Tracy Sandler

Tracy has over thirty years’ experience advising on many of the largest and most widely known insolvency and restructuring mandates, including landmark matters for Target, General Motors and Canwest. She practises corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on corporate recapitalizations, reorganizations, and restructurings and related transactions including acquisitions and divestitures.

She acts as a trusted advisor to major debtor corporations, boards, lending syndicates, bondholders and private equity sponsors, and also regularly advises court officers. Tracy is sought out for her expertise on cross-border proceedings and for her ability to provide pragmatic advice that is tailored to her clients' business issues.

Tracy is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners both nationally and globally for her expertise in insolvency and restructuring law, and she is recognized as a leading lawyer in numerous industry publications. She is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a Member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada.

Tracy is alumna of The Judy Project, one of Canada’s top leadership forums designed for women executives ascending to C-suite positions, at the University of Toronto’s Joseph Rotman School of Management. She is also a contributing storyteller for the 2019 best selling leadership book entitled The Collective Wisdom of High-performing Women, Leadership Lessons from the Judy Project, which features personal stories from 70 Canadian women business leaders that highlight their perspectives on the characteristics of great leaders.

Tracy is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Kids Help Phone Foundation / Fondation du Jeunesse J’ecoute and a former member of the Board of Directors of Israel Cancer Research Fund. Tracy is a former member of Osler’s Partnership Board.


Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 1)
  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 1)
    • “…super smart and very strategic – very focused on getting things done.”
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized in Insolvency & Financial Restructuring – Financial Restructuring
  • The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Insolvency & Financial Restructuring
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
  • IFLR 1000 Women Leaders 2021 and 2022 | IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms: Recognized in Restructuring and Insolvency (Highly Regarded)
  • Who’s Who Legal: Recognized in Thought Leaders: Restructuring & Insolvency; International – Restructuring & Insolvency; Canada – Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Legal 500: Recognized as a Leading Lawyer, Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Recipient of the TMA Toronto Women of Excellence Award for making an exceptional contribution to the turnaround and restructuring community in Ontario
  • Lawdragon: Recognized in the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers
  • Israel Cancer Research Fund Woman of Action Business Honouree (2023)

Community Involvement

  • Chair of the Board of Directors of Kids Help Phone Foundation / Fondation du Jeunesse J’ecoute
  • Former Member of the Board of Directors of Israel Cancer Research Fund
  • Volunteer, Holy Blossom Synagogue “Out of the Cold” Program
  • Past Volunteer and Co-chair, Sponsorship, Tough Nutter event committee, SickKids Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Program

Credentials

Education

  • Osgoode Hall, LL.B.
  • McMaster University

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Member, Board of Directors; Member of Banking and Finance and International Committees
  • American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Insolvency Institute of Canada, Member and member of the Nominating Committee
  • INSOL International
  • Turnaround Management Association (Toronto Chapter), Past President, Member
  • Turnaround Management Association (U.S.), Member and Past Member, Board of Directors
  • Turnaround Management Association 2017 Global Awards Committee, Member