Katie Mak

In the realm of financial distress and contentious business landscapes, Katie emerges as a beacon of clarity and expertise. She navigates the complexities of insolvency proceedings and commercial disputes with a practiced hand, providing tailored guidance to ease the burden on her clients. Her approach demystifies legal intricacies, aiming to conserve resources, safeguard business ventures, and secure clients' assets and investments.

Katie's proficiency spans a wide spectrum of financial recovery and dispute resolution areas, including both insolvency and restructuring challenges, as well as commercial litigation. Her courtroom experiences are extensive, having advocated for her clients across various levels of the British Columbian judiciary, including the Provincial Court, Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeal.

Grounded in economics, Katie possesses a nuanced comprehension of the fiscal dynamics that underpin businesses. This insight informs her strategies for structuring firms and resolving disputes in ways that foster financial healing. She skillfully represents distressed companies, creditors seeking debt recovery, and trustees and monitors overseeing restructuring efforts, delivering pragmatic counsel designed for immediate implementation.

Clients place immense value on Katie's commitment to achieving their objectives in insolvency cases and litigation, drawing comfort from her proven track record. Her contributions have not gone unnoticed, as evidenced by her recognition as a leading lawyer in Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law by Best Lawyers in Canada for 2024.

Katie's services cover a comprehensive range of financial distress solutions, from receivership and bankruptcy to debt recovery and debtor protection. She also tackles priority issues, enforces foreign judgments, resolves business disputes, and navigates cross-border insolvency cases, including Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Her expertise extends to creditors' rights and multi-jurisdictional fraud cases, alongside commercial bankruptcies.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Katie invests in her community through volunteer work with Dress for Success British Columbia and participation in the University of Pennsylvania's alumni interview committee.

Her educational journey includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from the University of Victoria. Katie was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2013, marking the start of her distinguished career in banking, insolvency, restructuring, business litigation, and fraud and asset recovery.