Represents the controller in the CCAA proceedings relative to the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway.

Attorney for the Creditors’ Committee in the context of the cross-border restructuring under the CCAA of Pionner Chemical’s bank debt and bondholder debt of over one billion dollars.

Attorney for Eicon Networks Corporation in the context of the restructuring under the BIA and CCAA of its liabilities and multi-jurisdictional operations.

Attorney for Citigroup in the context of Air Canada’s restructuring under the CCAA.

Attorney for QIT Fer et Titane inc. (part of the Rio Tinto group), principal creditor in the context of Ivaco Inc.’s restructuring under the CCAA.

Attorney for the special committee of debenture holders in the context of the restructuring under the CCAA of Boutiques San Francisco, a major Quebec fashion retailer.

Attorney for Uniboard Inc. and its subsidiaries in the context of the out of court restructuring of their bank and bondholder debt in the amount of $275 million.

Attorney for Papiers Gaspésia, Limited Partnership (paper mill project in the Province of Quebec totaling $700 million) in the context of the corporate restructuring under the CCAA.

Attorney for Climan Transport in the context of its bankruptcy proposal.

Attorney for Longroad Asset Management, a U.S. equity fund, as lender and purchaser of the new CS Brooks (textile industry) equity in the context of CS Brooks’s debt restructuring under the CCAA.

Attorney for RSM Richter as controller under the CCAA and then as trustee in bankruptcy of Jetsgo Corporation.

Attorney for SGF in the context of the Tembec plan of arrangement under the CBCA.

Attorney for the SONACC government agency in the context of Attractions Hippiques’ proceedings under the CCAA.

Attorney for Boises Cascades in the context of its attempt to acquire Temlam assets in the Temlam bankruptcy.

Attorney for Unimax in its attempt to acquire Tirecraft in the context of Tirecraft’s proceedings under the CCAA.

Attorney for BNP Canada, one of Quebecor World’s lenders, in the context of Quebecor World’s proceedings under the CCAA.

Attorney for Textron Financial in the context of Collins & Aikman’s proceedings under the CCAA.

Member of the team of attorneys for Chrysler Canada during the financial crisis and restructuring of the Canadian and American auto industry.

Attorney for CGI in the context of the restructuring of Aveos’s liabilities.

Attorney for Conjuchem in its attempt of restructuring under the CCAA.

Attorney for FSTQ and a French investment fund as interim lender and purchaser of Mecachrome’s share capital in the context of proceedings under the CCAA and the French safeguard.

Attorney for Osisko in its attempt to acquire Northern Star Mining in the context of Northern Star’s bankruptcy proposal.

Attorney for the bondholders in the context of the informal restructuring of United Farmers of Alberta’s bondholder obligations.

Attorney for GE in the context of White Birch’s proceedings under the CCAA.

Attorney for RSM Richter as controller in the context of Kitco Metals’ proceedings under the CCAA.

Member of the team of attorneys for Pakit Inc. in the context of Pakit’s restructuring  under the CCAA.

Attorney for Dow Corning in the context of Timminco’s proceedings under the CCAA.

Attorney for GE Aviation in the context of Aveos’s proceedings under the CCAA.

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1986        Université de Montréal
                 Master's studies in Business Law

1982        Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law
                 Bachelor of Laws (LL.M.)

Professional activities

2011-2012 :  Member of the Quebec committee for the selection of candidates to the Insolvency Institute of Canada

2004-2006 :  Member of the Board of Directors of Eicon Networks Corporation

Associations
Quebec Bar
Canadian Bar Association
American Bar Association
Insolvency Institute of Canada

Une récapitulation des leçons apprises dans le dossier MMA qui impactent vos dossiers (Lessons learned from the restructuring of MMA) 16^th ed. of the Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Montreal, September 20, 2016.

Surmonter les défis auxquels sont confrontés les intervenants lorsqu’ils abordent des questions impliquant les employés d’une entreprise en restructuration (Employee issues in restructuring), 15^th ed. of the Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Montreal, October 15, 2015.

Acting in good faith: a Quebec law perspective, Insolvency Institute of Canada Conference, Niagara-on-the-Lake, September 26, 2015.

Les aspects transnationaux de la faillite de la MMA (Cross-Border aspects of the MMA restructuring), Canadian Bar Association (Quebec) Conference, Montreal, December 12, 2014.

La restructuration du passif de MMA (Restructuring the liabilities of MMA), Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Montreal, September 30, 2014.

Les développements récents en insolvabilité et l’influence sur la pratique en matière de financement : les régimes de retraite et les affaires Indalex, White Birch et Aveos (Pension plan issues and the Indalex, White Birch and Aveos cases), Canadian Institute Conference on Financing and Securities, Montreal, January 30, 2014.

La restructuration d’une entreprise et la théorie du « flawed asset » (Restructuring and the “Flawed Asset” Theory), 12^th ed. of the Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Montreal, October23, 2013.

Gestion d’une assemblée de créanciers : problèmes pratiques et juridiques (Managing a creditors meeting : legal and practical issues), Canadian Bar Association (Quebec) Conference, Montreal, September 25, 2013.

To vote or not to vote : analyse du droit de vote des créanciers (To vote or not to vote : An analysis of creditors voting rights), Conference at « Conseil des syndics de faillite du Québec » Annual Symposium, Montreal, April 16, 2013.

Le financement d'entreprise et les amendements de septembre 2009 à la LACC et à la LFI / Financing and the 2009 Amendments to the CCAA and the BIA, 8th ed of the Canadian Institute Conference on Financing and Securities, Montreal, January 27, 2011.

Cross Border Workouts, a Roundtable, the Bear Pit Session, American Bankruptcy Institute, Canadian/American Crossborder Insolvency Symposium, Toronto, November 7, 2011.

La vente d'actifs aux termes de la LACC (Asset Sales Under the CCAA), 8th ed of the Insight Conference on Insolvency and Commercial Restructuring, Montreal, April 28, 2010.

Un an plus tard : l'impact des modifications apportées à la LACC / A Year Later: Impact of the Amendments to the CCAA, Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Montreal, October 26, 2010.

The Acquisition by a Non-Canadian of a Distressed Canadian Business — What to Watch Out For, American Bar Association, Presentation to the Task Force on Distressed M&A, Washington D.C., December 4, 2009.

Analyse critique des développements législatifs en matière de faillite et insolvabilité et leur impact sur les différents intervenants, Canadian Institute Conference, Montreal, October 29, 2009.

The Year in Review, Insolvency Institute of Canada, Napa Valley, California, October 12, 2007.

Surmonter les défis et éviter les pièges qu'implique une restructuration pour maximiser temps et argent, Canadian Institute Conference, Montreal, September 24, 2007.

Elements of the American Bankruptcy Code You Should Know, 5th ed of the Insight Conference on Insolvency and Commercial Restructuring, Montreal, April 23 and 24, 2007.

L'Affaire Gaspésia — les principales leçons à en tirer, Canadian Institute Conference, Montreal, September 29, 2005.