John McEown is a member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals ("CAIRP"), a licenced Trustee in Bankruptcy and a Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining Boale, Wood & Company Ltd., John spent several years with another insolvency boutique. 

John has extensive experience in corporate insolvency proceedings.  He has been involved in large real estate and development restructurings as well as a variety of other corporate matters.  He has worked for secured lenders performing viability assessments, acted as Monitor under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act as well as formal receiverships and has worked with debtors in financial difficulty.  

He is currently a member of the Vancouver Insolvency Discussion Group.

John can be reached at (604) 605-3335 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it