Overview

Justine Erickson is counsel in Akin's international litigation and arbitration practice in London. She focuses on contentious and non-contentious aspects of cross-border financial and corporate restructurings and insolvency matters in the United Kingdom and Europe. Justine also advises on complex, high-value, multijurisdictional finance disputes across a range of industries. Her representative experience includes contested restructuring-plan proceedings, lender-led financial restructurings, debt-for-equity transactions, Canadian Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act matters, Chapter 11 proceedings, and international commercial and investment-treaty disputes. Before beginning her legal career, she worked in the mergers and acquisitions department of a global investment bank. Justine earned her JD from the University of Toronto and a commerce degree from McGill University. She is admitted through the Law Society of Ontario and belongs to the Insolvency Lawyers Association. Her current official profile and recent authored work confirm her continuing active disputes practice.

Practice Areas

• Restructuring Litigation
• Disputes and Investigations
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• UK and International Finance Litigation
• International Arbitration

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2016 (ON)