Overview
Joe Latham is a partner in the Restructuring Group at Goodmans, which is consistently and widely recognized as Canada’s best and leading corporate restructuring practice.
His practice focuses primarily on commercial insolvencies, including bankruptcies, receiverships and financial and corporate restructurings. Joe regularly advises on Canadian and cross-border matters, and has represented purchasers, debtors, financial institutions, creditor groups and court officers, including monitors, information officers, receivers and trustees in bankruptcy.
Joe is identified as a leading insolvency and restructuring lawyer by Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, Who’s Who Legal Canada and by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. He is also recognized as a leading lawyer by Best Lawyers in Canada for insolvency and restructuring and banking and finance and by Who's Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency Guide. He is also featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring.
Featured Work
Joe’s representative work includes acting for:
Secured Creditors
- the ABL agent and/or lenders, including in proceedings involving DCL Corporation, Sears Canada, Hollander Sleep Products, Jack Cooper Transport, Orbite Technologies, Arc Productions, Hart Stores, Arctic Glacier, Consumers Packaging, AG Simpson, Colonial Cookies and Coppley Apparel
- the term loan agent and/or lenders, including in proceedings involving Essar Algoma Steel, Rockport, Performance Sports, White Birch Paper, Allied Systems Holdings, Allied Track Services, Lightstream and Cow Harbour
Purchasers
- the purchaser/acquirer of a distressed business, including in proceedings involving Essar Algoma Steel, White Birch Paper, Hamilton Specialty Bar and Waterford-Wedgwood/Royal Doulton
Debtors
- the debtor or their shareholders, including in proceedings involving Yatsen Group (Sarku Japan), Metro 360, Hamilton Specialty Bar, Harvest Ontario Partners, Harvest Fraser Richmond Organics, Eddie Bauer, Graceway Pharmaceuticals, Ivanhoe Energy, Chemtura, NRI Industries, Accuride and The Canadian Red Cross Society
Court Officers
- the court-appointed monitor in proceedings involving Great Slave Helicopters, Discovery Air, HB White, InterTan Canada (Circuit City) and Philip Services
- the court-appointed receiver of One King West hotel, SKD Automotive, TCT Logistics, Hunjan International, Sanan Construction, Maxlink Communications, Anicom Multimedia, International Wallcoverings and Med-Chem Health Care
- the Israeli Court officer in Canadian proceedings involving Urbancorp Inc
- the regulator in administration proceedings involving PACE Credit Union Limited
Awards & Recognition
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Chambers Canada Recognized, Restructuring/Insolvency 2025
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Restructuring and Insolvency 2025
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized, Banking and Finance Law, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law 2025
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Chambers Global Recognized, Restructuring/Insolvency 2024
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Chambers Canada Recognized, Restructuring/Insolvency 2024
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Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring Canada's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers 2024
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Joe has been an Instructor in the Bar Admission Course for the Law Society of Ontario, an occasional lecturer at the University of Western Ontario Law School, and an adjunct professor at the University of Western Ontario Law School where he developed and taught a course on commercial insolvency. He has been a speaker at numerous legal education seminars and a number of his papers have been published in various forms.
Joe is the Past President of the Turnaround Management Association, Toronto Chapter.Credentials
- Stanford University, J.S.D., 1991
- Western University, LL.B., 1988
Professional Affiliations
- Insolvency Institute of Canada
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association, Insolvency Section
- INSOL International
- Turnaround Management Association (Past President of Toronto Chapter)
- American Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 1991 Ontario
Insights
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Mining
Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of Vesting Orders to Extinguish Interests Against Land; Royalty Interests may be Protected
The Ontario Court of Appeal (the “ONCA”) recently released its second and final decision in Third Eye Capital Corporation v. Ressources Dianor Inc./Dianor Resources Inc., providing increased clarity… -
Construction and Infrastructure
Court of Appeal Validates Statutory Trust Created by Construction Act Despite Bankruptcy
On January 14, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in The Guarantee Company of Canada v Royal Bank of Canada. The decision turned on the question of whether the statutory trust… -
Restructuring
Insolvency & Financial Restructuring: Recent Developments of Importance, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
Joe Latham and Brendan O'Neill co-authored "Insolvency & Financial Restructuring: Recent Developments of Importance", originally published in the 2012 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the… -
Restructuring
Credit Bidding in Canada - Recent Developments, Lexpert Magazine
Joe Latham and Brendan O'Neill co-authored the article "Credit Bidding in Canada - Recent Developments", originally published in Lexpert Magazine’s 2011 Guide to the Leading US/Canada…
News & Events
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Banking and Financial Services
Goodmans Once Again Receives Top-Tier Recognition from The Legal 500 Canada
We are pleased to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top-tier recognition from The Legal 500 Canada in their 2025 Guide released today.Recognition from The Legal 500 is based on independent… -
Restructuring
Goodmans Featured in the Inaugural Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring 2024
We are delighted to announce 13 Goodmans LLP lawyers are recognized among Canada's experts in the areas of Insolvency and Restructuring in the inaugural Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
Chambers and Partners Once Again Honours Goodmans with Top-Tier Recognition
We are delighted to announce Goodmans LLP continues to receive top-tier recognition from Chambers and Partners in the Chambers Canada 2025 Guide.Recognition from Chambers and Partners is based on…