David Bish

David is one of Canada’s leading insolvency lawyers. He brings highly experienced counsel in insolvency and restructuring mandates, with a focus on creative solutions and practical perspective for clients navigating distressed circumstances. As the head of Torys’ Corporate Restructuring and Advisory Practice, David regularly advises across all aspects of bankruptcy, proposals, wind-ups, liquidations, reorganizations, restructurings, receiverships and security enforcement, and advising boards of directors on corporate governance issues in distressed circumstances. He has extensive expertise in plenary and ancillary cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, and brings a wealth of experience to commercial financing, private equity and M&A transactions. David’s long track record as corporate and litigation counsel to a wide range of parties—leading corporations, financial institutions, distressed investors and accounting firms—gives him a nuanced perspective of stakeholder interests on large, complex insolvency and restructuring transactions, helping clients navigate challenges and advance their business objectives. · Torys

CanadaInsolvency & Restructuring, Corporate / M&A

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David is a leading Canadian insolvency lawyer who heads Torys’ Corporate Restructuring and Advisory Practice. He advises on all aspects of bankruptcy, proposals, wind‑ups, liquidations, reorganizations, restructurings, receiverships and security enforcement, and has extensive experience with cross‑border insolvency, commercial financing, private equity and M&A matters.

Practice areas

Insolvency & RestructuringCorporate / M&ABanking & FinanceCorporate GovernanceCross-Border Insolvency

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Canada

Torys · David is one of Canada’s leading insolvency lawyers. He brings highly experienced counsel in insolvency and restructuring mandates, with a focus on creative solutions and practical perspective for clients navigating distressed circumstances. As the head of Torys’ Corporate Restructuring and Advisory Practice, David regularly advises across all aspects of bankruptcy, proposals, wind-ups, liquidations, reorganizations, restructurings, receiverships and security enforcement, and advising boards of directors on corporate governance issues in distressed circumstances. He has extensive expertise in plenary and ancillary cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, and brings a wealth of experience to commercial financing, private equity and M&A transactions. David’s long track record as corporate and litigation counsel to a wide range of parties—leading corporations, financial institutions, distressed investors and accounting firms—gives him a nuanced perspective of stakeholder interests on large, complex insolvency and restructuring transactions, helping clients navigate challenges and advance their business objectives.

Canada

Expertise

Bankruptcy and proposalsWind-ups and liquidationsReorganizations and restructuringsReceiverships and security enforcementCross-border insolvency and restructuringCommercial financingPrivate equity and M&A transactionsAdvising boards on governance in distressed circumstances

Admissions

Ontario Bar, 1999