R. Graham Phoenix

Graham founded - and leads - the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice Group at Loopstra Nixon LLP. He is equally at home representing clients in the courtroom and the boardroom. In insolvency and restructuring scenarios, Graham’s experience spans all sectors of business and industry. He represents and advises clients in all matter of turnarounds, refinancings, reorganizations, distressed investments and sales, security enforcement, liquidations, and formal proceedings under Canada’s insolvency laws and other corporate/commercial statutes. Graham also has considerable cross-border experience. He has appeared in insolvency proceedings across Canada, before the Supreme Court of Canada, and in the US Bankruptcy Court. In both distressed and conventional corporate/commercial settings, he acts for businesses, lenders, creditors, investors, shareholders, entrepreneurs, trustees, and other court-appointed officers. Graham is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada; has taught as an adjunct professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law (TMU); and he is consistently recognized by his peers as a leading lawyer in the areas of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring Law. Graham is also a member of the “102.1 the edge” Hall of Fame for his work in radio.