Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring

Proven Experience and Skills

Our team of attorneys possesses the experience and skills required to service the specific needs of the bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring sector, including representation before the different tribunals such as the Commercial Division, interventions with the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, and all related judicial, administrative or transactional issues.

Capability

Our interventions with a clientele that includes financial institutions, lenders, controllers, trustees and receivers reflect the scope of our capability to provide counsel in all fields associated with the bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring of businesses.

Effective Solutions

We constantly strive to implement solutions that are practical, effective and swift in resolving conflicts so that a company’s financial difficulties bear only minimal impact on its growth and operations, as well as on its creditors.

Partners

We consider ourselves partners in the search for viable commercial solutions, regardless of a case’s complexity or the difficulties that prompted the company’s insolvency.

In addition to solving difficult financial situations, our expertise extends to the practical advice we provide to directors and executives regarding the potential personal liability risks associated with managing businesses in financial difficulties.

Know-how

We also provide professional support in fields related to bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring. For instance, our attorneys practicing in tax matters, corporate financing and labour law are experienced in issues related to the restructuring of businesses in financial difficulties.

Key Services

• Advice to creditors, receivers and trustees
• Insolvency litigation
• Procedures under The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and The Winding-up and Restructuring Act
• Realization of securities
• Debt collection and banking litigation
• Business turnaround, financial restructuring and reorganization
• Directors’ liability
• Employment, labour and pension plans

Related Publications

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• Implications de l’arrêt Dion c. Dion en matière de recours en redressement et en oppression
• The Cirque du Soleil's Restructuring or When Secured Creditors Won't Let It Go
• La décision immédiate ou reportée : nomenclature des objections motivées appuyées sur l'article 228 C.p.c., sur la notion de pertinence relative ou abus et ses déclinaisons possibles
• Commentaire sur la décision Construction Socam ltée c. Société du parc Jean-Drapeau – Le rejet partiel ou total d'une expertise pour cause d'irrégularité lorsqu'un expert verse dans l'opinion juridique en interprétant un contr
• The Debt Restructuring Proposal: An Alternative to Bankruptcy?
• Court Protection Under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
• A New Look at the Extinctive Prescription of Hypothecary Rights by the Supreme Court of Canada
• COVID-19: A Catalyst of Modernization Across Jurisdictions

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