Our Services
We only practice in areas in which we excel.
Insolvency, restructuring and litigation
Reedman Law advises and represents businesses, individuals, directors, creditors and insolvency professionals in commercial disputes, financial distress and matters involving competing claims to assets.
Our work combines practical advice, negotiation and courtroom advocacy. We help clients understand their options, assess their legal and financial exposure, and pursue solutions through negotiated arrangements, litigation and formal insolvency proceedings.
Commercial Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructuring Law
Reedman Law advises businesses, individuals and insolvency professionals on financial distress, restructuring and insolvency disputes. We help clients assess their options, protect their interests and move forward through negotiations and court proceedings.
Advice and advocacy in financial distress
Our practice spans out-of-court workouts, formal business restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings, receiverships, foreclosures and related litigation. We advise clients at different stages of financial difficulty, from addressing creditor demands and negotiating repayment arrangements to navigating insolvency proceedings and contested claims.
We provide advice and representation in matters under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), as well as receivership and other debt enforcement proceedings.
Who we act for
We act for businesses and individuals facing financial distress, including borrowers, guarantors, directors and officers. We also represent insolvency professionals—including receivers, liquidators and licensed insolvency trustees—as well as creditors, investors, landlords, suppliers, employees and other affected stakeholders.
How we help
Business restructuring and debtor advice
We advise on out-of-court restructurings and workouts, negotiations with creditors, forbearance agreements and formal restructuring proceedings. We also assist directors and officers in assessing their obligations and potential personal exposure when a business encounters financial difficulty.
Bankruptcy proceedings and investigations
We represent clients in bankruptcy discharge applications, examinations under the BIA, bankruptcy investigations and disputes arising during the administration of bankrupt estates.
Receiverships, foreclosures and enforcement
We advise and represent clients in receiverships, security enforcement, mortgage foreclosure proceedings and asset realization processes. Our work includes responding to enforcement steps, addressing competing claims to assets and advising on CRA collection matters in the context of financial distress.
Insolvency litigation and appeals
We act in preference and fraudulent conveyance claims, disputes over asset transfers, directors’ liability proceedings and other insolvency-related litigation. We also represent clients on appeals arising from insolvency and enforcement proceedings.
Distressed business and asset purchases
We advise purchasers and work with their transaction counsel on offers for distressed businesses and assets, including acquisitions through formal insolvency sale processes. Our advice addresses the structure of proposed offers, insolvency-related risks and potential challenges to transactions.
Discuss your situation
Whether you are considering a restructuring, responding to creditor pressure or dealing with an insolvency dispute, contact Reedman Law to discuss your circumstances and the options available.
Personal Bankruptcy Law & Discharge Applications
Reedman Law helps individuals obtain discharges from bankruptcy, respond to objections and resolve disputes about debts that may survive bankruptcy. We provide practical advice and representation before, during and after bankruptcy proceedings.
Advice on moving forward
Bankruptcy discharge applications are a core part of our practice. We have represented clients in hundreds of discharge applications, including contested proceedings and bankruptcies that have remained unresolved for years.
Whether you are considering bankruptcy, preparing for a discharge hearing or dealing with an outstanding obligation, we help you understand the issues, assess your options and prepare the next steps.
How we help
Our work includes:
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Bankruptcy discharge applications: Preparing and presenting applications for discharge, including opposed applications and matters involving outstanding duties or previously adjourned hearings.
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Conditional discharge orders: Advising on discharge conditions and bringing applications to vary the terms of an order where appropriate.
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Advice before bankruptcy: Assessing the legal implications of bankruptcy, potential obstacles to discharge and alternatives such as proposals or negotiated arrangements with creditors.
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Consumer and Division I proposals: Advising on proposals, defaults and available remedies, including applications to revive a proposal or obtain permission to make a new proposal where applicable.
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Debts that may survive bankruptcy: Advising and representing clients in disputes under section 178(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA), including claims involving alleged fraud and regulatory liabilities.
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Student loan matters: Advising on the treatment of student loans in bankruptcy and bringing hardship applications where the statutory requirements are met.
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Appeals: Advising on and conducting appeals from discharge orders and other bankruptcy decisions.
Opposed and complex discharge applications
If your discharge is opposed, we help you understand the grounds of opposition, address outstanding requirements and prepare the evidence needed to advance your application. Depending on the issues, an opposition may be addressed through mediation or a court hearing.
We regularly assist with matters involving substantial tax debts, unresolved obligations to a trustee, disputed financial transactions and allegations concerning conduct before or during bankruptcy. Where bankruptcy overlaps with other proceedings, we work alongside clients’ civil litigation, family, criminal and regulatory counsel to coordinate the advice and representation they receive.
Experience before the Supreme Court of Canada
Our principal, Cody Reedman, represented the appellants before the Supreme Court of Canada in two cases concerning debts that may survive bankruptcy:
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Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28: Addressing whether administrative monetary penalties and disgorgement orders imposed by the BC Securities Commission survive a discharge from bankruptcy.
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Piekut v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 SCC 13: Addressing how the seven-year period governing the release of government student loans is calculated under the BIA.
This appellate work forms part of our broader practice in personal insolvency, discharge applications and disputes over the effect of bankruptcy on particular debts.
Understanding a bankruptcy discharge
A discharge generally releases an individual from debts covered by the bankruptcy, subject to exceptions under the BIA. Some debts survive a discharge, and certain obligations relating to the bankruptcy may continue. Obtaining a discharge and determining whether a particular debt is released are distinct legal questions. We advise on both.
Representation for trustees and creditors
We also act for licensed insolvency trustees and creditors in discharge proceedings, including objections to discharge, disputes about debts that may survive bankruptcy, and related applications and appeals.
Discuss your circumstances
If your bankruptcy remains unresolved, your discharge is opposed or you need advice about an order or outstanding debt, contact Reedman Law to discuss your circumstances.
Bankruptcy appeals are subject to short deadlines, often as little as 10 days. Seek legal advice promptly if you wish to challenge an order or decision.
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Litigation
We represent clients in commercial disputes involving contracts, loans, guarantees, and the ownership and management of businesses.
We pursue and defend debt claims and act in disputes over security and enforcement. Our work also includes claims involving alleged breaches of trust or fiduciary duty, or the misuse of corporate funds or assets.
We act in shareholder and corporate control disputes, including those involving financially distressed businesses.
We advise and represent clients from the early assessment of a dispute through negotiation, mediation, trial and appeal. At each stage, we consider the evidence, available remedies, costs and commercial consequences, helping clients assess their financial exposure, prospects of recovery and options for resolution.
Fraud, Tracing and Judgment Enforcement
We pursue and defend civil fraud claims and disputes involving misappropriated funds, concealed assets and transactions alleged to prejudice creditors.
Our work includes tracing funds and assets, investigating transfers and seeking court orders to preserve property or obtain information. We assess how civil proceedings, enforcement measures and insolvency remedies can work together, with attention to the available evidence, the location of assets and the practical prospects of recovery.
We assist with judgment enforcement in British Columbia, as well as the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
We also advise and represent clients in cross-border insolvency matters involving assets or proceedings in more than one jurisdiction.
Estate and Trust Litigation
Our estate and trust practice focuses on disputes involving debt, insolvency, financial misconduct and competing claims to property.
We advise on insolvent deceased estates and creditor claims against estates. We also act in disputes concerning alleged breaches of trust or fiduciary duty, misuse of estate or trust assets, and contested transfers of property.
Led by Cody Reedman, a Trust and Estate Practitioner, we advise and represent executors, trustees, beneficiaries and creditors.
We also work with estate and family lawyers when financial distress or insolvency complicates an administration, property dispute or proposed settlement, providing advice and representation on the insolvency and creditor issues that arise.
Tax Collection and Director Liability
We advise and represent individuals, businesses and directors facing collection action by the Canada Revenue Agency or provincial tax authorities.
Our work includes collection disputes, director liability claims, related assessment challenges and the treatment of tax debts in bankruptcy, proposals and restructuring proceedings.
We assess the available legal responses alongside the client’s financial position, potential personal exposure and options for resolving the debt. Where appropriate, we work with accountants and other advisers to coordinate a response that addresses both the tax dispute and the broader financial difficulties.
Security Reviews, Opinions & Secured Lending
We review loan and security documents with enforcement and insolvency disputes in mind. Our advice draws on experience challenging and defending secured claims in court.
We do not act as counsel to institutional lenders. We provide independent security opinions and advise private lenders, borrowers, guarantors, receivers and insolvency trustees.
Independent security opinions
We provide opinions for receivers, licensed insolvency trustees and proposal trustees on secured creditors’ claims. Our reviews address the validity and enforceability of those claims, together with the perfection and priority of the supporting security.
Pre-enforcement reviews
We review loan and security packages before enforcement to identify potential defects, assess whether corrective steps are available and evaluate the implications for an enforcement strategy.
Borrower and guarantor advice
We advise borrowers and guarantors on loan agreements, guarantees and security documents, both before signing and when default or enforcement becomes a concern.
Our advice addresses repayment obligations, the lender’s remedies, the assets subject to security and potential personal exposure.
Contested security and priorities
We act in disputes over the validity, enforceability and priority of security, including subordination disputes and claims involving preferences, fraudulent conveyances and transfers at undervalue.
Our work includes competing secured claims in receiverships, bankruptcies and restructuring proceedings.
Forbearance agreements
We negotiate and review forbearance agreements for lenders, borrowers and guarantors. Our advice addresses repayment terms, enforcement timelines, acknowledgments of debt, waivers and releases, additional security and the preservation of existing rights.
We help clients assess what is being exchanged for additional time, which obligations or defences may be affected, and how the agreement changes their position if enforcement resumes.
Foreclosure Law & Distressed Real Estate
We act in residential and commercial foreclosure matters in British Columbia, representing lenders, borrowers, property owners and guarantors. We provide advice from the first demand through negotiations, foreclosure proceedings and related enforcement.
Mortgage enforcement
We act for lenders and other secured creditors in foreclosure proceedings, including petitions, orders nisi, applications for conduct of sale and approval of sales.
We advise on the choice of enforcement remedies, including whether an order absolute is appropriate, and pursue available deficiency claims following a sale.
Foreclosure defence
We represent borrowers and property owners responding to foreclosure petitions and enforcement applications. We review mortgage balances, interest, fees and enforcement costs, including potential challenges under the Interest Act.
We assess options for reinstatement, refinancing or sale, seek extensions of redemption periods and negotiate forbearance agreements. We also review proposed sales and, where warranted, challenge the marketing process, price or terms.
Guarantees and personal liability
We pursue and defend claims under personal guarantees and advise guarantors on their exposure before enforcement begins. Our work includes reviewing guarantee terms and the enforcement history, assessing available claims and defences, and negotiating resolutions.
Receiverships and priority disputes
We represent clients in court-appointed receiverships involving development projects, rental portfolios and operating properties.
Our work includes the preservation and realization of property, sale processes and competing claims to assets or sale proceeds, including priority disputes involving builders lien claimants.
Distressed property purchases
We advise buyers acquiring property through foreclosure and receivership proceedings. Our work includes reviewing offers and sale terms, advising on court approval, and assessing the effect of proposed sale and vesting orders on title.
Yukon Practice
Advice and advocacy in financial distress and commercial disputes.
Reedman Law assists clients with Yukon matters involving financial distress, insolvency, commercial disputes and competing claims to assets.
Our Yukon work is led by Cody Reedman, who is admitted to practice in Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Yukon in bankruptcy proceedings.
We advise and represent businesses, individuals, directors, guarantors, creditors and insolvency professionals. Our work includes restructuring advice, debt and security disputes, personal insolvency proceedings, and asset recovery.
Based in Vancouver, we welcome direct inquiries and referrals from lawyers, accountants and insolvency professionals, including matters involving parties or assets in both British Columbia and Yukon.
Discuss your matter
Contact Reedman Law to discuss your legal issue, any upcoming deadlines and how we may be able to assist. We work with clients directly and alongside their existing lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers.