Jenna Willis Counsel | Calgary

Select matters in which Jenna had a central role include acting for:

• The court-appointed monitor in the Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings and sale by reverse vesting order of Razor Energy Corp., Razor Holdings GP Corp. and Blake Energy Services Corp.

• The agent in the creditor-commenced CCAA proceedings of Long Run Exploration Ltd.

• The court-appointed monitor in the CCAA and U.S. Chapter 15 proceedings of the Pride Transportation Group, involving multiple lenders and over C$2-billion in secured debt

• United States Steel Corporation on the CCAA proceedings of its Canadian subsidiary, in which it was the largest creditor with over US$2-billion in claims

• The court-appointed receiver in the insolvency proceedings and credit-bid sale of the Kraus carpet companies

• The DIP and secured lenders in the Northstar Aerospace Inc. cross-border restructuring proceedings under the CCAA and U.S. Chapter 15

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., an international mining and natural resources company, on the restructuring of its Canadian business

• Terrace Bay Pulp Inc. on its restructuring and subsequent sale of its business under the CCAA

• An aircraft lessor and tour operator in the receivership of Skyservice Airlines Inc.

Select matters which Jenna advised on while practising in the U.K. and the Cayman Islands include representing:

• An ad-hoc bondholder group on the provisional liquidation and restructuring of Luckin Coffee, China’s largest coffee chain

• An ad-hoc bondholder group on the comprehensive US$2.25-billion out-of-court restructuring of Brazilian airline Azul S.A.

• Nyrstar, a Belgian-listed global mining and smelting company, on the successful restructuring and recapitalization of its €2.6-billion indebtedness

• House of Fraser, a large U.K. retailer, on all aspects of its high-profile restructuring

• The largest lenders in the US$2.2-billion restructuring of Dubai-based ship-repair company Drydocks World

• BrightHouse, the U.K.’s largest rent-to-own retailer, on the successful out-of-court restructuring of its high-yield bond debt by way of exchange offer

• An ad-hoc group of bondholders on the recapitalization of Canadian oil and gas company Sterling Resources

• A major European bank on the €1.6-billion sale of its French retail banking business to a private equity-backed group

Jenna is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, INSOL International, the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Alberta and the Ontario Bar Association.

• Co-author : Constructive Trust Claim Dismissed As Court Backs Reverse Vesting Order
  Blakes Bulletin on Restructuring & Insolvency, March 17, 2025.
• Co-author : Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets
  Fund Finance Laws and Regulations, Global Legal Insights, 2024.
• Co-author : Cayman Islands Chapter
  Restructuring and Insolvency Comparative Guide, Mondaq, 2023.

• Panellist : Restructuring and Insolvency: A Cross-Country Year in Review
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, January 21, 2025.