Claims, Priorities and Preferences: Critical Canadian and Cross Border Considerations

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 2021 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET

Secured creditors, unsecured creditors, preferred creditors – who gets paid first and how can this change when provincial and federal legislation conflicts? Depending on which insolvency regime, how do priorities shift? Unravel the complicated rules around claims, priorities. Gain a roadmap to help you decipher:

• Rights and remedies of creditors, both secured and unsecured
• Landlord and tenant rights
• Super-priorities: What is the power of the CRA and other regulators?
• Businesses that straddle the border: Coordination with U.S. proceedings, priorities and other important considerations.
• Preferences: what is the power of trustees or receivers to pursue preferences trustees.

Presenters

Maria Konyukhova, Partner, Stikeman Elliot LLP
Diane Winters, Department of Justice
Louis L’Heureux, General Counsel, Assistant Deputy Minister’s Office
Melanie MacKenzie, Alvarez & Marsal