Pamela Huff > Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
199 BAY STREET
SUITE 4000, COMMERCE COURT WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5L 1A9
Canada

Work Department

Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Restructuring & Insolvency

Position

Practice Area: Pamela is the National Practice Group Leader of the Firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency group, with over 30 years of experience in the field, served on member of the Firm’s Executive Committee for over a decade. She is experienced in all areas of insolvency practice, including both the litigation and commercial aspects of workouts, reorganizations, receiverships and other enforcement of security.

Pamela has acted as counsel to debtors, financial institutions, asset-backed lenders, debtor-in-possession (DIP) lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, receivers, trustees and monitors in complex domestic and cross-border insolvencies, across a wide range of industries. She has also acted for purchasers in significant acquisitions through insolvency proceedings and has particular expertise with aircraft financings and airline insolvencies.

Career

Recognized by all major domestic and international publications as one of the leading insolvency and restructuring lawyers in Canada.

 

Memberships

Pamela is a past president and board member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the first woman to hold that position. She currently chairs the Policy Reform Committee of the IIC. She is also a member of the International Insolvency Institute, Turnaround Management Association (Toronto Chapter), INSOL International, and The Advocates’ Society.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Restructuring and insolvency

(Hall of Fame)

Pamela HuffBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The department at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP assists both debtors and lenders with restructuring and insolvency matters, and has particular sectoral expertise in mining, real estate, energy, cannabis and retail. Pamela Huff heads up the national group from Toronto and is knowledgeable in all aspects of insolvency. In Vancouver, Peter Rubin co-leads and majors on supporting debtor companies, lending syndicates and secured and unsecured creditors with insolvency mandates. Calgary head Kelly Bourassa leads significant restructuring mandates, both domestic and cross-border, and has particular expertise in the energy segment. In Montreal, Bernard Boucher is charged with managing the practice and has experience appearing before the Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto-based partners Linc Rogers and Chris Burr, as well as associate Caitlin McIntyre, are additional key contacts.