Michelle Tobin Partner
Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Saskatchewan, 1988
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Saskatchewan, 1985
- Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1989
Professional Associations
- The Law Society of Saskatchewan
- Canadian Bar Association
- Saskatoon Bar Association
- Saskatchewan Bankruptcy Practice Committee
- Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
- Member, Business and Professional Women’s Club Saskatoon Inc.
Community Involvement
- Past Committee Volunteer, Premier’s Annual Business Dinner
- Past Board Member, Big Brothers Association
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Big Brothers Association
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Friends of the Broadway Theatre
Representative Work
Michelle has acted as counsel in a variety of Saskatchewan and interprovincial financings and collections and in a variety of insolvency and restructuring matters, including, but not limited to:
- structuring and securing of $600 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial grain processing operation
- structuring and securing of $250 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $100 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $36 million in loans to a feedlot operation
- structuring and securing of $16 million in loans to a farm implement dealer
- numerous restructurings of a variety of agricultural operations under the Farm Debt Mediation and Farm Land Security Board Mediation processes
- restructuring of a property developer under the CCAA
- restructuring of several large cattle operations, each with multiple lenders
- receivership of an interprovincial poultry operation
- receivership of a mustard processing facility
- receivership of a door and window manufacturer
- Court monitored liquidation of a company that owned a fibre network, through which internet services were provided
- asserting creditor claims in various CCAA and BIA proceedings
- numerous bankruptcies of retail businesses and a variety of commercial operations
Primary Practice
Michelle has acted as counsel in a variety of Saskatchewan and interprovincial financings and collections and in a variety of insolvency and restructuring matters, including, but not limited to:
- structuring and securing of $600 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial grain processing operation
- structuring and securing of $250 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $100 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $36 million in loans to a feedlot operation
- structuring and securing of $16 million in loans to a farm implement dealer
- numerous restructurings of a variety of agricultural operations under the Farm Debt Mediation and Farm Land Security Board Mediation processes
- restructuring of a property developer under the CCAA
- restructuring of several large cattle operations, each with multiple lenders
- receivership of an interprovincial poultry operation
- receivership of a mustard processing facility
- receivership of a door and window manufacturer
- Court monitored liquidation of a company that owned a fibre network, through which internet services were provided
- asserting creditor claims in various CCAA and BIA proceedings
- numerous bankruptcies of retail businesses and a variety of commercial operations
W Law prides itself on its prairie roots
Our professional services extend across the province, with five Saskatchewan law offices located in Saskatoon, Melfort, Warman, Martensville, and Outlook.
Areas Of Law
Primary Practice
Michelle has acted as counsel in a variety of Saskatchewan and interprovincial financings and collections and in a variety of insolvency and restructuring matters, including, but not limited to:
- structuring and securing of $600 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial grain processing operation
- structuring and securing of $250 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $100 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $36 million in loans to a feedlot operation
- structuring and securing of $16 million in loans to a farm implement dealer
- numerous restructurings of a variety of agricultural operations under the Farm Debt Mediation and Farm Land Security Board Mediation processes
- restructuring of a property developer under the CCAA
- restructuring of several large cattle operations, each with multiple lenders
- receivership of an interprovincial poultry operation
- receivership of a mustard processing facility
- receivership of a door and window manufacturer
- Court monitored liquidation of a company that owned a fibre network, through which internet services were provided
- asserting creditor claims in various CCAA and BIA proceedings
- numerous bankruptcies of retail businesses and a variety of commercial operations
Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Saskatchewan, 1988
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Saskatchewan, 1985
- Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1989
Professional Associations
- The Law Society of Saskatchewan
- Canadian Bar Association
- Saskatoon Bar Association
- Saskatchewan Bankruptcy Practice Committee
- Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
- Member, Business and Professional Women’s Club Saskatoon Inc.
Community Involvement
- Past Committee Volunteer, Premier’s Annual Business Dinner
- Past Board Member, Big Brothers Association
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Big Brothers Association
- Volunteer Legal Advisor, Friends of the Broadway Theatre
Representative Work
Michelle has acted as counsel in a variety of Saskatchewan and interprovincial financings and collections and in a variety of insolvency and restructuring matters, including, but not limited to:
- structuring and securing of $600 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial grain processing operation
- structuring and securing of $250 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $100 million in loans made by a syndicate to an interprovincial cattle operation
- structuring and securing of $36 million in loans to a feedlot operation
- structuring and securing of $16 million in loans to a farm implement dealer
- numerous restructurings of a variety of agricultural operations under the Farm Debt Mediation and Farm Land Security Board Mediation processes
- restructuring of a property developer under the CCAA
- restructuring of several large cattle operations, each with multiple lenders
- receivership of an interprovincial poultry operation
- receivership of a mustard processing facility
- receivership of a door and window manufacturer
- Court monitored liquidation of a company that owned a fibre network, through which internet services were provided
- asserting creditor claims in various CCAA and BIA proceedings
- numerous bankruptcies of retail businesses and a variety of commercial operations