Mark Schrager is a partner practising in finance, restructuring and insolvency matters as well as commercial litigation.
Prior to joining Davies, Mark was a partner in a boutique insolvency litigation firm where with regard to insolvency, he represented debtors, creditors, purchasers, landlords, liquidators, trustees and directors on matters ranging from litigation to corporate reorganizations and asset sales and financing. He has also represented banking and non-banking lending institutions in traditional and asset-based loans as well as syndicated facilities. Mark’s litigation experience, both at the trial and appellate levels, includes bankruptcy, insolvency and realization matters as well as shareholder disputes, creditors’ rights and real estate cases for numerous institutions and private concerns.
Mark's areas of practice have continued at Davies where he has represented Silver Star Holdings Ltd. in the acquisition of shares through an arrangement under the
Canada Business Corporations Act and
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Renewable Energy Systems Holdings Ltd. with regard to partnership issues in a wind farm joint venture, Kerr-McGee Stored Power Corporation with respect to the proposal of Avestor LLP. He has also acted for Shermag Inc. with respect to its financing with Wachovia Capital Finance of Canada, Montcap Financial Corporation in respect of various assets based financings including Encore Gourmet Food Corp., ExelTech Aerospace Inc. in the enforcement of secured claims in the matter of the insolvency of Jetsgo Corporation, Famous Players Cinemas before the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada regarding contractual disputes and Cinar Corporation in various assets recovery proceedings against former directors including the first Mareva injunctions issued by the Quebec Courts.
Mark has been a Sessional Lecturer at the McGill University Faculty of Law, and has given lectures on a variety of legal subjects. He has published a number of articles, the most recent of which are "
Secured Creditors – Perfection and Enforcement, How to Challenge Security: Overview of Some Pitfalls in Quebec" (2007 Pan Canadian Insolvency Conference – Canadian Bar Association) and
Financing the Insolvent Company – an Overview (Canadian Institute, September 2006). He is a member of the Board of the Lord Reading Law Society and a past president, a former Director of St. George’s School of Montréal and in 2000, he was a group leader on the March of the Living, organized by the Bronfman Israel Experience Centre.
Mark is a member of the very prestigious and select Insolvency Institute of Canada and is repeatedly recommended in the Canadian Legal
LEXPERT Directory in matters of insolvency and corporate restructuring. He is also listed in
The Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of insolvency and financial restructuring.
PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook has also recognized him as a recommended lawyer in the area of dispute resolution, while
IFLR 1000 has named him as leading lawyer in restructuring and insolvency.
Mark holds a Diploma of Collegial Studies from McGill University (1973), a Licentiate in Laws degree (LL.L.) from the University of Montréal (1976, Gold Medalist) as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law degree (B.C.L. Oxon) from Oxford University (1980).
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