Paul Denton, CA (NZ), CIRP, LIT, is a Managing Director at GlassRatner with a practice focused on providing restructuring and advisory services to corporations, lenders, and under-performing companies.
For more than 25 years, Mr. Denton has delivered consultative and restructuring services to a wide range of companies and lenders in Canada, the U.K., Bermuda, and New Zealand. His work includes turnaround consulting, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) proposals, and both private and court-appointed receiverships and bankruptcies.
His experience spans numerous international assignments in audit, restructuring, and financial consulting. His engagements have covered industries including real estate, automotive, steel, mining, general manufacturing, food processing, retail, warehouse and distribution, and technology.
- Turnaround consulting
- Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings
- Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act (BIA) proposals
- Private and court-appointed receiverships and bankruptcies
- Financial and reorganization advisory services
- Audit, restructuring, and financial consulting roles
- Stalking horse sale processes
- Distressed asset sales
- Cross-border restructuring assignments (Canada, U.K., Bermuda, New Zealand)
- Advisory services to corporations, lenders, and under-performing companies
- Restructuring assignments across diverse industries
- Acting as financial consultant for regulators
- Successful CCAA restructuring of a 250-store quick-service-restaurant chain in less than three months
- Successful stalking horse sale of a gold mine under BIA proposal process
- Successful CCAA restructuring and sale of a diamond mine in Nunavut
- Refinancing and sale of an auto parts company, comprising six plants in Canada and the U.S., through CCAA and receivership proceedings
- Court-appointed receivership mandate involving possession, control, operation, and sale of a diverse real estate group, comprising 12 legal entities and 24 properties
- Acted as financial consultant for a regulator on a series of engagements, including a manufacturing company, a telecommunications company, and real estate developers
- Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP)
- Member of the Turnaround Management Association
- CA (NZ) – CA Institute of Australia and New Zealand