IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025

2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025

Room 717 A, Level 700, MTCC

Session information

A multi-jurisdictional review of restructuring tools: can the company be saved?

Thursday 6 November (1430 - 1545)

Room 717 A, Level 700, MTCC

Committee(s)

Insolvency Section (Lead)

Description

Can restructuring tools really save corporate entities, and if they can, at what price to the junior creditors? 
This panel will consider a number of different restructuring tools in a number of different jurisdictions and consider:

•    the use of reverse vesting orders;
•    how are assets transferred and liabilities compromised?;
•    the involvement of the courts;
•    the increasing use of cross cram down powers in restructuring plans;
•    how courts approach the sharing of the restructuring surplus;
•    treatment of “ out of the money” creditors;
•    treatment of junior creditors who object to restructuring proposals.

The panel will have speakers from a number of jurisdictions including Canada, the United States, South Korea, and Chile who will comment on the restructuring tools in their jurisdictions.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Tushara Weerasooriya McMillan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Annual Conference Officer, Insolvency Section

Speakers

Brett Axelrod Fox Rothschild, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sy Nae Kim Yulchon LLC, Seoul, South Korea
Emily Paplawski Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ricardo Reveco Carey y Cia, Santiago, Chile; Co-Chair, Restructuring and Workouts Subcommittee