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Acted for initial purchasers led by J.P. Morgan and TD Securities in connection with Air Canada's US$1.1 billion private placement offering of secured notes. The offering consisted of US$600 million of first-lien secured notes, CDN$300 million of Canadian dollar-denominated first-lien secured notes and US$200 million of second-lien secured notes. |
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2010 |
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Acted for Adaltis Inc. in proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and subsequent bankruptcy proceedings. |
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2009 |
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Acted for Caisse régionale de crédit agricole in connection to Mecachrome International Inc. and its Canadian subsidiaries' joint plan of arrangement and reorganization under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act, while a similar plan de sauvegarde pursuant to the French Code de Commerce was approved with respect to Mecachrome International Inc.'s French subsidiaries. |
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2009 |
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Acted for SG Overseas to assert secured claims in the insolvency of SaarGummi (Québec) Inc. |
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2009 |
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Acted for Cinar Corporation by successfully obtaining judgments on behalf of Cinar and its affiliates from the Superior Court and Court of Appeal ordering Paquette & Associés to pay the proceeds from the sale of the residences of Ronald Weinberg (which amounted to over $4 million) to the Weinbergs' creditors, including in particular, Cinar. |
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2009 |
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Acted for San K.J. Lee, in the case of San K.J. Lee v. V&G International Licensing Inc., an oppression remedy proceeding in Québec, with interim safeguard measures including the appointment of an interim receiver-manager and injunctive relief in Québec, the United States and Switzerland. |
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2009 |
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Acted on behalf of Cinar Corporation in significant litigation in Canada and elsewhere involving the recovery of in excess of $100 million in relation to certain unauthorized transactions effected by past directors and officers of the corporation. This litigation also involved multi-jurisdictional safeguard, enforcement and liquidation proceedings. |
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2008 |
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Acted for CINAR Corporation in litigation with both federal and provincial tax authorities involving the issue of third party rights in collection proceedings undertaken against a taxpayer (before the Federal Court of Canada and the Québec Superior Court). |
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2007 |
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Acted for Kerr-McGee Stored Power Corporation in the insolvency of Avestor Limited Partnership. |
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2006 |
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Acted for Shermag Inc. in its financing with Wachovia Capital Finance of Canada. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Montcap Financial Corporation in the establishment of credit facilities for Produits Belt-Tech Inc. and the insolvency of Company LaGran Canada Inc. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Cinar Corporation regarding the issuance of a Mareva injunction and other asset protection proceedings. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Exeltech and NordTech Aerospace (NTA) Inc., creditors of Jetsgo Corporation, in connection with the Jetsgo bankruptcy. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Famous Players Cinemas Inc. on the successful representation before the Québec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court Canada. Famous Players was accused by its landlord's mortgage creditor of participating in a breach of contract by agreeing with the landlord to the cancellation of Famous Players' lease when such cancellation was prohibited under the terms of the landlord's mortgage. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Energy Systems Holdings Ltd. with regard to partnership interests in Cartier Wind Energy Inc.
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2004 |
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