James D. Gage

James D. Gage

Jamey Gage is a partner in our Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group in Toronto. He practises in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring and has extensive experience advising creditors and debtors in work-out, receivership, bankruptcy and CCAA proceedings in both Canadian and international contexts.

The significant matters in which Mr. Gage has been involved in recent years include acting as counsel for:

· Algoma Steel, with more than $1 billion of debt, in its restructuring proceedings under the CCAA;

· a significant group of aircraft financiers in connection with Air Canada's restructuring proceedings; and

· Stelco, Canada's largest integrated steel producer, in its restructuring proceedings under the CCAA.

Mr. Gage provides advice on insolvency issues in structuring transactions and on the effect of insolvency proceedings on derivatives.

He is listed in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a leading lawyer in the area of restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Gage is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the 2007 Guide to the U.S./Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada by Lexpert in the area of insolvency and corporate restructuring.

He received his HBA in 1988 and his LLB in 1991, both from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Gage was called to the Ontario bar in 1993.