Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Our Bankruptcy Insolvency and Recovery Practice Group has the knowledge, experience and practical business perspective to provide timely and effective strategic advice to financial institutions as well as to corporate and commercial clients advancing practical solutions to meet and often exceed our client’s needs and expectations.

Our Bankruptcy and Insolvency Group combines accomplished litigators with commercial lawyers who know and understand the complexities of insolvency and recovery.

We thoroughly review the circumstances of each case and develop strategies to ensure that the best possible outcome can be accomplished. We litigate when necessary but our goal is to negotiate cost effective creative settlements, workouts or forbearance/standstill arrangements whenever possible.

In addition to representing major financial institution(s) and businesses DSF LLP acts for trustees in bankruptcy, court appointed and privately appointed receivers, interim receivers, liquidators and monitors, equipment lessors, commercial landlords and unsecured creditors.

We are active in the enforcement of various forms of security including pledged security and commercial mortgages and leases. Our practical experience ranges from addressing corporate bankruptcies, receiverships and proposals to engaging in priority and preference disputes and sundry litigation involving Ontario’s Mortgages Act, Personal Property Security Act and Construction Lien Act as well as the Federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Bank Act and other relevant Federal and Provincial legislation affecting debtors and creditors.

From simple collections to complicated insolvencies and reorganizations our technical knowledge of and experience with debtors and creditors rights will ensure that your interests are well-represented.