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Waël Rostom
Partner
Toronto
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Tel :
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416.865.7790
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Fax :
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647.722.6736
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Professional Experience
Waël Rostom is a partner in the firm's Restructuring Group. Waël's practice focuses on all matters relating to corporate insolvencies including workouts, court-supervised restructurings, bankruptcies, receiverships, the purchase and sale of distressed businesses, lending transactions, DIP financing and distressed loans and other forms of distressed investing.
Waël has advised banks, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, asset based lenders, directors and officers, shareholders, customers and suppliers in significant restructuring proceedings. Waël has also advised privately appointed and court appointed receivers, trustees in bankruptcy and court appointed monitors in properly and effectively discharging their statutory and other duties.
Over the years, Waël has been involved in numerous high profile domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings. Some examples of significant representative transactions includes representing Pliant in its current cross-border restructuring, the Pre-Petition Bank Syndicate to Quebecor World, the DIP Lenders to Indalex Limited and Linens 'n Things, the Informal Committee of Convertible Noteholders and two of the Plan Sponsors in Stelco Inc., and certain pre-petition Lenders to Air Canada.
Waël has significant experience in connection with automotive insolvencies. He has advised banks, OEMs and parts suppliers in connection with several automotive restructurings, including GBM Rivets & Fasteners, Niagara Machine Products, Windsor Machine, Dominion Springs, Vannatter/Solus, Cam-Tool & Die, Waltec Forgings, Hunjan International, Veltri Metal Products, Tiercon Industries and Autosystems Manufacturing.
Waël has significant experience and expertise in advising on the purchase and sale of par/near par and distressed loans and trade claims.
publications and presentations
Speaking Engagements
- Impact of Insolvency Law Amendments on Distressed Automotive Parts Supplier Cases, Presentation to Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, March 25, 2010
- Successfully Achieving a Distressed Company Turnaround to Best Maximize Value - The Canadian Institute's 9th Annual Advanced Insolvency and Restructuring Law - January 22-23, 2009, Toronto, Ontario
- Current Hot Topics and Restructuring Case Law Updates – 6th annual Commercial Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Insight Information - October 17, 2008, Toronto
- Cross Border and International Distressed Debt Opportunities - 2nd Annual Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum, International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC (iiBIG) - September 22-23, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Updates in Canadian Restructuring Case Law, 2007 CAIRP Annual Conference, Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP) - August 16-19, 2007, Mont Tremblant, Quebec
- The Evolving Role of Second Lien, Tranche B and Junior Debt: A Cross-Border Perspective - Advanced Asset Based Lending Conference - Insight Information - Toronto, Ontario May 9, 2008
- Current Hot Topics in Insolvency and Restructuring: A Survey, 5th Annual Commercial Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Insight Information - October 2, 2007, Toronto
- Global Distressed Debt Opportunities: Where Should Investors be Looking in Foreign Markets?, 10th Annual East Distressed Debt Investing Summit, Strategic Research Institute, June 25-26, 2007 - New York
- Insolvency Reform (YAWN): Why Should the Asset Based Lender Care? And Other Developments, 5th Annual Advanced Asset-Based Lending Conference, Insight Information, May 11, 2007 - TorontoPublications
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- debt products
- restructuring
- Canadian Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Turnaround Management Association
Called to the Ontario bar
- 2000
University of Ottawa, LLB
- 1998
Carleton University, B.Comm. (Hons.)
- 1993
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