DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to announce that Colin Brousson (Vancouver) and Edmond Lamek (Toronto) have been named Co-Chairs of our Canadian firm’s Restructuring group.

With more than 25 years of experience, Colin and Edmond have acted for a wide variety of stakeholders and court officers across key business sectors in all types of Canadian and cross-border insolvency proceedings and ‎transactions advising financial institutions and ‎other secured and unsecured creditors, DIP lenders, indenture trustees, corporate debtors, landlords, ‎suppliers, boards of directors, purchasers, receivers, interim receivers, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement ‎Act monitors, bankruptcy trustees and Chapter 11 creditors’ committees.‎

They are also members of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, and have been repeatedly recognized as leading lawyers by prominent guides such as The Canadian ‎Legal Lexpert Directory, Legal 500 Canada, Chambers Canada and Chambers Global. 

“Colin and Edmond are accomplished and experienced insolvency lawyers who have acted on numerous high-value and significant restructuring matters within Canada and internationally,” said Robert Seidel (Edmonton), Q.C., Canada Managing Partner. “Adept at client management and active in the legal community, their combined leadership of the Canadian group is sure to strengthen both our local ties and global presence, as well as our ability to deliver value and results‎ to our clients.”