Thomas Gertner

Thomas Gertner is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, practising in the firm's Financial Institutions & Services Group. His practice focuses on a broad range of commercial matters, with an emphasis on banking and insolvency law.

As part of his insolvency practice, Thomas regularly advises lenders, debtors, and other stakeholders in complex restructurings, including consensual and contested proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, as well as informal workouts.

Thomas also maintains a robust practice advising lenders in developing and implementing retail credit programs in Canada, including in the country's burgeoning FinTech market.

Thomas is a graduate of the joint JD/MBA program at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business.

He has completed secondments in the legal department of the auto finance group of a Schedule I Bank and at a national captive finance company.