Mortgage Enforcement & Debt Realization

MORTGAGE ENFORCEMENT

MLT Aikins provides a suite of full-service and cost-effective mortgage enforcement services. Clients benefit from having senior and experienced lawyers as their primary points of contact in each of the four western Canadian provinces.

We engineer sound mortgage enforcement solutions for secured and unsecured commercial and residential properties, while saving financial institutions and lenders both time and money. Our firm is uniquely qualified to handle the large volume of business generated by financial institutions in Western Canada.

Our range of services includes issuing demand letters, statements of claim, notices of sale and writs of possession; listing, negotiating and conducting the property sale, including approval of clean-up and repair quotes prior to listing; filing claims with mortgage insurers; correcting title problems; receiving reinstatement/redemption or sale proceeds; and collecting mortgage deficiencies.

If complicated and sophisticated litigation or commercial real estate work is required, MLT Aikins lawyers in those practice areas are available to assist.

Whether you need mortgage enforcement services for a single property, an agricultural property or a sizeable property portfolio, MLT Aikins will simplify the process and present solutions tailored to your needs.

DEBT REALIZATION

MLT Aikins debt realization group offers a hybrid model – carrying out both the tasks of a call centre and a law firm. Unique among western Canadian law firms, this model allows us to provide clients with comprehensive services on the full debt realization spectrum.

Our lawyers are experienced in the fields of insolvency, restructuring and debt recovery. We act for financial institutions, lenders and insolvency professionals to offer practical solutions when collections action is required.

Our client base includes major financial institutions, auto and equipment financiers, finance and leasing companies, credit unions, mortgage insurers, debt buyers and collection agencies. While all clients want to maximize recoveries, MLT Aikins recognizes that each situation is distinct with its own challenges and specific requirements.

Call Centre

Our work in dealing with collection matters is based on a program designed to ensure expediency, efficiency and enforcement – all while providing economical results for our clients. At our Regina call centre, negotiations are performed by collections specialists, which can then be escalated to our skilled paralegals and assistants.

Judgment Enforcement

If collection at the call centre level proves unsuccessful, we can further escalate matters to our lawyers. This includes litigation, obtaining judgments and executing on those judgments by way of attachment, garnishment of wages, garnishment or sale of commercial or personal property. This also includes proceedings under the federal Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).

We offer clients a unique full-service model based on retaining a collection agency and a law firm, further bolstered by our unique relationship management approach. Senior and experienced commercial litigators in each province manage the practice group and handle the most sophisticated and complicated matters. More importantly, senior litigators also act as primary client contacts to ensure the program meets their needs, accesses the right resources, and sets fair and reasonable rates and costs for both parties. As a result, clients always have a point of contact to deal quickly and efficiently with any concerns or complexities.

Saskatchewan

Managed by Deron Kuski, K.C., partner

Deron practises broadly in the area of litigation which extends to commercial litigation, construction litigation, constitutional law and all aspects of creditor and commercial leasing law. He has particular focus on complex commercial and construction dispute resolution. Deron was elected to the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, joining a select group of leading trial lawyers in the U.S. and Canada.

Regina, Saskatchewan, is home to our call centre, which includes seven collections specialists, two paralegals and three collections administrative staff members.

Manitoba

Managed by Gregory Fleetwood, partner

Gregory has a civil and commercial litigation practice, particularly focusing in the areas of professional malpractice defence, commercial disputes, corporate and shareholder disputes, health care, banking litigation, debt collection and recovery/restructuring and all aspects of creditor and commercial leasing law. He has appeared before all levels of Court in the Province of Manitoba, as well as the Federal Court of Canada and the Tax Court of Canada.

Our Winnipeg office is staffed with four experienced paralegals and two collections administrative staff members.

Alberta

Managed by Jonathan Bourchier, partner

Jon has significant experience in a broad range of areas including secured lending enforcement and restructuring, foreclosures and collections, employment issues, shareholder oppression actions, insurance coverage claims and representing individual litigants in debt, estate and damage claims. He represents leading western Canadian companies at all levels of the dispute process, including at all levels of Court and through private mediations and arbitrations.

Our Calgary office is staffed with two experienced paralegals.

British Columbia

Managed by James Rose, partner

James is a commercial litigator with experience in restructuring, insolvency, secured and unsecured realization, construction and business litigation. He advises on debt recovery, mortgage enforcement, business disputes, product liability and construction claims. James has extensive experience with British Columbia’s Court Order Enforcement Act and with B.C.’s Money Judgment Enforcement Act (coming into force in 2025).

Our Vancouver office is staffed with an experienced collections paralegal.

Contact our team today.