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This Could Be ‘The One’: Considerations for When a Property Developer Faces Insolvency

Introduction

A few weeks ago, real estate practitioners, investors, speculators, lenders and aspiring homeowners were all surprised to learn that The One, a monster development at 1 Bloor St. West in Toronto, was being placed into receivership. The project undertaken by Sam Mizrahi and his company, Mizrahi Inc., is slated to be an 85-storey mixed-use residential tower in the heart of the city, comprising retail stores, a restaurant, a hotel and luxury residential suites. It would be an iconic addition to Toronto’s growing skyline…

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP, Supply chain, Coronavirus, Commercial tenant, Insolvency, Receivership, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, British Columbia Supreme Court
Insolvency reform: more equity for directors and less equity for shareholders?

Summary

In an exciting week for insolvency, the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law has released a package of reforms to Australia’s corporate insolvency laws. This reform package includes:

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Norton Rose Fulbright, Shareholder, Unsecured debt, Class action, Debt, Duty of care, Moratorium, Business judgement rule, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)