Maria A. Konyukhova
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Toronto, ON
Maria is a partner in Stikeman Elliott's Insolvency and Restructuring Group. She exclusively practices in the area of insolvency law, representing debtors, court appointed monitors, court officers, secured lenders and purchasers. She frequently appears in Commercial List matters before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, focusing on Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings and restructurings under corporate statutes, court-appointed receiverships and bankruptcies. Maria has also appeared before the Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba Courts in restructuring matters. She has been a guest lecturer on restructurings at the Osgoode Hall Law School LLM program, the University of Western Ontario Law School and at numerous conferences. Maria is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada (IIC), INSOL International, the Turnaround Management Association, the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Ontario Bar Association.
Louis L'Heureux
Department of Justice
Toronto, ON
Louis L'Heureux is an experienced tax litigator with the Department of Justice Canada. He has developed a unique expertise in the area of Crown priority and deemed trusts. He completed a master's degree in taxation in 1999, writing his thesis on the Crown's deemed trusts. In the past 20 years, Louis has been counsel for the Crown on several key court cases that shaped the deemed trust mechanism in Canada, including the recent Toronto-Dominion, Callidus and Canada North Group matters. He has frequently given presentations on Crown priority and the deemed trust mechanism, and has authored several publications on the deemed trust, both in English and French, including a book published by Carswell in 2002 (updated in 2009) - La fiducie réputée de la Loi de l'impôt sur le revenu.
Melanie MacKenzie
Alvarez & Marsal
Toronto, ON
Melanie MacKenzie is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Toronto. She advises debtors, secured creditors, and corporate boards and executive management in out-of-court processes and in Court-appointed capacities under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and has worked on numerous cross-border cases involving Chapter 11 or Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. With more than 16 years of turnaround consulting and corporate restructuring expertise, Ms. MacKenzie has considerable experience in strategic planning, development and evaluation of business plans and financial models, assessment of viability and restructuring alternatives, distressed refinancing and negotiation of credit agreements, managing sale processes, and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements. Ms. MacKenzie has worked with clients across a wide range of industries including, agriculture, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceutical, and retail with companies with revenues ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). She is a Board member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), a member of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, and is a member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals.
Diane H. Winters
Department of Justice
Toronto, ON
