• Acted on behalf of a shareholder of a private company to obtain interim injunctions and the naming of an interim receiver to protect the assets of the company, specifically fine art valued at more than $15 million. These proceedings involved related proceedings in the United States and Switzerland for the recovery of the debt and the protection of the company’s assets.
• Acted for Ernst & Young Inc., a Court-appointed Monitor, in connection with the restructuring of Quebecor World Inc. (now known as World Color Press Inc.) and 53 of its subsidiaries with in excess of US$2.8 billion of liabilities when Quebecor World sought protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
• 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, including seizures and ex parte worldwide asset freezing injunctions.
• Acted for Exeltech and NordTech Aerospace (NTA) Inc., creditors of Jetsgo Corporation, in connection with the Jetsgo bankruptcy.
• Represented Metso Inc. before the Superior Court in a patent and intellectual property dispute involving the Gaspesia project.
• Represented the National Wildlife Federation in litigation before the Superior Court of Québec arising out of the financing and production of IMAX format wildlife films.
• Acted for a major manufacturer of veterinary pharmaceutical products based in Northern Ireland in injunctions proceedings instituted against Vétoquinol N.-A. Inc. arising out of the latter's breach of a licensing agreement.
• Represented Global Television Network Inc. in an action instituted against it arising out of an alleged copyright violation in respect of the POPSTARS television show.
• Represented a Brazilian pension fund manager in relation to a major dispute involving certain foreign telecommunications assets, which involved multi-jurisdictional litigation.
• Represented a Canadian company in the aircraft industry in a major dispute with a contractor concerning the refurbishment, maintenance and completion of business jets.

Articles and Publications

Cara is co-author of Flirting with the Devil while Doing God’s Work: The Regulation of Charitable Fund-raising, an essay on charities law and policy in Canada, published for the Kahanoff Foundation by McGill-Queen’s University Press. She is also co-author, with William Brock and Mathieu Bouchard, of "Canada-Civil Law" in Grubbs, S.R. ed., International Civil Procedure, Kluwer Law International, 2003.

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