Lawyer Profile
Jeremy Nemers
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Having previously worked as an investment banker at a Montreal-based securities dealer, Jeremy draws experience from both sides of the legal-business relationship. This background helps him better understand what clients are seeking and enables him to provide clients with customized and practical solutions. Jeremy’s perceptive nature allows him to anticipate possible outcomes and consequences as matters evolve, allowing him to represent clients’ interests strategically and effectively.
Jeremy is a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group, practising in the areas of insolvency and restructuring law, with an emphasis on both the litigation and commercial aspects of turnarounds, reorganizations, liquidations, security enforcement, receiverships, plans of arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, proposals and bankruptcies under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the purchase and sale of distressed assets and businesses.
Jeremy is an Executive Member at Large of the Insolvency Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, an Executive Member at Large of the National Insolvency Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) on behalf of court-appointed officers, secured creditors, purchasers, debtors and others. He also regularly negotiates the sale and purchase of distressed assets and other related matters on behalf of these various stakeholder groups.
Successfully represented RBC in obtaining an order appointing a receiver over CHG Canadian Holdings Inc. and Planta Queen Inc., entities associated with PLANTA, a vegan restaurant chain in Toronto.
Successfully represented RBC in Royal Bank of Canada v. J&R Transport Inc., in which the Court appointed a receiver over the Respondent’s assets to facilitate the recovery of secured debt in excess of $7 million.
Successfully represented RBC in Royal Bank of Canada v. 2531961 Ontario Inc. et al., where the Court appointed a receiver over the Respondents’ assets due to repeated delays, lack of transparency and failure to provide sufficient evidence of refinancing efforts.
Successfully represented RBC in Royal Bank of Canada v. Express GT Parts Serve Inc. et al., in which the Court held that RBC’s security interest extended to the collateral of a related entity after the original borrowers were voluntarily dissolved.
Successfully represented RBC in ensuring a receiver was appointed to manage the assets of Trans Emerge Transport Inc. in a $10.7-million debt case.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2014 (ON)