Jerritt R. Pawlyk

Partner
Edmonton
About

Jerritt Pawlyk is a partner in DLA Piper's Restructuring and Insolvency Group. He advises all stakeholders in complex insolvency, restructuring and enforcement matters.

With over two decades of experience, Jerritt acts for clients across a broad range of industries and at every stage of the insolvency process, including proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, receiverships, bankruptcies, enforcement proceedings and related commercial disputes. He is known for practical, results-oriented advice in matters involving competing stakeholder interests, urgent court applications and challenging business realitie.

Clients turn to Jerritt for his judgment, advocacy and ability to develop creative solutions in high-pressure situations. He has acted in significant CCAA and receivership proceedings involving lenders, leasing companies, noteholders, landlords, monitors, secured creditors and critical suppliers.

Jerritt is recognized by The Legal 500 Canada for restructuring and by Best Lawyers in Canada for insolvency and financial restructuring law and is a member of INSOL International and the Turnaround Management Association.

Areas of FocusRestructuringLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsConstruction and EngineeringFinancial Services
Bar admissionsAlberta, 2006

EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel to a major leasing company in the CCAA proceedings of Independent Energy Corp.
  • Acting for a secured lender in the Accurate Group CCAA proceedings
  • Canadian counsel to a multinational leasing company in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Yellow Corp. 
  • Counsel to noteholders in the CCAA proceedings of the J.W. Carr Group
  • Counsel to the Monitor Ernst & Young Inc. in the CCAA proceedings of Midnight Integrated Financial Inc. et al. 
  • Counsel to Abbey Resources Corp. in its proceedings under the CCAA
  • Represents a secured creditor and Critical Supplier in the CCAA proceedings of Dominion Diamond ‎Mines
  • Represents a secured creditor in the CCAA proceedings of JMB Crushing Systems Inc.‎
  • Counsel to the primary lender in the Receivership of Destiny Bioscience Global Corp. ‎
  • Acts for a secured lender in the Receivership of Westpoint Capital Corporation
  • Represented the first secured lender in the CCAA proceedings of Kolsy Homes Ltd. and Rivairo Capital ‎Corporation
  • Represented a primary lender in the Receivership of Reid Built Homes
  • Acted for the Court Appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Rotating Right Inc. ‎
  • Represented a major multi-jurisdictional Landlord in the CCAA proceeding of Advanced Engineering ‎Products Group
  • Counsel to a Landlord in the CCAA proceedings of Nortel Networks
  • Acted for multiple condominium corporations in the CCAA proceedings of the Medican Group of ‎Companies ‎
  • Acted for secured equipment finance company in the CCAA proceedings of Cow Harbour Construction
Languages
  • English

Awards

The Legal 500 Canada

  • Recommended, Restructuring, (2022 – 2023) 
Additional Recognitions
  • Recognized, Edmonton Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2025 – 2026)
Education
  • LL.B., University of Alberta, 2005‎
  • B.A., University of Alberta, 2001‎

Publications

  • Co-author, "Environmental Claims and Liabilities in Insolvency and Restructuring," Canada chapter, INSOL International, 2024
  • Co-Author, "Alberta Court of Queen's Bench reaffirms validity of "priority flip" upon bankruptcy and casts doubt on ability of provinces to preserve pre-bankruptcy priorities," National Insolvency Review, Volume 40, Number 1, February 2023
  • Co-Author, The Hothouse of Real-Time Regulation:‎ Emerging Law Under CCAA Section 11.1, 20th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2022 
  • Co-Author, "Transitioning from LIBOR in North America," October, 2020‎
  • Author, "Crypto-Assets in North America," July 2020‎

Seminars

  • Presenter, Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Edmonton), LESA, February 21, 2025

Media Mentions

  • Quoted, "Smoking Hot: Canada Worked Out," The Global Restructuring Review, February 9, 2021
  • Quoted, "DLA Piper hires in Canada," The Global Restructuring Review, January 7, 2021

Community Involvement

  • Director, Cobblestone Freeway Foundation
  • Past-president, Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society

Memberships And Affiliations

  • INSOL International
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • Canadian Bar Association

My latest insights

Publication

Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench reaffirms validity of “priority flip” upon bankruptcy‎

29 May 2022 .5 minute read

Publication

Protecting creditors and the public interest: Ontario Court of Appeal modifies the...

31 March 2022 .6 minute read

News

DLA Piper Canada recommended by Legal 500 Canada 2022

12 November 2021 .12 minute read

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Phone

+1 780 429 6835
(Work, Edmonton)