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emorris@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 869 5352
Fax: 416 640 3166

Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
Canada

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Eleonore Morris

Eleonore is a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Group and the Financial Services Group.  Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring, banking and financing as well as commercial litigation.

Eleonore has assisted on matters dealing with debt recovery and security enforcement, receiverships, CCAA proceedings, BIA proposals and bankruptcy discharges.  She is well-versed on a broad range of secured and unsecured lending transactions, syndicated lending transactions, and acquisition financings, and has also assisted in contract disputes, construction lien disputes, and RSLA matters.

Eleonore has experience representing both institutional and non-bank lenders and has acted for both debtors and creditors, including secured and unsecured parties across a variety of industries.

Some of the matters in which Eleonore has been involved are: 

  • The CCAA plan and compromise of Nortel Networks Inc. et al.
  • The CCAA plan and compromise of Priszm Income Fund et al.
  • The CCAA plan of compromise of Bruce R. Smith Limited and John Henry Smith Land Inc.
  • The receivership of Penex Metropolis Ltd. et al.

Eleonore received her B.A. from Dalhousie and studied law at Queens University.  During her time at Queens, Eleonore was awarded the Dennis Marshall Contribution Award for her work within the faculty.

Eleonore enjoys reading and travelling, and is active with many charitable organizations across the country.
 

Education

J.D., Queens University, 2008
B.A. (Anthropology and Sociology), Dalhousie University, 2005

Call to the bar

Ontario, 2009

Associations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
  • Turnaround Management Association

 

 


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