• Represented BCE Inc. and Bell Canada before the Supreme Court of Canada and the courts below in the landmark case involving the proposed $51.7 billion privatization of BCE and the attempt by certain holders of debentures of Bell Canada (BCE's subsidiary) to prevent court approval of the transaction on the basis that the transaction failed to properly protect their interests. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada reversed the previous decision from the Québec Court of Appeal, rejected the claims made by the debenture holders, and restored the trial judge's approval of the transaction.
• Acting for a Québec-based gas retailer in connection with criminal charges laid by the Competition Bureau for alleged price fixing and related class actions.
• Acting for Ernst & Young Inc, Court-appointed Monitor, in connection with World Color Press Inc. (formerly Quebecor World Inc.)'s restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
• Acting for Jacques and Charles Toupin in connection with proceedings instituted to recover their 800,000 class "A" shares of Garda World Security Corporation.
• Acted for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. before the Québec Superior Court and obtained Court approval of its merger of equals with Bowater Incorporated to create a company with a combined enterprise value of US$8 billion.
• Represented Vidéotron Ltd. against a claim of in excess of $26 million for the alleged breach of a share purchase agreement.
• Represented Laurentian Bank of Canada, a significant secured creditor of Groupe de Scieries GDS and its subsidiaries, in their restructuring attempt under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, allowing them significant modifications to the Initial Order, which led to the Bank’s claim being purchased by another creditor.
• Acted for Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership in the restructuring of Cable Satisfaction International Inc., sponsored by Catalyst, including the sale of Cable Satisfaction's subsidiary, Cabovisao-Televisao por Cabo, S.A., to Cogeco Cable Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $465 million.
• Acted for Eaux Vives Harricana Inc. and its two subsidiaries in their restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. This restructuring resulted in the implementation of a plan of arrangement compromising claims aggregating over $100 million.
• Acted for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in the successful representation in its litigation relating to its successful takeover bid for Vidéotron Ltd., a major Québec cable company.
• Acted for Future Electronics Inc. in the successful challenge of a search warrant issued at the request of the FBI pursuant to the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (before the Superior Court and Court of Appeal of Québec and the Supreme Court of Canada).

Articles and Publications

Louis-Martin has written a number of articles, including, recently “Les pouvoirs de contrainte de l'Autorité des marchés financiers” published in "Développements récents en droit des valeurs mobilières" as well as "Peoples v. Wise – genesis and ramifications" published in the Corporate Liability Journal.

Teaching Engagements

Since 2006, Louis-Martin has taught corporate governance at the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés.

Speaking Engagements

Louis-Martin was a speaker at the Canadian Institute’s session, Insolvabilité restructuration faillite, on the topic of “Directors Duties in the Context of Insolvency and Restructuring” as well as a presentation in 2010 for the continuous legal education program of the Québec Bar on the topic of "How to react to a securities regulation violation or when facing an AMF investigation:  the role of legal advisor in an era of financial scandals".

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