
  • Croft Aggregates Limited – Counsel to secured creditor in receivership of aggregate operation (2023)

Manitoba

  • Polar Window of Canada Ltd. et al. – Counsel to debtor group in CCAA restructuring and going‑concern sale process (2023)
  • Kromar Printing Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2023)
  • Donmar Properties Ltd. and 10058984 Manitoba Ltd. – Counsel to debtor group in CCAA real estate restructuring (2023)
  • Manitoba Clinic Medical Corporation and The Manitoba Clinic Holding Co. Ltd. – Counsel to secured creditor in CCAA proceedings and sale process (2023)
  • 3816410 Manitoba Ltd. o/a Berg’s Trailers & Prep – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2023)
  • Cobalt Industries Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2023)
  • Bokhari Development Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver in real estate development receivership (2023)
  • Care Innova Pharmacy Inc. – Counsel to creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and urgent going‑concern sale (2023)
  • Prendiville Industries Ltd. – Counsel to secured creditor in receivership proceedings (2023)

Alberta

  • Emkade Group of Companies – Counsel to senior secured lender in pre‑packaged receivership and sale process (2022)
  • Re Chan (Bankruptcy) – Counsel to Alberta Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals as intervener (2022)
  • 915245 Alberta Ltd. o/a Prairie Tech Oilfield Services – Counsel to major creditor in proposal and bankruptcy proceedings (2022)
  • Birkill Holdings Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver in commercial real estate receivership (2022)
  • 2399430 Alberta Ltd. and 2399449 Alberta Ltd. – Counsel to debtors in commercial real estate receivership (2022)
  • Shamrock Valley Enterprises Ltd. – Counsel to unsecured creditor in receivership proceedings (2022)
  • Edmonton grocery store – Counsel to senior secured lender in insolvency and refinancing mandate (2022)
  • Banff ski and snowboard retailer – Counsel to senior secured lender in enforcement and liquidation proceedings (2022)
  • Central Alberta grain and cattle farm operation – Counsel to senior secured lender in restructuring mandate (2022)
  • SugarBud Craft Growers Corp. – Counsel to cannabis producer in NOI and subsequent CCAA proceedings (2022)
  • Canadian Beaver Brewing and Distillery Company Ltd. – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver and asset sale process (2022)
  • Enterra Feed Corporation – Counsel to court‑appointed receiver of agribusiness group (2022)
  • Petrolama Energy Canada Inc. – Counsel to counterparty in BIA Division I proceedings (2022)
  • Rbee Aggregate Consulting Ltd. – Counsel to principal secured creditor in receivership proceedings (2022)
  • Balanced Energy Oilfield Services Inc. – Counsel to principal secured creditor in receivership proceedings (2022)
  • Online vehicle sales platform – Counsel to secured creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2022)

British Columbia

  • Publicly traded cannabis company – Counsel to trade creditor in CCAA proceedings and plan implementation (2022)
  • Great Panther Mining Limited – Counsel to largest unsecured creditor in unsuccessful CCAA and subsequent bankruptcy (2022)
  • Integrated construction company – Counsel to senior secured lender in forbearance negotiations (2022)
  • Multi‑disciplinary aviation, energy and real estate conglomerate – Counsel to senior secured lender in forbearance negotiations (2022)

Saskatchewan

  • Just Solutions Inc. – Counsel to proposal trustee in successful Division I BIA restructuring (2022)
  • Tron Construction & Mining Inc. and Tron Construction & Mining Limited Partnership – Counsel to significant customer in Division I BIA proceedings (2022)
  • Epic Alliance Inc. – Counsel to court‑appointed inspector under The Business Corporations Act (Saskatchewan) (2022)
  • T&C Steel Ltd., T&C Reinforcing Ltd. and Under the Sun Groweries Inc. – Counsel to senior secured lender in Division I BIA proceedings (2022)

Manitoba

  • Manitoba Clinic Medical Corporation and The Manitoba Clinic Holding Co. Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in CCAA proceedings (2022)
  • 6119701 Manitoba Ltd. o/a Winmar Winnipeg – Counsel to secured lender and franchisor in receivership and pre‑packaged sale (2022)
  • The Winning Combination, Inc. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2022)
  • Modern Acrylic Systems Ltd. – Counsel to secured lender in receivership proceedings (2022)
  • Prendiville Corporation – Counsel to secured lender in asset preservation mandate (2022)
  • 5409676 Manitoba Ltd. and Polar Bear Properties Ltd. – Counsel to municipality in receivership proceedings involving unpaid taxes (2022)
  • Chief Peguis Investment Corporation – Counsel in successful opposition to receivership application (2022)
  • Large farming operation – Counsel to secured lender in land titles cost recovery dispute (2022)

Multiple jurisdictions

  • North American Lamb Company Ltd. and related entities – Counsel to shareholder and creditor in cross‑provincial CCAA proceedings (2022)
  • Armstrong Flooring Canada Ltd. – Counsel to creditor in bankruptcy proceedings (2022)

  • Counsel to Pricewaterhousecoopers Inc. in its capacity as receiver of 1905393 Alberta Ltd. (2019)
  • Appointed by Supreme Court of Canada as amicus curiae counsel in Attorney General of Canada v. Lemare Lake Logging Ltd., argued before the Supreme Court of Canada May 21, 2015 (judgment reserved), a significant insolvency case exploring the intersection of section 243 of the BIA and The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act (2015)
  • Counsel to San Gold Corporation (BIA Proposal)
  • Co-counsel to Arctic Glacier Inc. (CCAA)
  • Counsel to secured lender in receivership of a Saskatchewan grain handling company and associated specialty grain company (2015)
  • Counsel to Senior Lender – The Puratone Corporation (CCAA)
  • Counsel to Arctic Beverages Ltd. (BIA Proposal)
  • Counsel to Saskatchewan oilfield equipment manufacturer in CCAA restructuring (2015)
  • Counsel to Senior Lender – 6354581 Manitoba Ltd (Lapointe RV) (Court Receivership)
  • Counsel to Senior Lender – McNally Robinson Booksellers (BIA Proposal)
  • Counsel to Saskatchewan construction company in restructuring under Division I of Part III of the BIA (2015)
  • Counsel to Lender – Paletta & Sons Hotels Ltd (Court Receivership)
  • Counsel to Receiver – EQ3 Group (“National” Receivership)
  • Counsel to Saskatchewan modular home manufacturer in restructuring under Division I of Part III of the BIA (2014-2015)
  • Counsel to Group – Wilson Auto Electric Group (CCAA)
  • Counsel to Group – Winnipeg Motor Express Group (CCAA)
  • Counsel to proposal trustee in Division I BIA restructuring of Manitoba food and beverage distributor (2014)
  • Counsel to Group – DeFehr Furniture Group (CCAA)
  • Counsel to Lender – Malcom Construction Limited (Receivership)
  • Counsel to secured creditor in Saskatchewan receivership of real estate developer (2014)
  • Counsel to secured creditor in CCAA restructuring of one of Canada’s three largest commercial hog production companies, a Manitoba company with 41 facilities and an aggregate debt of $111 million (2012)
  • Counsel to court-appointed receiver – Isobord Enterprises Inc.
  • Counsel to receiver/trustee – Warehouse One Ltd.
  • Counsel to Alberta technology company in successful restructuring commenced under Division I of BIA and converted into successful CCAA proceeding (2012-2013)
  • Counsel to secured creditor in New Brunswick CCAA proceedings by international mineral drilling companies operating in Canada, Mexico, Mongolia and Russia (2012-2013)
  • Counsel to investor/lender – Minds Eye Entertainment Ltd.
  • Counsel to lender/receiver – The Tanbridge Group
  • Counsel to court-appointed receiver in receivership of printing company in Manitoba (2011)
  • Counsel to court-appointed receiver and monitor in receivership and CCAA proceeding involving the successful restructuring of a group of real estate and property management companies (2010)
  • Counsel to court-appointed receiver in receivership of a hotel (2010)
  • Counsel to Big Sky Farms in successful CCAA restructuring of approximately $100 million in secured and unsecured debt in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Iowa (2010)
  • Counsel to Lender – Bissett Gold Mine (Court Receivership)
  • Counsel to numerous corporate debtors/shareholders in private restructuring activities
  • Counsel to secured lender in obtaining court appointment of receiver of construction company in Yukon Territory (2009)
  • Counsel to landlord of publicly-traded energy company in CCAA proceedings in Alberta (2009)