Jake Harris (he, him, his) Associate | Toronto

About Jake

Jake's practice covers all areas of restructuring and insolvency law, including CCAA, receivership and proposal proceedings, as well as out-of-court restructurings. Jake regularly represents debtors, court officers, DIP Lenders, secured creditors and unsecured creditors, with a focus on restructuring litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, as well as before the Alberta Court of King's Bench.

Jake joined Blakes as a summer student and subsequently articled with the Firm. He maintains a significant pro bono practice, assisting low-income Ontarians with bankruptcy matters and through the Pro Bono Ontario Hotline.

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Some of the cases on the public record in which Jake has been involved include acting for:

The court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of JTI-Macdonald Corp., involving over C$600-billion of claims asserted against it and the Canadian tobacco industry
The secured creditor NYDIG ABL LLC in the Iris Energy (IE CA 3 Holdings and IE CA 4 Holdings) British Columbia receivership proceedings (cryptocurrency)
The proposal trustee and receiver in the insolvency proceedings of Triple J Pipelines (Oil and Gas)
Certain secured creditors and the DIP Lenders in the CCAA proceedings of the Hudson's Bay Company (retail)
Red Lobster in its recognition proceedings under the CCAA (food and beverage)
The secured creditor PNC Bank in enforcement proceedings against a private aircraft (aerospace)
Multiple aircraft lessors in the proposal proceedings of Canada Jetlines (aerospace)
Multiple aircraft lessors in the CCAA proceedings of Lynx Airlines (aerospace)
A secured creditor in the CCAA proceedings of Ted Baker (retail)
Multiple unsecured creditors in the CCAA proceedings of the Nordstrom Canada entities (retail)
Multiple unsecured creditors in the CCAA proceedings of Mastermind GP Inc. (retail)
The Court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Galaxie Brands (cannabis)
The receiver and trustee in bankruptcy in the Mahal Venture Capital & Golden Miles Food insolvency proceedings (food and beverage)
The receiver in the Southmount et. al and Victoria et. al receivership proceedings (commercial real estate)