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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 practice at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP acts for debtors, court officers and secured lenders on a range of restructuring and insolvency mandates. The team has notable expertise in the financial services, mining, cannabis, real estate and energy segments. The department is directed by Calgary-based Kelly Bourassa and Toronto-based Linc Rogers. Bourassa handles in-court and out-of-court matters for major public companies, and Rogers regularly assists foreign-based lenders, corporations and private equity and hedge funds with restructurings, distressed acquisitions and distressed financings. Additional key contacts at the Toronto office include Pamela HuffChris Burr and Caitlin McIntyre, who handles insolvency litigation, financial restructurings and debt enforcement. Vancouver-based Peter Rubin has experience acting as independent counsel for monitors in reorganization cases.