Jesse Mighton


Bennett Jones Jesse Mighton Partner Toronto 416.777.6255 mightonj@bennettjones.com Education Dalhousie University, BA (Hons.), 2007 University of Western Ontario, JD, 2011 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2012 Overview Jesse Mighton assists clients with complex cross-border restructuring and other insolvency and out of court restructuring matters. Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Jesse was a Vice President with CentreCourt Developments Inc., where he provided strategic advice across the full residential real estate development lifecycle, with particular focus on site acquisitions, joint venture structuring and governance, finance, and a range of operational issues. Previously, Jesse practiced restructuring and insolvency law with two leading Canadian firms. He was involved in a number of high-profile, cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters and advised a range of clients in distressed situations, including debtor companies, court officers, secured and unsecured creditor groups and other stakeholders. Jesse is a member of the board of directors of the Regent Park School of Music, a not-for-profit corporation providing extracurricular music programming to at-risk youth across the Greater Toronto Area. Jesse's recent public engagements include: Counsel to the debtors in UrtheCast Corp. Counsel to the debtors in Allied Track Services Inc. Counsel to the court-appointed receiver in Emerald Lodge Counsel to the senior secured lender in King Street Restaurant Group Counsel to the debtor in GFA World Counsel to the noteholders in Nabis Holdings Inc. Counsel to a critical supplier in Atis Group Experience • A consortium of six provincial and three territorial governments in a C$32.5-billion resolution with the tobacco industry to recover the healthcare costs associated with smoking • Nuance Pharma in its applications seeking the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award and the termination of a CCAA proceeding and the appointment of a receiver under the Courts of Justice Act • Duke Capital Limited in its investment in and restructuring of Creo Tech Industrial Group Inc. • Osisko Mining Inc. on its earn-in and joint venture on certain mineral properties held by Bonterra Resources Inc. in Quebec's Eeyou Istchee James Bay region. • Allied Track, in a $132.5-million debt restructuring pursuant to the proposal proceedings. This was in response to significant liquidity and cash flow issues, which commenced proposal proceedings pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in order to conduct a sale process in respect of substantially all of its assets and operations.

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