We are dynamic, creative and business-minded restructuring lawyers with the depth, expertise and experience necessary to guide clients through all manner of in-court and out-of-court restructurings, liability management, financings and distressed and special situation matters.
Our team prides itself on its ability to deliver smart, practical and cost-efficient strategic and tactical advice to clients. We routinely advise businesses on operational and financial reorganizations, distressed acquisitions, liquidations and other restructuring transactions. Our work includes forbearance, security enforcement, equity and debt investment and advising senior management and boards of directors on corporate duties and responsibilities in insolvency situations.
Our thriving domestic and international restructuring practice is recognized for its special expertise in matters involving US Chapter 11 proceedings, with many of our members acting as Canadian counsel in cross-border matters.
Trusted advisors for major stakeholders
The Group represents debtors, court-appointed officers (including monitors, receivers and trustees), secured creditors and purchasers across a full range of in-court and out-of-court restructurings. We also act as representative counsel for stakeholder groups in larger and more complex matters.
Our lawyers are as comfortable in the boardroom as the courtroom, and although we are counsel of choice for complex court-supervised insolvency litigation mandates, many of the firm’s biggest wins have been those in which successful negotiations kept its clients out of court proceedings.
Deep experience across a broad range of industries
Miller Thomson’s team members have played lead roles in proceedings across a broad spectrum of industries, including such innovative and cutting-edge businesses as cannabis, cryptocurrency, biotechnology and space law.
The firm also has tremendous experience advising clients in more traditional industries such as finance, securities, real estate and property development, manufacturing, mining and natural resources, retail, media and broadcasting, not-for-profit, technology and professional services.
In addition to our work with traditional commercial entities and professional services firms, members of the Restructuring & Insolvency Group advise charities, community groups, social justice advocates, indigenous bodies, religious organizations and other non-profit entities, with a view toward strengthening Canada’s social fabric.
Uniquely pan-Canadian law firm
Miller Thomson is a uniquely pan-Canadian law firm. With offices in five provinces and every major city in Canada, we are uniquely positioned to assist companies in addressing their immediate and critical business needs, wherever and whenever they may arise.
Multi-disciplinary approach
Our Group actively leverages the deep bench of industry-specific expertise that the firm offers in order to enhance client value.
We work alongside and collaborate closely with industry-leading specialty groups, drawing on the firm’s expertise in securities, environmental and trade law, pensions and benefits, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, labour and employment, and intellectual property.
Active involvement and thought leadership
We are actively involved in the leading insolvency professional organizations such as INSOL International, the International Insolvency Institute, the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the Turnaround Management Association.
Our members also lecture at top Canadian law schools and regularly author academic and professional publications on a wide range of current insolvency topics.
Awards and accolades
- Recognized by Best Law Firms™ – Canada: Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
- Recognized by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Insolvency & Financial Restructuring
- Recognized by Chambers and Partners: Restructuring/Insolvency (Chambers Global, Chambers Canada)
- Recognized by IFLR1000 – Canada: Restructuring and Insolvency
