Sanjeev
Mitra
Partner
Sanj is Co-Leader of the firm's Restructuring & Insolvency Group and a member of the Financial Services Group. He advises financial institutions and large organizations facing highly complex crises and disputes with a thoughtful, composed approach. Clients trust Sanj to guide them through even the most challenging and contentious matters involving credit, operational and reputational risk. He cultivates strong client relationships and seeks to understand his clients’ essential business needs in order to deliver outstanding and practical results.
Sanj is recognized as being a leading lawyer in the area of insolvency and financial restructuring. In addition to acting for a number of Canada’s largest institutions, Sanj acts for receivers, trustees in bankruptcy and court-appointed officers in matters involving both commercial and consumer insolvency. He has provided advice in connection with restructurings across a broad range of industries.
For more than 25 years, Sanj has appeared as counsel at all levels of the Ontario courts. He appears regularly before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, including the Commercial List and the Bankruptcy Court. A number of the matters in which he has been involved are now precedents in the area of insolvency law.
Professional Involvement
Professional Activities
Sanj is called upon regularly to speak at industry seminars and conferences. He has presented to fellow experts of the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations, the Canadian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Professionals and the Canadian Institute.
Memberships
- Canadian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Professionals, Editorial Advisory Board
- The National Club, Director
- Canadian Insolvency Foundation
- International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International)
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
Speaker, "Head-On Collision," CAIRP Toronto Exchange Conference, September 2024.
Speaker, "Real Estate in Distress and Workouts," Presentation to RBC Special Loans, July 2024.
Speaker, "Real Estate in Distress and a Taste of Current Issues," BMO Seminar, April 2024.
Panellist, "The Trouble with Timeshares," CAIRP Rebuilding Success CPD Session, November 2020.
Speaker, "Acting for Secured and Trade Creditors," OBA Institute 2010 – Insolvency Law, February 16, 2010.
Speaker, The LSUC Six-Minute Debtor-Creditor and Insolvency Lawyer 2009, October 21, 2009.
Speaker, "Remedies Fast Forward," OBA Professional Development, October 31, 2007.
Speaker, "Cross-Country Check-Up: What’s New Out There in Canada Land," Third Annual Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, September 6, 2007.
Speaker, "Registrar in Bankruptcy, Ontario Superior Court of Justice," CAIRP Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, May 2007.
Co-Author, "Alberta and Ontario Courts Reaffirm Enforceability of Consents to Receiverships," Aird & Berlis LLP Financial Services Flash, December 10, 2024 (Included in Commercial Insolvency Reporter, February 2025).
Co-Author (with Apolonia D'Sa), "CRA Compliance Clauses," Rebuilding Success, Fall 2008.