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Christopher J. "Chris" Ramsay

Clark Wilson LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Banking and Finance Law
    Corporate and Commercial Litigation...
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.cwilson.com/people...
  • Website:
    http://www.cwilson.com
  • E-mail:
    cramsay@cwilson.com
  • Location:
    885 West Georgia Street, Suite 900
    Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1

When a corporate entity enters the zone of insolvency, many stakeholders are directly impacted: employees, management, trade creditors and lenders. Critical decisions have to be made by the board in real-time. Time is acutely compressed, payroll may be owing, creditors are pressing and deadlines are imminent.

Chris is recognized as a leading insolvency lawyer in British Columbia who is able to calm the waters during these troubled times and develop strategies that give critical breathing room to allow constructive dialogue between a company and its stakeholders with a view to moving towards a common restructuring goal.

Chris has been retained as counsel by debtor companies, creditors and other stakeholders on many of the larger insolvencies in British Columbia over the past 15 years.

Work Highlights

North American Tungsten Corporation

  • CCAA acting for the company

Catalyst Paper Corporation

  • Acting for the senior bond holders

Huldra Mining

  • CCAA acting for the debtor company

Services

  • Insolvency and restructuring
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
  • Cross-border insolvency proceedings, including Chapter 11 proceedings under the United States Bankruptcy Code
  • Distressed M&A transactions, including board of directors for both the target and acquiring entities, and creditors including bondholders under trust indentures
  • Multi-jurisdictional fraud matters
  • Collections
  • Commercial bankruptcies
  • Receiverships
  • Creditors’ rights
  • Debtor protection
  • Security enforcement

Chris has successfully guided countless companies through the often stressful and foreign process of commercial insolvency and restructuring. He protects our clients with strategy, strength and experience to help them move forward from the confines of their commercial challenges. Chris is also regularly retained by creditors, purchasers of distressed assets, board of directors and insolvency professionals.

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Lawyer Bio

When a corporate entity enters the zone of insolvency, many stakeholders are directly impacted: employees, management, trade creditors and lenders. Critical decisions have to be made by the board in real-time. Time is acutely compressed, payroll may be owing, creditors are pressing and deadlines are imminent.

Chris is recognized as a leading insolvency lawyer in British Columbia who is able to calm the waters during these troubled times and develop strategies that give critical breathing room to allow constructive dialogue between a company and its stakeholders with a view to moving towards a common restructuring goal.

Chris has been retained as counsel by debtor companies, creditors and other stakeholders on many of the larger insolvencies in British Columbia over the past 15 years.

Work Highlights

North American Tungsten Corporation

  • CCAA acting for the company

Catalyst Paper Corporation

  • Acting for the senior bond holders

Huldra Mining

  • CCAA acting for the debtor company

Services

  • Insolvency and restructuring
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
  • Cross-border insolvency proceedings, including Chapter 11 proceedings under the United States Bankruptcy Code
  • Distressed M&A transactions, including board of directors for both the target and acquiring entities, and creditors including bondholders under trust indentures
  • Multi-jurisdictional fraud matters
  • Collections
  • Commercial bankruptcies
  • Receiverships
  • Creditors’ rights
  • Debtor protection
  • Security enforcement

Chris has successfully guided countless companies through the often stressful and foreign process of commercial insolvency and restructuring. He protects our clients with strategy, strength and experience to help them move forward from the confines of their commercial challenges. Chris is also regularly retained by creditors, purchasers of distressed assets, board of directors and insolvency professionals.

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  • Bar Admissions
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  • Award List

Bar Admissions:

  • United Kingdom, 1990
  • British Columbia, 1996

Affiliations:

  • Insolvency Institute of Canada - member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
 

Awards:

  • Who’s Who as one of the leading insolvency lawyers in Canada
  • Who’s Who as one of the leading fraud/asset recovery lawyers in Canada
 

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Clark Wilson LLP
http://www.cwilson.com
 
Headquarters
885 West Georgia Street, Suite 900
Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1
604-687-5700
2 Office Locations
in 1 Country

Canada

Canada

British Columbia

British Columbia

Kelowna, BC

434 Glenwood Avenue

Kelowna, BC V1Y 5M1

Canada

250-712-2205

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