Kenneth L. Kallish
Partner
Direct Line: (416) 369-4124
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
kkallish@mindengross.com
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Practice Areas:
Insolvency Law; Financial Reorganization and
Debt Restructuring; Debtor and Creditor Rights;
Secured Transactions
Ken is Chair of our Corporate/Commercial
Group and a member of our Insolvency Group. His
practice focuses primarily in the areas of
banking and insolvency law, debtor/creditor
rights, financial reorganization and
restructuring, secured financing transactions,
Personal Property Security Act matters and
resolution of commercial disputes. His clients
include many of the stakeholders affected by or
involved in formal and informal insolvency
proceedings and financial restructuring,
including lenders, debtors, suppliers and other
trade creditors, landlords, property managers,
trustees in bankruptcy, and private and
court-appointed receivers, interim receivers and
monitors. Ken also has experience in cross
border insolvency proceedings commenced under
the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and/or
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Ken has particular expertise in advising
special loans departments of lending
institutions. Specifically, Ken designs and
negotiates refinancing and restructuring
agreements including forbearance arrangements
for businesses experiencing financial
difficulties.
Ken has acted for debtors, creditors and
other stakeholders in the retail (particularly
clothing and jewellery) industries, as well as
the golf, automobile, nursery, travel,
construction, manufacturing and high-tech
industries. Ken also has expertise in complex
financings involving various industries,
including those involved in the sports club and
consumer-intensive industries.
Ken has been actively involved in Meritas,
having served as a member of its Board of
Directors for three years, as a Vice Chair and
Chair of the Member Relations Committee for two
years, and as Chair Elect for one year. Ken
served as Chairman of Meritas from April, 2007
to April, 2009.
Law School: University of Ottawa
(graduated Cum Laude)
Year of Call: 1983
Year Joined the Firm: 1983 |
Affiliations:
Canadian Bar
Association (Former Member, Executive Committee
of the Insolvency Section and past Program Co-ordinator)
Law Society of Upper Canada (former instructor
of Bar Admissions Course (Business Law))
INSOL International
International Bar Association
Canadian Management Turnaround Association
Meritas, Former Board Member, Vice-Chair and
Chair