Christian Lachance is a lawyer in the firm’s litigation group, where he specializes in corporate and commercial litigation, as well as financial restructuring and insolvency litigation.

Christian is part of the team representing Cinar in major litigation in Canada and abroad, which involves recovery of over $100 million dollars related to various unauthorized transactions.

Christian is a regular contributor to articles and presentations on bankruptcy and insolvency, and more specifically on the recent amendments to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Christian received his law degree from Université Laval in the City of Québec. He was awarded an entry scholarship based on academic excellence from that university. When he graduated from the Law Faculty in 2003, he was on the Dean’s honour list. Christian also worked as a law clerk for the Honourable René Dussault, Judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal.

The recipient in 2003 of the J. Armand Bombardier Internationalist Fellowship administered by the Canadian Bureau for International Education, he earned a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law from Cambridge University in England in 2004. While studying for his degree, Christian was awarded various honours, including a research fellowship at Trinity Hall College and a British Council Fellowship. In June 2004, he was made a member of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

Christian is an active member of the firm’s Student and Stagiaire Recruitment Committee.

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