Ashley Taylor Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Ontario, Canada He is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and practices exclusively in the area of insolvency law and represents debtors, court-appointed officers, secured lenders and purchasers. He has frequently appeared in Commercial List matters before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal, focusing on Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act( CCAA) proceedings, court-appointed receiverships and bankruptcies. He has been recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers Canada and Benchmark Litigation Canda.
Guilherme
Vaz Leal da Costa Partner, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados and Co-head of Restructuring, Insolvency & Complex Litigation Practice, Río de Janeiro, Brazil Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ( LLB, 2009); Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ( Specialization in Civil
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Procedure Law, 2011); Université Sorbonne and Cornell Law School, Paris( International Comparative Law Joint Program, 2011); New York University School of Law, New York( LLM, 2016; Outstanding Leadership Award). His practice focuses on cross-border restructuring and bankruptcy, commercial arbitration and complex litigation. He is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association and the New York Bar.
Igal
Wizman Partner, EY-Parthenon, Nassau, Bahamas Leader for the EY region of The Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, with extensive experience in complex cross-border restructuring, corporate finance, performance improvement and distressed M & A experience. He is a Licensed Insolvency Trustee, a Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional, and has worked on engagements in several jurisdictions including The Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Hong Kong and other countries. He was one of the founding directors of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialist Association in the Bahamas and participates in numerous panels at industry conferences.
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