Having worked on some of the most significant Canadian and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings, Scott brings extensive experience and strategic guidance to clients in their most complex deals and cases.
Scott advises clients in all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency, including court proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, plans of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, sales proceedings, debtor-in-possession/interim financing loans, and receiverships, as well as out-of-court transactions involving negotiated workouts, recapitalizations, debt exchanges, re-financings, distressed investments and acquisitions. Scott’s broad experience spans a range of sectors and industries, including real estate, construction and life sciences.
—Chambers Canada, 2024
2016-2025 | Chambers Canada—Leading lawyer in restructuring/insolvency |
2008-2024 | Chambers Global—Leading lawyer in restructuring/insolvency |
2025 | The Legal 500—Leading partner in restructuring and insolvency |
2008-2023 | IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms—Highly regarded in restructuring and insolvency |
2009-2025 | Best Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in insolvency and financial restructuring law |
2015-2024 | Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in insolvency and financial restructuring |
2008-2023 | The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in insolvency litigation and financial restructuring |
2011-2023 | Who’s Who Legal—Thought Leader in restructuring and insolvency, Global and National leading lawyer in restructuring and insolvency |
2019, 2013 | Expert Guides: The World’s Leading Experts in Restructuring and Insolvency |
2018 | Lexpert/Thomson Reuters’ Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada—Most frequently recommended in insolvency |
2012-2014 | Lexpert/Thomson Reuters’ Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers—Leading cross-border practitioner in insolvency and financial restructuring and leading lawyer in insolvency litigation |
Scott is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the Turnaround Management Association, the Insolvency Section of the Ontario Bar Association, INSOL International, the Canadian Insolvency Foundation and the Commercial List Users’ Committee.
He is a widely published authority on restructuring and insolvency issues; he has published articles in Canadian Bankruptcy Reports, Credit and Banking Litigation Quarterly and Commercial Insolvency Reporter, and authored papers presented to INSOL International, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Insolvency Institute of Canada. Scott also serves as the Ontario editor of Commercial Insolvency Reporter.