Kenneth D. Kraft

Kenneth D. Kraft is a Partner in Dentons Canada's Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Group, based in the Toronto office, practicing in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law. He serves as the regional co-lead of the Global insolvency team and advises lenders, borrowers, and insolvency professionals on receiverships, informal restructurings, and proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Mr. Kraft has advised on high-profile mandates for all leading Canadian financial institutions, KPMG, Volvo, Daimler AG, and Lloyd's Canada. Notable matters include advising Deloitte & Touche Inc. on one of Canada's longest and most complex interim receiverships (Anvil Range Mining Corporation), acting as counsel to the company on the Jarvis Street Pharma BIA proceeding, advising on the CanWest Media CCAA proceedings, the receivership of Blockbuster Canada, and the Nortel Networks CCAA proceedings. He also advised the directors and officers of Philip Services Corporation in one of the largest cross-border insolvency cases at that time, where the main creditor group was owed over US$1 billion.

He holds an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (1989) and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1996). He is a member of the International Insolvency Institute (III), a board member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and has been recognized by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Restructuring and Insolvency since 2010.