Peter J. Reardon Partner Vancouver Tel : 604.691.7460 Fax : 604.893.2377 Email : peter.reardon@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Professional Activities

Peter Reardon is a partner and the Chair of the Litigation Group in the Vancouver office of McMillan. Peter specializes in insolvency law. He also has extensive experience in commercial matters, banking litigation, conflicts of law, administrative and constitutional law.

Peter has represented clients at all levels of courts including appellate litigation in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, Appeal Division and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared in the Supreme Court of Yukon.

Special Recognition

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 as a leader in Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law.
• Listed in ^PLCWhich Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 as a recognized practitioner in Insolvency and Restructuring.
• Received a "BV" Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Memberships

• Insolvency Institute of Canada
• Canadian Bar Association, Insolvency Subsection
• Canadian Insolvency Foundation
• Insolvency Discussion Group
• International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
• Turnaround Management Association
• Vancouver Bar Association (former executive)

Peter has represented receivers, trustees, secured creditors and debtors in a number of bankruptcies, receiverships and re-organizations. National brokerage firms in securities disputes, a national franchisor in franchise disputes, and landlords in lease disputes have also sought Peter's counsel.

Peter has acted for secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, creditor committees, court-appointed monitors, Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) Lenders, receivers, acquirers of assets in insolvency situations and other related parties in many insolvency proceedings in British Columbia. His work has also included representing multiple financial institutions and other secured lenders in debt realization proceedings, particularly in mortgage foreclosure proceedings and personal property security realization.

Specific examples of Peter's recent representative work on behalf of his clients include:

• Acts for major secured creditor in Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceeding relating to "The Rise" development in Vernon, B.C.
• Acts for Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp. in successful restructuring under proposal provisions of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
• Acts for Deloitte & Touche Inc., monitor of Evergreen Gaming Corporation in Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceeding.
• Acted for Sphere Resources Inc. in successfully defending a bankruptcy petition in the Supreme Court Yukon.
• Acted for debtor companies in CCAA proceedings by The Cascades Residence Inc. and by Cross Lake Minerals Ltd.
• Acted for the Trustee of Unsecured Noteholders in re-organization of Ainsworth Lumber.
• Acted for Teck Cominco Limited (Teck) when it completed the acquisition of Global Copper Corp. by way of a plan of arrangement for aggregate proceeds of approximately $415 million payable in cash and Class B subordinate voting shares of Teck.
• Acted for Sierra Systems Group Inc. when acquired by Golden Gate Capital.
• Acted for Glamis Gold in its Plan of Arrangement with Goldcorp Inc.
• Acted for Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation in successfully opposing two bankruptcy petitions and receiving approval of a Plan of Arrangement under the Business Corporations Act.
• Acted for one of two secured creditors of New Skeena Forest Products in CCAA, receivership and bankruptcy proceeding.
• Acted for secured creditor in Pine Valley Mining CCAA proceeding.

Peter is a frequent lecturer for Continuing Legal Education programs and the Professional Legal Training course of the Law Society of British Columbia.  Recent engagements include:

November 05, 2008 Problems and Pitfalls in Initial CCAA Orders Speaker, Annual Commercial Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Vancouver, BC

February 11, 2008 International Colloquium on Social Claims in Insolvency Panelist, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Vancouver, BC

February 21, 2006 Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference Panelist, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Vancouver, BC