Overview
Stephanie has an active and diverse practice in insolvency and restructuring and insolvency litigation. She acts as counsel to creditors, debtors, purchasers and investors in various insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, Business Corporations Act and Courts of Justice Act.
Stephanie has experience working on large-scale insolvencies in a variety of industries including securities, real property and condominium development, technology and software, mining, manufacturing, steel, hotel and hospitality and not-for-profit, among many others. Stephanie also acts for large national accounting and consulting firms appointed to assist financially distressed companies in all aspects of commercial restructuring.
Stephanie currently sits as the Director of Community Service of the Ontario Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Board of Directors. She has been a member of the IWIRC Ontario Board of Directors since January 2019.
Professional achievements & leadership
- The Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch – Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, 2022
Notable matters
- Court-appointed Representative Counsel to approximately 660 syndicated mortgage Investors with investments in Hi-Rise Capital Inc. in the trustee proceeding, court file number CV-19-616261-00CL
- Counsel to Green Earth Stores Ltd., in connection with the retail debtor-driven proposal proceeding, court file number 31-2481649
- Counsel to Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Hamilton Specialty Bar (2007) Inc. in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-15-589579-00CL
- Counsel to Deloitte Restructuring Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Monitor of Kraus Group of Companies in the CCAA proceeding, court file number CV-18-604759-00CL
- Counsel to KPMG Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Liquidator of Tarn Financial Inc. in winding-up proceeding, court file number CV-17-11697-00CL
- Counsel to A. Farber & Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Intercity Broadcasting Network in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-16-11568-00CL
- Counsel to BDO Canada Limited, in its capacity as Court-appointed Interim Receiver of Altmore Mortgage Investment Corp. in receivership and investigation proceeding, court file number CV-21-00662471-00CL
- Counsel to Zeifman Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of 40 Park Lane Circle in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-13-9989-00CL
- Counsel to Ziefman Partners Inc., in its capacity as Court-appointed Receiver of Vandermeer Greenhouses Ltd. in receivership proceeding, court file number CV-14-10443-00CL
Thought leadership
Presentations
- Panelist, “Inherent Jurisdiction & Statutory Interpretation: Powerful Insolvency Tools”, Virtual Panel presented by the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Ontario Network, June 2021
- Panelist, “Technology & Insolvency Law – Cryptocurrency in Insolvency Proceedings”, 2nd Annual International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) on the Vine Conference, September 28, 2019
Publications
- Co-author, “What May a Landlord Seize? A Guide to Ensuring that Landlords Don’t Miss the “Mark” in Distress: A Commercial Landlord’s Remedy”, Second Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2021
- Co-author, “Governing the Ungovernable: Cryptocurrencies in Insolvency Proceedings”, Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2019 Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, page 363
- Requesting a Sealing Order from the Court – Practice Note, Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, Craig Mills & Stephanie De Caria, Fall 2017
- The Commercial List – Practice Note, Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, Craig Mills & Stephanie De Caria, Fall 2017
Community involvement
- Lawyers Feed the Hungry, The Law Society Foundation
Professional memberships
- Member of the Executive, Ontario Bar Association – Insolvency Section
- Director of Website and Communications, Ontario Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
- Turnaround Management Association
- The Advocates’ Society
Bar admissions & education
- Ontario Bar, 2015
- J.D., University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 2014 (Cum Laude & Dean’s Honour List)
- B.A. Hons., York University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, 2011 (Cum Laude & Dean’s Honour Roll)
