Reyes chose to go the way they did because Gowlings is just another mouth to feed at the trough.

With more mouths to feed, there is less to go around in the end when the spoils are divvied up.

The opt-in does put a kink in the Crystallex-Tenor plan, but they are smart.  As smart as Gowling.

Trouble is, you put a bunch of very smart lawyers together and many times they are the only ones paid.