TMA Toronto

TMA Toronto board members and social media committee co-chairs Kathryn Esaw and Rob Stelzer kick off the year with a look at what's to come in 2022. Kathryn is a partner in Osler’s insolvency and restructuring group, where her practice focuses on proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act throughout Canada. As a partner in Grant Thornton’s Restructuring practice, Rob provides restructuring, financial advisory and financial modelling services.

Duane Morrison, vice president of deal origination at Cortland Credit Group and TMA Toronto social networking committee member, interviews Glenn Bowman, a senior managing director at Farber. Glen specializes in advising clients on acquisitions and divestitures, covering a broad array of industries from owner-managed businesses to multinational companies, as well as private debt and equity financings, financial restructurings, business and securities valuations, and fairness opinions.

Graham Page, a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and co-chair of the TMA Toronto nextGen Committee, interviews Mitchell Grossell, a corporate restructuring and insolvency lawyer at Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP. The discussion covers Mitch's involvement in some recent prominent insolvency cases (Laurentian University and Carillion), his strong opinions on Elon Musk's recent Twitter polls, and his conviction that Elon Musk is the real-life version of Tony Stark and will inevitably win the global billionaire space race.

Rachel (Bengino) Nicholson, a lawyer at Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP and chair of the TMA Toronto nextGen Committee, interviews Robert Thornton of Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP’s bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring group. Watch to the end of the interview to find out Bob’s tips for young insolvency practitioners (which everyone should hear!).

Jonathan Yantzi, a financial services lawyer at Aird & Berlis LLP and TMA Toronto social networking committee member, interviews Graham Phoenix, who leads Loopstra Nixon LLP’s bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring group.

Rob Stelzer, a partner at Grant Thornton, interviews Ayan Gangopadhyay, a senior account manager in the special credit group at Farm Credit Canada. Ayan is a veteran credit and finance professional specializing in agribusiness, agri-food and international trade finance. He's spent much of the last two decades as a troubleshooter, dealing with difficult situations in sales, adjudication and recovery and workout scenarios.