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

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 secured creditor PNC Bank in enforcement proceedings against a private aircraft (aerospace)

• 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 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)

• Co-author : Cross-Border Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.
  Blakes Bulletin on Restructuring & Insolvency, July 8, 2024.
• Co-author : Nygård’s Impact: A Deep Dive into Substantive Consolidation in Canadian Insolvency Cases
  Blakes Bulletin on Restructuring & Insolvency, February 16, 2024.

• Chair : Fireside Chat with the Honourable Thomas J. McEwen
  Banruptcy and Insolvency Law Program, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, Ontario, September 21, 2023.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2022
JD, Dalhousie University – 2021
BSocSc (Summa Cum Laude), University of Ottawa – 2016