Aaron T. Collins

First Year of Call
2008

Areas of Practice
Financial Services

Description
When involved in a financing or restructuring transaction, Aaron’s experience and insight into the common issues faced by clients allows him to identify potential problems early and provide practical, common-sense solutions that help his clients achieve their objectives. His approach ensures that his clients can focus on running their business, instead of worrying about legal issues. A self-described deal junkie, Aaron thrives on getting deals done and will make sure your transaction gets across the finish line.

As the Co-Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Financial Services Group, Aaron’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial lending transactions with an emphasis on asset-based, syndicated, secured, mezzanine and subordinated debt, both domestic and cross-border. He also practises in the area of insolvency and restructuring law, including the 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.

Aaron regularly acts for a broad range of lenders, including domestic and foreign banks and asset-based lenders, borrowers in many different industries and unsecured creditors, court-appointed officers and other stakeholders on domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters.