Vicki Tickle 

overview

Vicki is a partner in McMillan’s Restructuring and Insolvency Group and has over 20 years of experience in the insolvency and restructuring field, having practised in Australia, England and Canada.

Vicki works with a wide range of clients, including lenders, insolvency professionals, challenged companies, suppliers, directors and officers, and other stakeholders, both in Canada and internationally.  She helps craft commercial solutions for clients in such diverse fields as technology, retail, independent power generation, mining, forestry, and manufacturing. 

Vicki is a keen promoter and supporter of women working in the insolvency and restructuring area and is the immediate Past Chair of the Western Canada Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).

Representative Matters

Vicki’s experience covers a wide range of matters, including:

• Counsel for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in its role as monitor in the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings of Kahunaverse Sports Group Inc. and Soccer Express Trading Corp.
• Counsel for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in its role as monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Quest University Canada.
• Counsel for Miniso Canada, a national retailer of Japanese lifestyle products, in connection with its CCAA proceedings.
• Counsel for Deep Sea Mining Finance Ltd., in its role as interim lender to Nautilus Minerals Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, in the Nautilus Group's CCAA proceedings.
• Counsel for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in its role as proposal trustee and trustee in bankruptcy of Resource Capital Gold Corp.
• Counsel for Deloitte Restructuring Inc. in its role as Court-appointed receiver of Wedgemount Power, the developer of an independent run-of-river power project near Whistler, British Columbia.
• Counsel for Physical Enterprises Inc., a health and fitness software development company, in relation to its successful Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act proposal proceedings and business sale.
• Acting for the monitor of a corporate group, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with forestry, pulp and paper operations and assets across Canada, in the United States and internationally.
• Acting for the monitor in the CCAA proceedings of a corporation engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining and milling of minerals, including tungsten.
• Acting for Canadian and international suppliers in connection with the CCAA proceedings of Target Canada and Toys “R” Us Canada.
• Advising an online fashion retailer regarding its insolvency and restructuring options.
• Acting as representative counsel for over 3,400 investors in connection with the CCAA proceedings of a failed investment scheme with debts of more than $370 million.
• Acting for the senior secured lender in connection with the receivership of a multi-jurisdictional haulage company.
• Acting for the court officer in respect of the receivership and bankruptcy of one of North America’s largest pet food and supply retailers.
• Acting for the senior secured lender in respect of the CCAA proceedings of a large scale resort development near Victoria, British Columbia.

Publications

News

Education

• Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales - 2005
• Admitted as a solicitor in Queensland - 1997
• University of Queensland, LL. B. - 1994
• University of Queensland, BA (English) - 1992

Year Of Call

• Called to the British Columbia bar - 2008

Directorships and Professional Associations

• Insolvency Institute of Canada
• Insolvency Section, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
• International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) – Past Chair, Western Canada Network
• Queensland Law Society
• Law Society of England and Wales

Awards & Rankings

• Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the area of Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
• Recognized in the 2020 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the area of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring: Financial Restructuring
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the area of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring Law
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2019) as a leading lawyer in the area of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring Law