Recent representative mandates
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Representing 9180-6646 Québec Inc. and 9355-8096 Québec Inc. in the context of multiple receivership, bankruptcy and CCAA matters with respect to various compagnies formerly forming part of Groupe Huot, including in relation to the sale of assets by Groupe Huot in favour of Groupe Mach for 560 M$, and in related litigation resulting from the bankruptcy of Stephan Huot.
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Acted as insolvency co-counsel representing the purchaser of the assets of the debtors in the context of cross-border proceedings in Canada pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and in the United States pursuant to the US Bankruptcy Code.
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Represented the monitor in the proceeding under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act brought by Bloom Lake General Partner Limited and various related entities. Initiated in 2015 and completed in 2025, the file raised several important issues including the status of claims related to defined benefit pension plans, the scope and limits of the duty to consult First Nations in the context of sale processes and the recovery of input tax credits and refunds.
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Acted for Quebec unitholders of funds managed by Bridging Finance Inc. in a priority dispute in the context of a potential distribution to creditors by a receiver appointed under the Securities Act (Ontario).
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Represented the residents of all of Groupe Selection’s private seniors’ residences in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
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Represented the temporary lender and the creditor having initiated the proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in respect of Bioenergy AE Côte-Nord Canada Inc.
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Represented as counsel (in insolvency matters) parties holding minority interests in a major residential real estate development in Candiac.
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Represented the monitor in the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings initiated by Ernest Enterprises (MTL) Ltd. in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Acts for Third Eye Capital in its capacity as interim lender (DIP) in the CCAA proceedings of Strateco Resources Inc. including the assumption of its residual assets to satisfy an interim loan of approximately $10 million which was used to finance an unsuccessful action for damages against the Attorney General of Quebec following its refusal to authorize the advanced underground exploration phase of a uranium mine.
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Represented as intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals in the landmark Bluberi case on third-party litigation funding by way of interim financing and the Court’s discretionary power to sanction improper purpose litigation.