Our team has written on a wide range of topics. Check out some of our articles.
Jul 4, 2019
Mitch Vininsky
With his iconic lyrics Bob Marley famously pleaded “Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom?”. Borrowers in two recent distress rea...
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May 24, 2019
Noah Goldstein and Bobby Kofman
Over the past three years, KSV has been appointed to act on numerous distressed real estate mandates. We have closed dozens of transactions tot...
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May 15, 2019
Eli Brenner
An effective tool for owners of private companies, to attract and retain talented employees, is to offer them an ownership interest in the comp...
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Oct 17, 2018
| The Six-Minute Debtor-Creditor and Insolvency Lawyer 2018
A syndicated mortgage investment (SMI) is an arrangement in which more than one investor (i.e. lender) is involved in a loan or debt obligation secure...
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Oct 1, 2018
Noah Goldstein
| Commercial Insolvency Reporter
Imagine this scenario. A receiver brings a motion to sell an operating company’s assets. The second-ranking secured creditor objects to the sale. The...
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Jun 1, 2018
Mitch Vininsky
| Commercial Insolvency Reporter
Both model receivership orders and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act specifically authorize the court officer to apply for advice and directions to de...
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Nov 1, 2015
Robert Harlang and Mitch Vininsky
| American Bankruptcy Institue Journal
The recent case of Trillium Motor World v. General Motors of Canada, et al. provides a cautionary tale about the perils of an insolvent company reachi...
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Oct 1, 2015
Robert Harlang and Mitch Vininsky
| Commercial Insolvency Reporter
Since the re-emergence of the use of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in the 1980s, there has been an evolution in the role of the monitor.
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Sep 1, 2015
David Sieradzki
| Journal of Insolvency Institute
Commercial insolvencies do not have to be, in every instance, a zero sum game — a situation where one party’s gain is equal to another party’s loss…
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Aug 1, 2015
Robert Harlang and Mitch Vininsky
| American Bankruptcy Institue Journal
The recent release of the decisions in Nortel Networks’ cross-border insolvency proceedings has reignited discussions on what is fair and reasonable.....
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