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Mary Buttery

Partner, Vancouver

Mary Buttery is the lead partner in the Vancouver office's insolvency group, and the co-chair of the firm's national Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice Group. She has been involved in numerous significant insolvency files in British Columbia, and her expertise is recognized nationally.

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Specializing in the area of commercial insolvency, Mary represents financial institutions, debtors and creditors, receivers and trustees in matters related to debt restructuring, corporate reorganizations, loan workouts, fraudulent preference actions, bankruptcy and receiverships. Mary has experience in many different sectors, most notably, retail, real estate, forestry and natural resources.

Mary regularly advises clients who are experiencing financial difficulty, or whose customers' or suppliers' insolvency affects their business. In addition, Mary is an experienced commercial litigator, with expertise in the enforcement of foreign judgments, debt enforcement and fraud.

She has lectured in insolvency and litigation matters, and has authored several articles on varied topics in her areas of practice.

Mary has appeared in all levels of the Ontario and British Columbia courts, the Federal Court, and has been lead counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Mary is recognized by numerous legal directories as a leader in her field and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, where she teaches insolvency law to upper-year students.
 

 

Selected Experiences

Professional Associations & Activities

  • Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Law School
  • Member, British Columbia Law Society
  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, Civil Litigation, Insolvency and Banking Subsections, B.C. Branch, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Turnaround Management Association
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, Vancouver Insolvency Discussion Group
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board of CAIRP (Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals)
  • Member, Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Insolvency Law
  • Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Board of Directors, Vancouver Aquarium (Secretary, Executive Committee and Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee)

Community Involvement

  • Secretary, Board of Directors of Vancouver Aquarium, and Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee of the Vancouver Aquarium
  • Mary was recognized in The Vancouver Sun for her community leadership in association with Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women's Follow A Leader(TM) Vancouver program (October 2008)

Publications

    In The News

  • Davis LLP is proud to announce that 28 of the firm's lawyers have been named in 23 categories to the list of Best Lawyers in Canada 2012. "As these rankings demonstrate, Davis is home to [more]
    Wednesday, 28 September 2011
  • The Insolvency Institute of Canada (IIC) has invited Mary Buttery, Partner of Davis LLP's Vancouver office, to join its ranks. The IIC is Canada's premiere private sector insolvency organization [more]
    Monday, 15 August 2011
  • Robert Seidel, Q.C., is pleased to announce that Mary Buttery has joined Davis LLP as a partner in the Vancouver office. Specializing in insolvency matters and commercial litigation, Mary will lead the [more]
    Thursday, 7 October 2010

Recognition

  • BV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Lexpert Rising Star
  • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010, 2011 as one of Canada's leading lawyers in the area of Insolvency & Financial Restructuring (Corporate Reorganizations; Creditors Remedies)
  • Recognized as a community leader for her work with the Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women
  • Recognized by Lexpert Magazine as one of Canada's leading lawyers under 40 (2007)
  • Recognized by Lexpert Magazine under Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring as "Up and Coming"

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