Cases
Representative Work: Banking
Financial Services
Bankruptcy, Insolvency
Restructuring (including Asset Based Lending)
Legal counsel to financial institutions, lenders' syndicates, finance companies,
borrowers for the purposes of very large, large,
small financings of companies active in the fields of communications, agrifood, metallurgy, processing of minerals
other raw materials, clothing, transportation, technology, recycling, packaging, leisure, medicine,
the environment, including in the context of acquisitions
Draft models of loan agreements, mortgage loans, legal opinions, leasing contracts, leases
installment sale agreements for leading North American financial institutions, finance companies,
insurance companies
Legal counsel to major lessors for their day-to-day operations, the establishment of vendor programs,
purchases of portfolios
Legal counsel for financings of luxury private jets, rail cars
vessels
Establish consumer credit
credit card programs
draft model documents
Mining
Energy Law
Quebec counsel to the buyer in its acquisition of an important mine finance royalty portfolio (world-wide) for C$1.125 billion
Legal counsel to an institutional investor with regard to multiple financings offered to Stornoway Diamond Corporation totaling $946 million for the construction
operation of the Renard diamond mine
Counsel to the buyer in the context of the $550 million purchase of the Niobec Mine
Counsel for the day to day operations of many publicly listed mining companies in Canada
Acted in purchases
financings of mines on every continent across the world
Acted in the financing of the Sheldrake hydro-electric damn
Acted in the financing of wind power fields, solar projects
other green energies
Infrastructure
Commercial Real Estate
Drafting, negotiating
counseling clients in local
international infrastructure complex projects, PPPs
hybrid structures
Counsel to the builder for the construction of the new Maison Radio Canada (CBC tower in Montreal) for approximately C$200 million
Lead counsel to winning bidder for major contracts for the maintenance of train lines
Lead counsel for bidders for multiple compost projects
Lead counsel for the construction, sale
financing of hotels, senior residences, shopping malls
residential buildings
Legal counsel to a financial institution for the financing of a quay
a new basin for ships
visitors at the Old Port of Montreal
Co-lead counsel for the construction
financing of a profesionnal hockey team's practice arena in Brossard
Counsel to losing bidder for two high profile highway projects
Sports
Entertainment Law
Legal counsel to a lenders' syndicate for a loan totaling $265 million to a professional hockey team. In a separate matter, advised the latest buyer of the hockey team.
Legal counsel to financial institutions
finance companies for the financing of box office hits such as The Host, Red 2, The Immortals, Barney's Version, Snow White, The Aviator, Human Trafficking,
TV shows such as Les enfants de la tele
Counsel to IBMG in the signing of professional Israeli basketball teams to pre-season games in the National Basketball Association
Counsel to minor league hockey teams in respect of the construction of new arenas
/or financing matters
Counsel to various musicians in their signing of contracts with record labels
Drafting of licensing, production
co-production agreements
Counsel to lenders for the financing of golf courses, ski hills
amusements centers
Business
Corporate Commercial/Mergers
Acquisitions
Counsel for buyers
sellers of large (including multinational), medium
small scale businesses, whether by way of assets or equity, or where the target is a private or publicly traded entity
Competition
Antitrust Law
Advise clients, draft manuals
guides,
give seminars on subjects related to the Competition Act
