Jake Arthur Wilmshurst Harris

Jake's practice covers all areas of restructuring and insolvency law, including CCAA, receivership and proposal proceedings, as well as out-of-court restructurings. Jake regularly represents debtors, court officers, DIP Lenders, secured creditors and unsecured creditors, with a focus on restructuring litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, as well as before the Alberta Court of King's Bench.

Jake joined Blakes as a summer student and subsequently articled with the Firm. He maintains a significant pro bono practice, assisting low-income Ontarians with bankruptcy matters and through the Pro Bono Ontario Hotline.

Some of the cases on the public record in which Jake has been involved include acting for:

The court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of JTI-Macdonald Corp., involving over C$600-billion of claims asserted against it and the Canadian tobacco industry

The secured creditor NYDIG ABL LLC in the Iris Energy (IE CA 3 Holdings and IE CA 4 Holdings) British Columbia receivership proceedings (cryptocurrency)

The proposal trustee and receiver in the insolvency proceedings of Triple J Pipelines (Oil and Gas)