Background

Roger Jaipargas is a partner of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and a member of the Firm’s Insolvency and Restructuring Group. He graduated from York University with a Specialized Honours Bachelor of Arts with a major in Political Science and from the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law with a Bachelor of Laws. He was Law Clerk to the Office of the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice.

Areas of Practice

• Roger practises in the areas of Commercial Insolvency, Restructuring and Secured Transactions. Other practice areas include: litigation associated with insolvency proceedings, priority disputes regarding secured transactions, various other creditors’ remedies and general Bankruptcy and Insolvency matters.

Professional Experience

• Roger’s mandates have included: advising trustees, monitors, chief restructuring officers and receivers with respect to various issues arising in connection with bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
• 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 clients with respect to claims arising from fraudulent preferences, fraudulent conveyances, settlements and other claims for the recovery of assets in insolvency matters.
• Advising finance providers on inventory financing matters, including review of transactional documentation.
• Advising parties on issues relating to reorganizations under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
• Advising unsecured and secured creditors in various enforcement and execution proceedings.
• Roger has also acted on a number of high profile reorganizations under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act including the following proceedings:
  • Air Canada,
  • Stelco Inc.,
  • Pangeo Pharma Inc.,
  • Playdium Entertainment Corporation,
  • GT Group Telecom Corp. and
  • Laidlaw Inc. (a cross-border restructuring involving simultaneous proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act).
• Roger has also worked extensively on the bankruptcy of Canada 3000 including responding to an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Professional and Community Activities

• Editor of a chapter of the Bar Admission Course materials with Michael J. MacNaughton on creditors’ rights and remedies.
• Co-authored a paper with Michael J. MacNaughton dealing with Debtor-in-Possession Financing.
• Authored a paper dealing with Corporate Governance: Directors and Officers and Insolvency
• Authored a paper dealing with an overview of insolvency proceedings in Canada.
• Authored a number of case comments for the Insolvency News Newsletter published by the Insolvency Section of the Ontario Bar Association.
• Member of the Executive of the Insolvency Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association.
• Member of the American Bar Association.
• Member of the Canadian Insolvency Foundation.
• Member of the Turnaround Management Association.