John is a partner of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, a major national Canadian full-service law firm. He has been a member of the firm for 29 years and is based in its Toronto office.
His practice focuses on insolvency and commercial litigation and arbitration. In his insolvency practice, John has acted for insolvent companies, Monitors, trustees, receivers, and secured and unsecured creditors. He has been involved in numerous cross-border insolvency proceedings.
John has been involved in the Inter-Pacific Bar Association for well over a decade, including acting as Co-Chair of the Insolvency Committee (2018-2022) and Vice Chair (2014-2018).
He has been recognized for his work in the Legal 500 Canada for dispute resolution, by the IFLR 1000 for financial restructuring, and by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (for Insolvency—Financial Restructuring and Insolvency—Insolvency Litigation).
