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About Caitlin

Caitlin regularly acts on complex mandates involving insolvency litigation, financial restructurings and debt enforcement, in addition to providing more general insolvency advice. She focuses on cross-border insolvencies and acts for debtors, creditors, monitors, receivers and DIP lenders in some of Canada's most significant insolvency files. Caitlin developed her specialized expertise in cross-border restructurings through regularly advising clients on complex financial restructurings, insolvency litigation and debt enforcement matters in multi-jurisdictional mandates which demand practical, results-driven solutions.

Whether working on formal insolvency proceedings or out-of-court restructurings, Caitlin offers a creative, client-focused approach, drawing on her extensive experience in high-stakes international restructurings.

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  • Red Lobster Management LLC and its affiliates in its cross-border restructuring proceeding (hospitality)

  • The receiver in the Antamex receivership proceeding (construction)

  • The UK incorporated AllSaints USA in the multi-jurisdictional restructuring of its lease portfolio (retail)

  • The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border restructuring proceeding of Knotel, Inc. (real estate)

  • LTL Management LLC in its cross-border restructuring proceeding (pharmaceutical/mass tort)

  • The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border restructuring proceeding of Voyager Digital Ltd. (cryptocurrency)

  • syncreon Group B.V. and its Canadian affiliates in the cross-border balance sheet restructuring of C$1.1-billion of funded debt (logistics)

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

  • The purchaser in the CCAA proceeding of BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc (manufacturing/retail)

  • The DIP lender in the cross-border restructuring proceeding of Nevada Copper, Inc.

  • The court-appointed monitor in the insolvency proceedings of JTI-Macdonald Corp. involving over C$600-billion of claims asserted against the tobacco industry (manufacturing)

  • The debtors in the plenary CCAA proceedings of Carillion Canada Inc., Carillion Construction Inc., Canada Holdings Inc., Carillion Canada Finance Corp. and Carillion Pacific Construction Inc. (construction and services)

  • The receiver and construction lien trustee in the Urbancorp receivership proceedings (construction)

  • The debtors in the CCAA proceedings of Bloom Lake General Partner Limited, Quinto Mining Corporation, 8568391 Canada Limited, Cliffs Quebec Iron Mining ULC (formerly, Cliffs Quebec Iron Mining Limited), Bloom Lake Railway Company Limited, The Bloom Lake Iron Ore Mine Limited Partnership, Wabush Resources Inc., Wabush Iron Co. Limited, Wabush Mines, Arnaud Railway Company and Wabush Lake Railway Company Limited (mining)

Awards & Recognition

Caitlin is recognized as a leading Canadian restructuring and insolvency lawyer in the following publications:

  • The Legal 500 Canada – 2023–2025 (Leading Associate – Restructuring and Insolvency)

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada – 2022–2025 (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)

Professional Activities

Caitlin is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Turnaround Management Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation.

 

Publications
Professional Appearances
  • Panellist : Restructuring and Insolvency: A Cross-Country Year in Review
    Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, January 25, 2024.
  • Panellist : Critical Case Law Updates on Insolvency and Restructuring Law
    OBA Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law Program, December 9, 2021.
Education

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2017
JD, University of Toronto – 2016
BA (History), McMaster University – 2013

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