Adam C. Maerov

Partner


Calgary

Tel : 403.215.2752
Fax : 403.531.4720

Email : adam.maerov@mcmillan.ca
VCard : vcard

Professional Experience Adam Maerov is a partner in the firm's Corporate Restructuring Group. As a member of the group, Adam's practice includes all aspects of insolvency law including workouts, reorganizations, bankruptcies, receiverships, liquidations and security enforcement.

Adam has advised banks, financial institutions, asset based lenders, hedge funds, borrowers, directors and officers, customers, unsecured creditors and suppliers in domestic and cross-border restructuring proceedings, including Air Canada, Stelco, Roman Corporation, Ivaco, Spiegel (Eddie Bauer), Pliant Corporation, Quebecor World Inc. (now World Colour Press), Nortel, Canwest Media Inc., Canwest Limited Partnership and Crystallex International Corporation.

Adam regularly advises court appointed receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, monitors and purchasers of distressed assets.  Adam has written and spoken about recent amendments to the BIA and CCAA in relation to Eligible Financial Contracts debtor in possession financing, governance, distressed investing and other matters.

Special Recognition

  • Ranked by Chambers Global: the World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2013 in the area of Restructuring/Insolvency
  • Ranked by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 & 2012 - "Up and Coming"

publications and presentations
March 18, 2013
increased security: the ERCB revises the licensee liability rating program
oil and gas bulletin
January 2013
Canadian and American Financing Transactions and Insolvency Proceedings - Key Differences
Co-Presenter, McMillan Corporate Seminar, San Francisco, California
November 2012
clarifying COMI: locating a debtor's centre of main interests
litigation bulletin
September 2012
lifting the stay – is the "doomed to fail" argument doomed to fail?
restructuring and insolvency bulletin


  • debt products
  • restructuring

  • Canadian Bar Association
Called to the Ontario bar - 2003

University of Toronto, JD - 2002

University of Alberta, B.Comm. - 1996