PRACTICE PROFILE
Sharon Urquhart is the practice group leader for the firm’s Insolvency & Restructuring and Environmental Law Practices.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Provides advice to institutional and private lenders and borrowers regarding enforcement proceedings, such as foreclosure, receivership, bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings
- Provides advice to all types of creditors and other affected parties concerning insolvency proceedings generally, including bankruptcy proposals and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings
- Provides advice to clients, including lenders, on all types of environmental issues, including on their rights, duties and obligations under the Environmental Management Act
- Has considerable experience in commercial lending, and has represented financial institutions, private lenders and borrowers in all types of lending transactions
REPRESENTATIVE CASES (Insolvency)
- New Future CCAA proceeding - represented mortgagee of multiple properties, including negotiation of plans of arrangement and forbearance agreements
- Nortel Networks CCAA proceeding - represented a supplier in relation to a variety of matters, including cross border issues
- Pope & Talbot CCAA proceedings – represented several creditors in relation to fraudulent preference actions commenced by the trustee in the related US proceedings
- Redfern Resources CCAA and Receivership – represented US lien holder in acquiring title to a hoverbarge
- West Bay CCAA – represented warranty claimant
- Pine Valley CCAA proceedings – represented supplier in extensive negotiations relating to plan and intercompany debt claims
- New Skeena Forest Products Inc. bankruptcy – represented insurer in relation to various matters
- Mariposa CCAA proceedings - represented landlords
- 360 Networks CCAA proceeding - Represented large equipment lessor and landlord
- Domans CCAA proceeding - Represented several suppliers
- Acted for ski hill operator in restructuring
REPRESENTATIVE CASES (Environmental)
- Acted for property owners in relation to actions to recover costs of remediating contaminated sites
- Advised property owners and others in relation to Ministry of Environment issues, including certificates of compliance and other regulatory instruments
- Provided advice in relation to emergency response matters
- Provided advice in relation to remediation orders and other regulatory proceedings
- Advised on remediation agreements and other arrangements to facilitate the remediation of contaminated sites
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
- Lecturer on many in-house seminars on insolvency issues, environmental law and conflicts of interest
- Client seminars on insolvency issues and environmental matters
- Lecturer for Professional Legal Training course on foreclosures
- Part-time faculty member Kwantlen University College, Equine Studies, Law & Ethics
- Lecturer for Continuing Legal Education on Personal Property Security Act issues.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Canadian Bar Association, Member
- CBA Insolvency and Environmental Subsections, Member
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Member
- Environmental Managers’ Association, Member
- British Columbia Environment Industry Association, Member
- Horse Council of British Columbia, Member
