Adjunct Professor

Tushara is a partner in McMillan LLP’s Restructuring and Insolvency Group. Her practice is focused on the transactional aspects of reorganizations under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, receiverships, workouts, and distressed M&A transactions. She acts for a wide range of clients, including debtors, secured lenders, hedge funds, private equity firms, purchasers and court officers. Tushara has advised on numerous high-profile and complex domestic, cross-border and international restructuring proceedings. An experienced deal lawyer, Tushara also frequently represents private equity firms and financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including secured lending, sponsored finance and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. In 2020, she became the automotive industry officer for the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association. A dedicated promoter of diversity initiatives both inside and outside the firm, Tushara chairs McMillan’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council. In 2022, she became the Chair of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee and was elected to the board of partners.