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About Linc

Linc is the Co-Practice Group Leader of the Restructuring & Insolvency group, widely recognized as one of Canada's leading restructuring practices. As a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, Linc plays a pivotal role in guiding clients through high-stakes domestic and cross-border restructurings, distressed acquisitions, and financings. These clients value Linc's ability to provide pragmatic, business-focused solutions to their mission critical issues.

Linc's practice is distinguished by a strategic focus on cross-border mandates, a specialization he honed while helping to establish the Firm's U.S. office presence during his 2004–2007 tenure in the U.S. Upon returning to Toronto, he built a leading restructuring practice advising international clients, including foreign-based lenders, private equity funds, hedge funds and multinational corporations, on their most complex multi-jurisdictional challenges. His deep understanding of cross-border dynamics and his ability to anticipate and address emerging complexities make him a sought-after advisor in the global restructuring arena.

For over two decades, Linc has been a driving force in advancing legal education and thought leadership in restructuring and insolvency law. His insights have been featured in leading scholarly journals and trade publications, and he is a frequent speaker on cutting-edge topics in insolvency law and practice.

Beyond his deep technical expertise, Linc is a vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion within the legal profession. His contributions to fostering a more inclusive legal community have earned him recognition both within the Firm and across the broader industry.

As a member of the Firm's Legal Personnel Committee, Linc plays an active role in shaping the Firm's future, mentoring the next generation of legal talent and fostering a culture of excellence.

Select Experience

Recent engagements in which Linc acted as lead or co-lead restructuring counsel include acting for:

  • Red Lobster in its cross-border restructuring proceedings (hospitality)

  • The DIP Lender in the cross-border restructuring proceedings of Nevada Copper (mining)

  • The court-appointed monitor in the insolvency proceedings of JTI-Macdonald Corp. (manufacturing/mass tort)

  • The equity sponsor in connection with the recapitalization transaction of Xplore Inc. (telecommunications)

  • DCL Corporation in connection with its cross-border restructuring proceedings (manufacturing)

  • Junior DIP Lender in connection with the cross-border recognition proceedings of Yellow Corporation (transportation)

  • LTL Management LLC in connection with its cross-border recognition proceedings (pharmaceutical/mass tort)

  • The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border recognition proceedings for Voyager Digital (crypto-currency)

  • The auditor in the CannTrust restructuring proceedings (cannabis/class action securities litigation)

  • The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border recognition proceedings of Knotel Inc. (real estate)

  • The UK incorporated All Saints USA in its cross-border recognition proceedings (retail)

  • syncreon Group B.V. and its Canadian affiliates in its cross-border recognition proceedings (logistics) (Turnaround Management Association International Company Transaction of the Year 2020)

  • The purchaser in the receivership proceedings of Genesis Integration (technology/reverse vesting order)

  • The purchaser in the restructuring proceedings of FIGR and Canada's Island Garden (cannabis/reverse vesting order)

Awards & Recognition

Linc is an experienced insolvency lawyer recognized in the following publications, particularly for his extensive Canada/U.S. cross-border work and lead role on large transactions:

  • Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada 2025 (Insolvency & Financial Restructuring)

  • Lexology Index: Restructuring and Insolvency 2025 (Thought Leader)

  • The Legal 500 Canada – 2021–2025 (Restructuring and Insolvency)

  • Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2019–2025 (Restructuring/Insolvency)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2019–2025 (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)

  • Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring 2024

  • Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys 2024 

  • Lexology Index: Restructuring & Insolvency – 2022–2024 

  • IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms – 2022–2024 (Restructuring and Insolvency)

  • Lexology Index Thought Leaders – 2021–2024 (Restructuring & Insolvency)

  • The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada – 2020–2024 (Insolvency & Financial Restructuring)

  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2020–2024 (Restructuring/Insolvency)

  • Lexology Index: Canada – 2019–2024 (Restructuring & Insolvency)

  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2018–2024 (Insolvency & Financial Restructuring – Financial Restructuring)

  • Lexpert Magazine, November/December 2012 (named a "Lexpert Rising Star," honouring Canada's leading lawyers under 40)

Professional Activities

Linc is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, a limited-number, invitation-only association of Canada's most accomplished senior insolvency professionals, and serves on its Membership Committee. In addition, he is on the board of directors of Annual Review of Insolvency Law Society Inc. (ARIL) and also sits on ARIL's Editorial Advisory Board.

Publications
Professional Appearances
  • Panellist : Fireside Chat: Big Law Bankruptcy & Restructuring
    uOttawa Bankruptcy and Insolvency Club, Ottawa, Ontario, October 24, 2024.
  • Panellist : Restructuring and Insolvency: A Cross-Country Year in Review
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, January 25, 2024.
  • Moderator : Set-Off Rights – Where Are We Now
    Insolvency Institute of Canada Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, October 21, 2023.
  • Panellist : Building a Book of Business
    Insolvency Insider Future Leaders Conference, Toronto, Ontario, October 10, 2023.
  • Moderator : Fire Side Chat with The Honourable Thomas J. McEwen
    Ontario Bar Association – Insolvency Section, Toronto, Ontario, September 21, 2023.
  • Panellist : Chapter 15 Update/Recognition Issues
    Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, American Bankruptcy Institute, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, February 7, 2023.
  • Panellist : Restructuring and Insolvency: A Cross-Country Year in Review
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, January 17, 2023.
  • Panellist : Canada/U.S. Legal Update Seminar Series: Restructuring and Insolvency
    Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Webinar, September 22, 2022.
Media Activities
  • Interviewed : Hockey May Be Canada’s Sport but This Week Basketball Is a Slam Dunk for One Canadian Law Firm
    Article by Gail Cohen, Law.com International, March 14, 2023.
  • Interviewed : Annual ‘Blakes Madness’ basketball-themed networking social set for Thursday tipoff
    Article by Zena Olijnyk, Law Times, March 13, 2023.
  • Interviewed : Celebrating Black History Month
    Article by Talayah Goodlow, Turnaround Management Association, March 2023.
Education

Admitted as a Foreign Legal Consultant in the State of Illinois – 2005
Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2000
LLB (Magna Cum Laude), University of Ottawa – 1998
MA, International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs – 1998
BA, Political Science, University of Alberta – 1994

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