Sam Gabor

Representative Work

Mantle Materials Group Ltd.: Acted as counsel for the debtor owner of several aggregate (gravel) pits in Alberta located on public and private lands in the debtor’s BIA Division I Proposal and CCAA Proceedings.

Candesto Enterprises Corp. et al.: Acted as counsel for Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. as the court appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of three debtor companies which install traffic control, roadside safety and barrier systems.

Razar Contracting Services Ltd.: Acted as counsel for Ernst & Young Inc. as the Receiver and Manager of a general construction contractor carrying on business in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.

Cyxtera Canada: Acted as counsel to Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. as the foreign representative of its affiliates Cyxtera Canada, LLC, Cyxtera Communications Canada, ULC and Cyxtera Canada TRS, ULC in Canadian CCAA recognition proceedings of Cyxtera's United States Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Polar Window of Canada Group of Companies: Acted as counsel for the senior secured lender and debtor-in-possession interim lender of a group of debtor entities in the window, door, and glass fabrication and sales industry with operations in Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick.

Plaza 1000: Acted as counsel to the senior secured lender appointing MNP Ltd. as receiver over a commercial property in downtown Calgary.

Merit Functional Foods Corporation: Acted as counsel to two senior secured lenders appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers as receiver over a sophisticated pea processing plant in Manitoba.

Private Dental Clinic: Acted as counsel to the senior secured lender appointing MNP Ltd. as receiver over a dental clinic.

Private Medical Clinic: Acted as counsel to the senior secured lender appointing BDO Canada Ltd. as trustee over a medical clinic.

Vertex Downhole Ltd.: Acted as counsel for MNP Ltd. as Proposal Trustee and Receiver an oil and gas equipment provider with operations in Calgary, Texas and the Middle East.

Curbie Cars Inc.: Acted as counsel for Grant Thornton Limited as Trustee of a bankrupt technology company with operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

F1rst Auto Rentals: Acted as counsel for Grant Thornton Limited as Trustee and Receiver of a rental car company in Saskatchewan.

Kings Cargo Express Ltd.: Acted for the senior secured lender appointing a receiver over two debtor companies in the trucking service industry.

Crowfoot Land & Livestock Corporation: Acted for the senior secured lender appointing a receiver over the debtor company and an individual in the agriculture sector.

Strategic Group of Companies: Acted for Alvarez and Marsal Canada Inc., LIT, as the Interim Receiver and subsequent Receiver in a receivership of numerous debtor entities known as the Strategic Group of Companies, whereby the Receiver took care and control of 58 commercial, retail and residential properties across British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and later sold 30 properties to special purpose subsidiaries of the TELUS Pensions Master Trust via four separate Approval and Vesting Orders for an approximate purchase price of $540,000,000. The Receiver also commenced a claims process for the purpose of distributing funds to unsecured and other priority creditors whose claims were vested out as part of the transaction, amongst other matters in the proceedings.

ACCEL Canada Holdings Limited and ACCEL Energy Canada Limited: Acted for a secured creditor in a CCAA restructuring of the debtor entities in the oil and gas industry.

Corner Equipment Ltd.: Acted for a secured equipment lender in a BIA Division 1 Proposal.

Litz & Sons Company Limited: Acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Court Appointed Interim Receiver and subsequent Proposal Trustee in a BIA Division 1 Proposal for a crane company. Presented written and oral argument to the Manitoba Court of Appeal in an appeal of the Court approval of the proposal.

390 Assiniboine Ave Inc.: Acted for the secured lender in successfully obtaining an Order appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Receiver over an unfinished 17 story condominium building.

Burnell Apartments: Acted for Grant Thornton Limited as the Receiver of an apartment building in downtown Winnipeg.

The Axe Houghton Group: Acted for the senior secured lender of a group of interrelated Canadian and U.S. companies selling heating units.

Don's Photo Shop Ltd.: Acted for the debtor owner of a chain of retail camera companies in obtaining an Approval Order for a BIA Division 1 Proposal.

McDiarmid Lumber: Acted for the senior secured lender in the CCAA of a retailer hardware store company.

The Puratone Corporation: Acted for the debtor company in a CCAA of Manitoba's previous largest hog producer.

Global Foods and Ingredients Inc.: Acted as counsel for Farm Credit Canada as secured lender of a purchaser and processor of plant-based foods and ingredients operating out of Ontario with its primary assets in Saskatchewan.