Christopher Keliher, Calgary

About Chris

Christopher is an Associate with the Blakes Restructuring and Insolvency group. Christopher works in all areas of corporate insolvency with a focus on complex reorganizations and receiverships, insolvency litigation, and cross-border mandates. Christopher acts for lenders, debtors and court officers.

Prior to joining Blakes, Christopher worked with a national turnaround and restructuring strategy group where he worked as a vice president and senior director. In that role, Christopher worked primarily on corporate engagements and has acted as a financial advisor, a CCAA monitor, a trustee in bankruptcy, and as both a private and court-appointed receiver.

In addition to being a practising lawyer, Christopher is a chartered insolvency and restructuring professional (CIRP) and a licensed insolvency trustee (LIT).

Select Experience

Select public matters in which Christopher has been involved include acting for:

The senior secured lender in the court-appointed receivership proceedings of Genesis Integration Inc. and Fusion Cine Sales & Rentals Inc. (audiovisual equipment sales and rentals)
The senior secured lender in the cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceedings and sale of Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation et. al (manufacturing)
The purchaser in connection with the court-appointed receivership proceedings of Kivuto Solutions Inc. (information technology)
The debtors in the cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceedings and sale of DCL Group (manufacturing)
The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border recognition proceedings for Voyager Digital (cryptocurrency)
LTL Management LLC in connection with its cross-border recognition proceedings (pharmaceutical/mass tort)
An undisclosed syndicate of lenders, as their financial advisor, with secured debt in excess of C$50-million (oil and gas services)
North American Lamb Company as its court-appointed monitor (agriculture)
Kaisen Energy Corp. as its court-appointed monitor (oil and gas)
BOS Solutions Ltd., BOS Solutions Inc., BOS LeaseCo LLC, BOS Solutions Real Estate Inc. and BOS USHoldCo Inc. as their court-appointed receiver and foreign representative in cross-border proceedings (receivership/Chapter 15) (oil and gas services and environmental solutions)
Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp., Whiteside Capital Corporation and 0984750 B.C. Ltd. as their court-appointed monitor and trustee in bankruptcy (cryptocurrency)

Awards & Recognition

Professional Appearances

Panellist : Crypto Insolvencies and Beyond: The Fallout of the Bust
2023 Northwest Chapter Cross-Border Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 26, 2023.
Instructor : Introduction to Business Law (MGMT 3230)
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, September–present.
Speaker : Introduction to Insolvency Proceedings and Bankruptcy Administration
Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, CNIE–Tutorial 2023, King City, Ontario, June 22, 2023.
Panellist : Roles And Responsibilities Of Directors In Insolvency
Legal Education Society of Alberta, On-Demand Program, March 15, 2023.
Member : Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference
Annual Review of Insolvency Law, Calgary, Alberta, February 3, 2023.
Panel Moderator : The Rise of the Litigation Trustee and Litigation Funding in Canadian Insolvency Proceedings
Annual Review of Insolvency Law Podcast, January 13, 2023.