Firm News — Week of October 12, 2026

Walker MacLeod has joined the Insolvency and Restructuring group at Prelia Canada in Calgary as an Of Counsel. Walker will be continuing in his existing role with Beltline Capital Partners. Read more here and here.

Linc Rogers, Partner at Blakes, has been appointed Chair of the Annual Review of Insolvency Law Society. Read more.

Natasha MacParland, Partner at Dentons, has joined the CAIRP Board of Directors as Outside Director, while Jeff Berger, Managing Director at TDB Advisory, has joined the Board as Ontario Corporate Representative. Read more.

Bryan Gelman, Craig Mills, and Armando Ranjbar have received the OBA Markus Cohen, Q.C. Memorial Award for Excellence in Franchise Law for their paper, “Underwater: Managing Insolvency and Bankruptcy in Franchise Systems.” Read more.