Mary Buttery

Mary Buttery (she/her/hers) is a partner in the Restructuring & Insolvency Group at Cassels. Mary has gained national recognition for her involvement in countless significant insolvency files and many prominent litigation matters. Specializing in commercial insolvency and complex, multi-party litigation, she 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 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, class actions, debt enforcement and fraud. She 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. In 2018, Mary was appointed Queen’s Counsel in British Columbia.