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Kyle B.
Plunkett

Partner
  • kplunkett@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.3406
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2011
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Kyle is Co-Leader of the firm's Banking & Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups and a member of the Financial Services Group. He divides his time between commercial restructuring matters and asset-based lending and structured finance work, developing a broad practice built on providing practical solutions to complex problems. With a diverse background, including time spent working in banking and finance, Kyle has the experience to provide clients guidance beyond the scope of traditional legal advice. 

Kyle’s insolvency and restructuring practice encompasses both the litigation and commercial aspects of turnarounds, reorganizations, liquidations, security enforcement, receiverships and plans of arrangement in the context of formal and informal restructuring proceedings. With particular experience in all areas of Canadian insolvency and restructuring proceedings and transactions, Kyle has acted for and advised secured and unsecured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, debtors, suppliers, boards of directors, chief restructuring officers, purchasers, receivers, interim receivers, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act monitors and bankruptcy trustees. He regularly advises parties on issues relating to reorganizations under the CCAA, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act.

On the corporate and commercial lending side of his practice, Kyle regularly advises and acts for a number of Canada’s largest banks and several alternative asset-based lenders. His lending and finance experience includes asset-based, securitized, structured finance, syndicated, secured, mezzanine and subordinated debt, both domestic and cross-border, transactions.

Kyle is also a member of the firm's Associates Committee and is actively involved in the firm’s student and associate mentorship programs.

Other Languages

French

Expertise

  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Banking & Finance
  • Financial Services

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

Business Development Bank of Canada Secures Appointment of Receiver for 2868335 Ontario Inc.

On July 3, 2025, 2868335 Ontario Inc. (the "Debtor") was placed into receivership following an application by Business Development Bank of Canada ("BDC").

July 03, 2025

Representative Matter

Kognitiv Completes Sale to Capillary Technologies

On May 15, 2025, Capillary Technologies, an AI-powered loyalty management company, completed its acquisition of Kognitiv, a provider of intelligent, omnichannel loyalty solutions.

May 15, 2025

Representative Matter

Pluribus Technologies Corp. Obtains CCAA Protection Amid Liquidity Crisis

Aird & Berlis is advising the Monitor, B. Riley Farber, in the CCAA Proceedings with a team led by Kyle Plunkett and Miranda Spence and including Cristian Delfino (Financial Services).

December 17, 2024

Representative Matter

Receiver Appointed for Gas Station Operator Following Tandia Financial Application

Aird & Berlis acted for Tandia Financial Credit Union Limited in the application with a team led by Kyle Plunkett and including Shaun Parsons and Roxana Manea (Financial Services).

December 04, 2024

Representative Matter

IDC Technologies (Canada) Inc. Placed Into Receivership Following TD Bank Application

Aird & Berlis represented TD Bank, with a team led by Kyle Plunkett and including Miranda Spence and Cristian Delfino (Financial Services).

December 02, 2024

Representative Matter

AirBoss Secures US$180-Million Senior Credit Facilities With TD Bank, CIBC

On December 2, 2024, AirBoss of America Corp. (TSX: BOS) (OTCQX: ABSSF), a manufacturing company focused on advanced rubber compounding and related markets, entered into new senior secured credit facilities totalling $180 million (all figures USD) to replace its prior senior secured revolving credit facilities.

December 02, 2024

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Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Secretary (Sections), Insolvency Law Section Executive, Ontario Bar Association
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce

    Panellist, "Blurring the Lines for Creditors, Investors and Equityholders: Allocation and Consolidation Issues in Complex Corporate Structures," 22nd Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, February 7, 2025.

    Presenter, "The Nuts and Bolts of Secured Lending," Presentation to Ontario Ministry of Finance, September 11, 2024.

    Panellist, "Q4 2023: Governance Receivers, WEPPA & Subordinated Deemed Trusts," Insolvency Insider Webinar, February 2024.

    Panellist, "The Role of In-House Counsel During a Recession," Law Society of Ontario: 13th In-House Counsel Summit, February 16, 2023. 

    Co-Author (with Robb English), "Limited Partnerships in Crisis: A Bridging Too Far," Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2024.

    Co-Author, "Creditors Rejoice: Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Summary Judgment Is ‘Tailor-Made’ to Enforce Liquidated Claims," Aird & Berlis LLP Litigation Bulletin, May 7, 2024.

    "Clarity in Appeal Procedures Part II: The BIA Prevails – or Does It?," Aird & Berlis Financial Services Flash, April 10, 2019. Republished in Banking & Finance Law Review, July 2019.

    Co-Author (with Robb English), "'Keep Your Hands Off My Royalties!' – Exploring the Court's Power and/or Willingness to Vest Off Royalty Claims under an Approval and Vesting Order," Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2017.

    Related Publications

    Article

    Creditors Rejoice: Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Summary Judgment Is ‘Tailor-Made’ to Enforce Liquidated Claims

    May 07, 2024

    Article

    Clarity in Appeal Procedures Part II: The BIA Prevails – or Does It?

    April 10, 2019

    Article

    Clarity in Appeal Procedures: The BIA Prevails

    January 23, 2019

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    September 01, 2025

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    Kyle Plunkett Recognized as 2020 Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40

    November 16, 2020

    Education

    • LLB, University of Leicester, 2008
    • BA, University of Windsor, 2005
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