Environmental Obligations Trump Lenders: The Trend Continues

Adam Maerov, Talia Gordner and Ryan Johnson of McMillan summarize yet another Alberta decision in which environmental remediation obligations were found to have priority over the interests of secured creditors, demonstrating the requirement for thorough due diligence on the part of a lender, paired with the expansion of a super priority claim into a non-oil and gas context.

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