Christian Lachance is a partner in the Litigation and Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practices. He is an active member of the firm’s Student and Stagiaire Recruitment Committee.
Christian specializes in corporate and commercial litigation, as well as financial restructuring and insolvency litigation. Over the past few years, he has been involved in many complex and important restructuring cases.
Christian was a law clerk for the Honourable René Dussault, Judge of the Québec Court of Appeal.
Representative Work
- 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.
- Acted for Alvarez & Marsal Canada ULC as monitor of Maax Inc. and its subsidiaries under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") and proceedings under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
- Acted for Shermag Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with its CCAA proceedings and its proceedings under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
- Acted for HSBC Bank Canada, the most important guaranteed creditor of ROL Manufacturing (Canada) Ltd. and its subsidiaries, in relation to its restructuring attempt under the CCAA proceedings and United States Chapter 15 proceedings of ROL Manufacturing and its subsidiaries.
- Acted for Laurentian Bank of Canada, a significant secured creditor of Groupe de Scieries GDS and its subsidiaries, in their restructuring attempt under the CCAA. Davies was successful in obtaining for the Bank significant modifications to the Initial Order, which led to the Bank's claim being purchased by another creditor.
- Acted for Australia-based Amcor Limited in the sale of its White Cap business in Europe, Asia, Brazil and the US to Silgan Holdings Inc. for a base price of $230 million.
- Acted for the current owners of the Pepsi Forum, Canadian Forum Investments Inc., which have sued Pepsi for the recovery of unpaid sponsorship fees for an amount of $5 million.
- Acted for INEOS with respect to a $36 million recovery allegedly due as a result of the termination of a tolling agreement.
Recognition
- Recipient in 2003 of the J. Armand Bombardier Internationalist Fellowship Award administered by the Canadian Bureau for International Education.
- Recipient in 2003 of a Trinity Hall College research fellowship.
- Recipient in 2004 of a British Council research scholarship.
Articles and Publications
Christian is a regular contributor to articles and presentations on bankruptcy and insolvency, and more specifically on the recent amendments to the CCAA and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
Speaking Engagements
- February 23, 2010 – Federated Press Conference – Montréal – The Canadian Insolvency Legal Framework
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