Ryan Corey Jacobs

Ryan Jacobs* is a partner in the Restructuring & Insolvency Group at Cassels and serves as Executive Chair of Cassels Brock & Blackwell (US) LLP and Chair of the U.S. Cross-Border practice. A former New York practitioner with one of the most active bankruptcy groups in the United States, Ryan has developed a leading cross-border restructuring practice in Canada. He is routinely retained to act on behalf of ad hoc and official creditor groups, debtors, DIP Lenders, boards, institutional and distress investors, bidders and stalking-horse purchasers and other interested parties across a broad spectrum of industries. Ryan has been a trusted advisor in many of the largest and most complex in-court and out-of-court reorganizations, recapitalizations, and restructurings in recent history. Ryan is also an advisor to a number of boards of public and private companies in Canada and the United States.

Ryan frequently lectures on bankruptcy topics at major industry conferences and is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Windsor, Ontario.

Ryan is recognized as a leader in his field by such authorities as Best Lawyers in Canada , IFLR1000 , Chambers Global, and Chambers Canada , which notes that clients deem Ryan to be a “valuable player in strategy negotiations and a passionate big-picture thinker.”

Ryan Jacobs is in complete command of his craft. He is very strategic in thought and practice and able to communicate key issues and desired objectives in layman’s terms, making him extremely effective.

A valuable player in strategy negotiations and a passionate ‘big-picture thinker.