william ej skelly

WILLIAM E. J. SKELLY
Associé
T 604.640.4121
F 604.622.5880
Vancouver
[email protected]
Services bancaires et financiers
Transport
Chemin de fer
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LL.B., University of Manitoba, 1979
William E.J. Skelly is counsel in our Banking and Financial Services Law group. Mr.
Skelly practises in the corporate and commercial field with a focus on insolvency law,
corporate and commercial lending and real estate. He is widely recognized for his
expertise in the restructuring of national and international companies. His clients include
many of Canada’s largest financial institutions. His experience also encompasses
railway law, especially with respect to short-line acquisitions and financing.
British Columbia, 1988
Manitoba, 1980
Activités professionnelles
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, INSOL International
Member, Insolvency Institute of
Canada
Member, Law Society of British
Columbia
Member, Law Society of Manitoba
Turnaround Management Association
(TMA)
Mr. Skelly was a Provincial Council member of the Canadian Bar Association for a
number of years and remains a member of the business law, banking law, real estate
and insolvency subsections of the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Bar
Association.
Mr. Skelly has been active with the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) for
several years, having previously served in 2007 as the Association’s International
President. In 2008, he was named its chairman, the first Canadian to hold the position
in TMA’s 20-year history. Mr. Skelly currently serves as a Past Chairman of the TMA.
As well, he is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the country’s premier
private sector insolvency organization. Membership in the IIC is by invitation only and
limited to 135 practitioners. He is also a member of the Insolvency Lawyers' Association
(U.K.).
Furthermore, Mr. Skelly has been an active fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation of
Canada, United Way, and Ducks Unlimited (Canada).
Mr. Skelly is peer-rated as repeatedly recommended in the annual Lexpert survey. He
has been recognized in the 2012 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in transportation,
railroad. He is also recognized as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the area of
Asset-Based Financing in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada
(Woodward/White).
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
In the past 12 months

Acted for Willmington Trust (C$400 million) in Catalyst Forest Products’
Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act filling.

Acted for an unsecured creditor of C$123 million in connection with
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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement
Act filling.

Acting for Royal Bank of Canada (C$35 million) in receivership of large
commercial real estate development on Vancouver Island.

Acting for Ernst & Young in a receivership of a multi-unit residential
development in British Columbia interior.

Acting for California receiver in Ponzi scheme (US$80 million) to locate
fraudster and assets.

Acting for Alvarez & Marsal in respect of a receivership of a sawmill in
Northern British
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Contributor to Lexis Practice Advisor on Insolvency and Restructuring
regarding Forbearance Agreements.

Co-author, "To Forbear (or Not) - - The Inevitable Question", Annual
Review of Insolvency Law 2012, February 2013.

Presenter, Real Estate Woes, Annual Review of Insolvency Law,
February 8, 2013.

Presenter, Partnership Agreements, Insight Information - Major Business
Agreements Conference, September 2011.

Author, "Traditional turnarounds severely hampered by credit
clampdown", Financier Worldwide magazine, Issue 73, January 2009.

Co-Author, "Turnarounds - what's next?" Special Report, Turnaround &
Corporate Renewal, Financial Worldwide magazine, September 2008.

Presenter, Perfection of Personal Property Security Interests from a
Canadian Perspective and Cross-Border Insolvency Issues, The
Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Washington State Bar
Association, 2001.

Presenter, Rights and Remedies of the Debtor and Other Parties: A
Comparison of Canadian PPSA Legislation, Canadian Bar Association,
1995.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS

The Best Lawyers in Canada, Asset-Based Lending, 2016 and 2015.

Legal 500 Canada, Restructuring & Insolvency, 2015.

Lexpert Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining, Mining 2013.

Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Transportation (Road & Rail), 2015
and 2012.

Who’s Who Legal, Insolvency & Restructuring, 2012.

Turnaround Management Association, Honorary member of the
Turnaround, Restructuring and Distressed Investing Industry Hall of
Fame, 2013.
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