Lawyers
Bogdan Catanu
- Phone514-982-6157
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewoods.qc.ca
Position
Partner
Career
Bogdan Catanu is a partner of the firm. He has a diverse commercial litigation practice and represents public and private corporations, as well as their officers, directors, shareholders, auditors, contractual partners, or creditors in commercial disputes.
He has a solid experience in complex contractual matters, liability of professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, oppression remedies, and rights of shareholders. He has also represented clients on many occasions in the context of injunction proceedings and in commercial arbitrations.
Bogdan played a leading role in the defense of BCE Inc.’s privatization worth approximately $52 billion, which was being contested by a group of bondholders, and subsequently in defending the purchasers sued by BCE Inc. for a $1.2 billion break-up fee. He also played a key role in the litigation surrounding the restructuring of the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper market worth $32 billion.
Languages
French, English, Romanian, Spanish, German
Memberships
Professional activities Université de Montréal, teaching a Commercial Litigation Workshop and Trial Advocacy course
Associations
Quebec Bar Canadian Bar Association The Advocates’ SocietyEducation
Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 2001