Lawyer Profile
Ian E. Aversa
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Ian Aversa is Co-Leader of the firm's Restructuring & Insolvency Group and a member of the Financial Services, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Technology Groups.
Ian works with his clients to develop sophisticated acquisition, divestiture and recovery strategies, negotiate complex commercial agreements and financings, manage and strategize time-sensitive litigation matters and deliver business-focused solutions to a broad range of corporate and commercial issues.
Ian maintains an active restructuring and insolvency law practice focused on the corporate and litigation aspects of financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and distressed lending. He has been involved in many of Canada’s largest restructuring proceedings and is frequently retained to act for court officers appointed under the BIA, the CCAA and other corporate statutes.
Ian has extensive experience with regulatory receiverships and the appointments of receivers and trustees under the Securities Act, the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act and the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act. He also has significant experience negotiating the purchase and sale of distressed assets and businesses and structuring DIP financing and other distressed lending transactions.
Ian advises corporations, Schedule I banks and other financial institutions, court-appointed officers, secured creditors and bondholders, landlords, purchasers and financiers on domestic and international matters in a variety of industries, with a particular focus on financial services, technology, social media, retail, transportation, real estate, construction, mining and health care.
Ian regularly appears as counsel before Toronto’s Commercial List Court, well-known for both restructuring matters and complex business disputes.
Ian has authored a number of publications and is often called on to speak at industry conferences. He is the Past Chair of the National Insolvency Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Beaver Valley Ski Club.
In 2019, Ian was recognized by Lexpert as one of the leading lawyers under 40 in Canada.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2008 (ON)