Natalie Levine* (she/her/hers) is a partner at Cassels and serves as Co-Chair of the Restructuring & Insolvency Group. As a former US practitioner, Natalie’s strength is in working with US-based clients to understand the challenges of the Canadian insolvency landscape and developing solutions in complex proceedings. Her practice focuses on corporate restructurings, with an emphasis on debtors, court officers, DIP lenders and informal committees in cross-border proceedings. Her restructuring matters encompass a variety of industries including mining, oil and gas, retail, manufacturing, transportation and entertainment.
A few of Natalie’s recent and public representations include acting for:
- The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border insolvency proceedings of Neveda Copper
- The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border insolvency proceedings of LTL Management
- BioSteel in connection with its cross-border insolvency proceedings
- LoyaltyOne Co. (dba AirMiles) in connection with its cross-border insolvency proceedings and the sale of a major Canadian rewards program
- The court-appointed information officer in the cross-border insolvency proceedings of Yellow Corporation
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Voyager Digital in the company’s cross-border insolvency proceedings
- Sungard AS Holdings and its affiliates in their cross-border insolvency proceedings
- Payless ShoeSource and its affiliates in the company’s chapter 11 and CCAA proceedings
- Former directors and officers of Sears Canada Inc. in connection with the Sears Canada CCAA proceedings and related litigation
- Connacher Oil and Gas Limited in its CCAA proceedings
- Grant Thornton as court-appointed Monitor in the Toys “R” Us (Canada) Ltd. cross-border insolvency proceedings
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. in a cross-border litigation and insolvency proceeding
- The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of BPS US Holdings Inc. in the company’s chapter 11 and CCAA proceedings
Natalie is active in insolvency associations including IWIRC and TMA where she is a member of the editorial advisory board of the TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal. Natalie is frequently asked to speak on comparative US and Canadian restructuring issues, and has served as guest lecturer at the University of Windsor.
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