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Raj S. Sahni

Partner

Partner |

T: 416.777.4804

Toronto

Sahni Raj
 
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T: 416.777.4804


Toronto

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Raj Sahni is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group and the chair of the firm's India Committee. His 20+ years of experience includes complex international and cross-border insolvencies, formal and informal debt workouts and restructurings, receiverships, bankruptcies, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act restructurings and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act proposals.

Chambers Canada

"Clients say he is 'very good at detailed legal agreement reviews,' while others say he 'is able to articulate complex issues in a very clear manner - he has the gift of being able to concisely and practically explain things.'"

Raj also acts for lenders and secured creditors in secured financing and asset based lending transactions and purchasers of assets and shares in insolvency proceedings and distress situations.

As chair of the firm's India Committee, Raj also assists the firm's Canadian clients in seeking out and realizing upon opportunities in the fast growing Indian market and assists Indian and multinational companies with investments and acquisitions in Canada, with a particular focus on distressed assets and companies. Raj is regularly sought out for his expertise in this area and has contributed numerous articles to the India Business Law Journal on India-Canada trade and investment issues.

Raj was recently named by the India Business Law Journal as one of the top 100 international lawyers for India-related matters.

Education

University of Toronto, BA, 1995, with honours University of Toronto, JD, 1998 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2000

Recent Experience

Court-appointed Monitor, in the Stelco Inc. (formerly U.S. Steel Canada) CCAA proceedings.
SunEdison Canada, in its CCAA proceedings.
Avenue Capital Management, in the Essar Steel Algoma CCAA proceedings.
Canadian Counsel to Detroit Windsor Tunnel LLC, in the American Roads sale process and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
2Source Manufacturing Inc., in its receivership proceedings.
Urbancorp Cumberland, 2 companies in the Urban CCAA proceedings.
Menkes Development Ltd., in the Target Canada CCAA proceedings.
Sino-Forest Corporation, in its CCAA restructuring.
Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co., in its CCAA proceedings.
Canadian Counsel to the bondholders in Nortel, involving international insolvency proceedings.

Recent Recognition

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Restructuring/Insolvency: Nationwide
Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
Ranked, Canada, Restructuring/Insolvency
Best Lawyers in Canada
Recognized in the area of insolvency and financial restructuring law
Expert Guides
Recognized as an expert guide in the area of banking, finance and transactional and restructuring and insolvency

 

India Business Law Journal International A-List
Recognized on International A-List

Insights, News & Events

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2021

February 22, 2021
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones is Recognized in Chambers Canada 2021

September 10, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2020

February 13, 2020
       

Blog

The New Duty of Good Faith in Canadian Insolvency Proceedings

January 27, 2020
       

Speaking Engagements

Raj Sahni Presents to the Canadian Bond Investors' Association Annual Conference

November 06, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' Leading Lawyers in Chambers Canada 2020

September 19, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Raj Sahni Appears Before the Canadian Senate Banking and Finance Committee

May 15, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Raj Sahni Presents at the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce Doing Business with India Seminar

March 28, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Raj Sahni Presents at the Association of Canadian Pension Managers Webinar on Enhancing Retirement Security

March 20, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2019

February 14, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Raj Sahni Participates in Consul General of India Roundtable on Insolvency and Bankruptcy

December 07, 2018
       

Blog

No Deemed Trust for Unremitted GST and HST Post-Bankruptcy

November 13, 2018
       

Announcements

Four Bennett Jones Practices Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global 2017

March 16, 2017
       

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