Metus Lykos

About Metus Lykos

Metus Lykos is a small debt relief law firm based in Markham, Ontario, where its lawyers practise exclusively in debt law. The firm operates through Cook Law Professional Corporation, licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, and its team includes lawyers licensed in Ontario and Alberta alongside a paralegal licensed in Ontario. Metus Lykos describes itself as working for the debtor rather than for creditors, contrasting itself with a Licensed Insolvency Trustee, who it says works for the creditors. Metus Lykos represents debtors directly, negotiating consumer proposals, Division 1 proposals, and negotiated debt settlements on a client's behalf, while a Licensed Insolvency Trustee still handles the required filing.

The firm's caseload runs from personal consumer proposals to business debt restructuring for smaller companies, including maintenance garages, trucking operators, restaurants and food vendors, and real estate investors and developers. It sees clients in person at its Markham office and works with clients across Ontario by phone or video, with lawyers able to act temporarily outside Ontario under interjurisdictional mobility rules. Metus Lykos also publishes a blog of debt law explainers and runs a free online questionnaire that walks visitors through their debt situation before a consultation.