Alex MacFarlane is a partner in BLG’s Toronto office. He is the National Co-Chair of BLG’s Insolvency & Restructuring Group and a member of the Banking and Financial Services Group.
Alex acts as counsel in insolvency and restructuring proceedings. He serves a variety of clients, including: debtor corporations, financial institutions, court appointed monitors, proposal trustees, trustees-in-bankruptcy, receivers and receiver/managers
He serves clients across a broad spectrum of industries in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, and the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act, and in cross-border proceedings.
Alex has been lead counsel in numerous insolvency and restructuring proceedings on the Commercial List of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Alex has also acted as lead counsel on numerous distressed divesture or acquisition transactions related to the CCAA, receivership, bankruptcy or winding-up proceedings, acting for: receivers, proposal trustees, trustees, monitors or debtor corporations, as sellers third party entities, as potential purchasers.