Jonathan B. Ross

Representative Work

Jonathan's representative engagements include:

• Counsel to Myra Falls Mine Ltd. in its restructuring under the CCAA and transition to care and maintenance status.
• Counsel to Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation and its affiliates in its cross-border CCAA and U.S Chapter 11 filing resulting in a successful sale to Mercer International.
• Counsel to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in its enforcement of secured loans to Explorer Marine and Bluewater Rigging.
• Counsel to the Bowra Group Inc. as bankruptcy trustee in the bankruptcies of the 3E Glass group of companies.
• Counsel to the Bowra Group Inc. as court-appointed receiver of Quinsam Coal Corporation, the owner and operators of a coal-mine near Campbell River, British Columbia.
• Counsel for cannabis marketplace company Eaze Technologies Inc. in its purchase of U.S. Hometown Heart assets from the court-appointed receiver of Canadian, multi-state cannabis brands platform, Dionymed Brands Inc.
• Counsel for the financial advisor to the government of a west coast indigenous nation with regard to the restructuring of its corporate businesses.
• Counsel for Deloitte, the court-appointed receiver of Network Intelligence Inc., a Vancouver-based privately held start-up developer of solid state drive controller solutions.
• Litigation counsel to functional food and natural health product company Phivida Holdings Inc. in regard to its negotiated acquisition by Choom Holdings Inc. by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Counsel to Export Development Canada, a secured creditor, in CCAA proceedings of Energold Drilling, a group of companies with mining, energy and infrastructure operations across the Americas, Africa and Europe.
• Counsel for Deloitte, the trustee of Mercator Minerals Ltd. and its subsidiary Creston Moly Corp. Vancouver-based mining companies with properties in Canada, the United States and Mexico, in a complex bankruptcy proceedings involving the sale of mineral properties, including the El Pilar Project in Sonora and resulting in the largest creditor distribution ever in a British Columbia bankruptcy.
• Litigation counsel to mineral property developer Urz Energy Corp. in regard to its merger with Azarga Uranium Corp. by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Counsel to Farm Credit Canada, a secured creditor, in the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings of ILTA Grain Inc., a major Canadian independent grain processor based in Vancouver with properties in BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
• Counsel to Export Development Canada, a secured creditor, in the receivership proceedings of Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. and UBS-Axcera Inc., an Ontario-based designer and manufacturer of audio and video digital transmission systems and components.
• Litigation counsel to precious metal streaming company Terraco Gold Corp. in regard to its negotiated acquisition by Sailfish Royalty Corp. by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Counsel for Export Development Canada, a secured creditor, in the receivership proceedings of the Kodiak Group of Companies, an Alberta-based full-service wireline company with operations in Canada and the United States.
• Litigation counsel to mineral property development company Renntiger Resources Limited in regard to its reverse-takeover by Roll-Up Capital Corp., a TSX-V listed capital pool company, by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Litigation counsel to mineral property development company Exeter Resource Corporation in regard to its negotiated acquisition by Goldcorp Inc., by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Counsel to Wells Fargo, secured creditor, in the Receivership of Hillman Yacht Sales Ltd. a Vancouver-based dealer of luxury yachts.
• Counsel to Purcell Basin Minerals Inc. in its successful restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act involving the Bul River Mine near Cranbrook, British Columbia.
• Counsel to The Bowra Group, Inc., the monitor in the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act filing of Crailar Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based developer and manufacturer of hemp fabrics with operations in the United States and Belgium.
• Counsel to Shinewing (Hong Kong), bankruptcy trustee, in the liquidation of significant shareholdings of the estate in a privately held British Columbia real-estate company.
• Counsel to the Bowra Group Inc. as receiver of Sable Fish Canada Inc. a fish farmer with operations at Saltspring Island and Kyuquot Sound, British Columbia.
• Litigation counsel to mineral property developer Tasman Metals Ltd. in regard to its combination with Flinders Resources Limited by way of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (BC).
• Counsel to the Stapleton Group as United States Chapter 11 plan administrator in regard to the liquidation of estate assets in British Columbia and prosecuting a claim for the recovery of estate funds paid to Canadian residents.
• Counsel to the Stanfield Mining Group of companies, a widely held private mining company, in its successful restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
• Counsel to three major Canadian chartered banks and numerous non-bank lenders with regard to the enforcement and recovery of large portfolios of small to mid-size secured loans and leases.