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Carole Hunter

Carole J. Hunter

Counsel
CalgaryToronto
About

Carole Hunter is experienced in all aspects of corporate restructuring including litigation and commercial ‎issues relating to receiverships, reorganizations, enforcement of security, reviewable transactions and ‎liquidations. ‎

Carole has represented a broad spectrum of clients including court-appointed monitors, receivers, trustees ‎in bankruptcy, purchasers, debtors, directors, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors and ‎suppliers in all types of Canadian and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings and ‎transactions.

Areas of FocusCorporateLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsRestructuring
Bar admissionsAlberta, 2010Ontario, 2000

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for a secured creditor in the receivership and Chapter 15 proceedings of Cuda Energy Inc. and its ‎affiliates.‎
  • Acted for the purchaser of the directional drilling assets in the proposal proceedings of Newsco ‎International Energy Services.‎
  • Acted for the interim lender and plan sponsor in the proposal proceedings and restructuring of Zargon ‎Oil & Gas Inc. and its subsidiaries.‎
  • Acted for a major secured creditor in the CCAA and Chapter 11 proceedings of BJ Energy Services LLC ‎and its affiliates.‎
  • Acted for the principal secured creditor and lien claimant in the receivership of Destiny Bioscience ‎Global Corp. and Destiny Biotech Inc.‎
  • Acted for the pension plan beneficiaries in the CCAA proceedings of Northern Transportation Company ‎Limited.‎
  • Acted for FairWest Energy Corporation in its CCAA proceedings.‎
  • Acted for SemCanada Crude Company and its affiliates in their cross-border restructuring under the ‎CCAA and Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.‎
  • Acted as Canadian counsel to International Automotive Components Group North America in its ‎acquisition of the soft trim division of Collins and Aikman.‎
  • Acted as Canadian counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of Calpine Corporation and ‎its affiliates in its cross-border restructuring under the CCAA and Chapter 11 of the United States ‎Bankruptcy Code.‎
  • Acted for Slater Steel Inc. and its affiliates in their cross-border restructuring under the CCAA and ‎Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.‎
  • Acted for the monitor, claims administrator and liquidator in the CCAA and OBCA proceedings of The T. ‎Eaton Company Limited.‎
Languages
  • English
Education
  • LL.B., Queen’s University, 1998
  • B.Comm. (with Distinction), University of Calgary, 1995

Awards

  • The Legal 500 Canada (Restructuring and Insolvency), 2018
  • Who's Who Legal: Canada (Restructuring and Insolvency), 2017

Publications

  • Author. “Please Release Me: The Evolution of Releases in Restructuring Proceedings”, Annual Review of Insolvency Law 2021 (Toronto: Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, 2022)
  • Author, “Supreme Court of Canada Decision in Redwater Clarifies the Landscape for the Oil & Gas Industry in Alberta”, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Litigation Alert, February 1, 2019
  • Author, “The Canadian Steel Industry - Forging a Future on Shifting Sands”, Restructuring Global Insight, May 9, 2018
  • Author, "When Worlds Collide:  Alberta’s Oil & Gas Industry Navigates the Insolvency Space”, Financier Worldwide, June 2017
  • Author, "Director & Officer Liability in Environmental and Other Oil & Gas Applications", The Negotiator, April 4, 2017
  • Author, "Red Water or Murky Water?", CAPL Negotiator, April 30, 2016
  • Author, "How Liability Exposure Goes Up for Directors & Officers in Tough Times", JWN Energy Oil & Gas News, April 2016

Seminars

  • Speaker, "What's New: Legislative Changes and Corresponding Caselaw", 16th Annual CBA National Insolvency Law Conference, November 18, 2022
  • Moderator, “Financial Strains: Cannabis Restructurings”, The 21st Annual TMA Northwest Cross-Border Conference, September 2022
  • Speaker, “Pushing Boundaries: Third Party Releases in Restructuring Proceedings”, The 19th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, February 2022
  • Speaker, “Duties and Liabilities of Directors in the Zone of Insolvency”, Canadian Bar Association, Debtor and Creditor Section, May 2020
  • Speaker, “All Eyes on the Resource Industry: The Implications of Third Eye v. Dianor”, The 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, February 2020
  • Speaker, “Model Orders 101: Receivership Order, Approval & Vesting Order and Discharge Order”, Canadian Bar Association, Insolvency Law Section, January 2020
  • Speaker, “CRA Claims and Best Strategies for Dealing with Them”, Canadian Bar Association, National Insolvency Law Conference, November 2019.
  • Speaker, “Risky Business: Protecting Against Counterparty Default and Insolvency Risk”, Petroleum Joint Venture Association, Breakfast Seminar, November 2016
  • Speaker, “The AER and Asset Transfers: A Primer on Regulatory Obligations and Risk”, Canadian Energy Law Fundamentals, 9th Annual Energy Law Fundamentals Seminar, November 2016
  • Speaker, “Cross-Canada Caselaw Update”, Canadian Bar Association, National Insolvency Law Conference, September 2016

Community Involvement

  • Member, Board of Directors, River Valley School, 2014-2016
  • Member, Board of Directors, Pace Kids, 2012
  • Member, Dine & Deals Committee in support of Providence Children’s Centre,  2010-2012

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Law Society of Ontario
  • Member, Alberta Template Order Committee
  • Member, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Western Canada Chapter‎
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association, Insolvency Law Section‎

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper advises Sawafi in its acquisitions of Newsco International Energy Services USA...

23 February 2021 .4 minute read

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Phone

+1 403 698 8782
(Work, Calgary)
+1 416 862 3351
(Work, Toronto)
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