Court-appointed receivers and monitors who take control of companies now routinely bill about $1,100 an hour. These fees are considered senior claims in a bankruptcy or restructuring, so the advisers get their cheques before anyone else gets repaid.Adrien Veczan/The Canadian Press
In 2010, brothers Sam and Jasvir Johal started a used-truck dealership in Mississauga, and over the next decade their business grew at a blistering pace across Canada and the United States. As it expanded, Pride Group Holdings Inc. morphed into a conglomerate that offered new and used truck sales, leasing and financing, logistics, equipment maintenance, fuel sales and roadside rescue.
It was a wildly profitable enterprise. In 2021,…
