Background

Craig Hill is a partner in our Toronto office. He has an LLB (1989) and a B.Comm (1986) from the University of British Columbia.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial insolvency and restructuring.

Rankings and Recognitions

• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring)

Professional Experience

• Advising trustees, receivers, monitors and other Court-appointed officers with respect to various insolvency proceedings.
• Advising liquidators with respect to proceedings under the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act in connection with the liquidation of financial institutions.
• Advising secured parties on issues relating to the granting and enforcement of security interests in personal property under the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario).
• Advising trustees in bankruptcy and compensation funds regarding insolvencies of regulated securities firms.
• Advising debtors and creditors with respect to proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, including all aspects of restructuring.
• Advising international clients on cross-border and international insolvency issues.

Representative Matters

• Advising the Court-appointed Monitor in the Canadian Asset Backed Commercial Paper restructuring under the CCAA – the largest restructuring in Canadian history;
• Advising the UK Pension Regulator in connection with the Nortel insolvency proceedings in Canada;
• Advising OEM's relating to automotive supplier insolvency proceedings (Collins & Aikman, SKD, Vannatter, Aradco, Eldorado, Progressive Moulded Products, Plastech, Amcan, and Meridian Technologies);
• Advising the Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Polywheels Manufacturing Ltd.;
• Advising the liquidator of Income Trust Company with respect to proceedings under the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act;
• Advising the trustee in bankruptcy of St. Clair Paint and Wallpaper Corporation and related entities;
• Advising the UK liquidator of Fine Art Wallcoverings with respect to bankruptcy of International Wallcoverings.
• Advising the Australian liquidator in connection with the insolvency of The Duke Group Limited;
• Advising the Hong Kong liquidator in connection with the insolvency of Akai Holdings – the largest insolvency in Hong Kong history;
• Advising the Australian liquidator in connection with the insolvency of Southern Equities Corporation Limited;
• Advising the Monitor of Playdium Entertainment Corporation;
• Advising the trustee in bankruptcy of Rampart Securities Inc. and Evergreen Securities;
• Advising the Information Officer in the Section 18.6 proceedings of the CCAA in respect of American Color Graphics, Inc. and Hunter Drums Limited;
• Advising customer compensation funds regarding the insolvencies of Buckingham Securities, Marchment & Mackay and Essex Financial;
• Acting as Canadian counsel to At Home Corporation in Chapter 11 proceedings;
• Advising aircraft lessors in Canada 3000 and Air Canada CCAA proceedings.

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, Insolvency Institute of Canada, Co-Chair of the IIC Task Force on Pension Reform relating to insolvency matters
• Former Member of Executive Committee, Canadian Bar Association, National Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section
• Turnaround Management Association – Education Committee
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Canadian Insolvency Foundation
• Ontario Bar Association - Insolvency Section
• INSOL
• Volunteer, Ontario Track 3 Disabled Skiers Association

Industry Recognition

• Recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business.
• Recognized as a leading lawyer in IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms.