The ‘exceptional team’ at Fasken assists distressed debtors in out-of-court workouts and in-court restructurings, in addition to supporting lenders and trustees. The group’s sectoral expertise covers financial services, retail, life sciences and tech, among others. Insolvency specialist Stuart Brotman steers the national team from Toronto. In Vancouver, partner Kibben Jackson is active on cross-border insolvency matters. Over in Montreal, Alain Riendeau is lauded by one client as ’the best insolvency and restructuring lawyer in town’. Additional key contacts at the Montreal office include litigator Brandon Farber and ‘bright and up-and-coming’ associate Éliane Dupéré-Tremblay.

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Testimonials

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‘Exceptional team at all levels - the lawyers work well with the firm's other groups, such as real estate and corporate. Very easy to work with, they get the job done - highly client and results-oriented.’
‘Alain Riendeau is the best insolvency and restructuring lawyer in town - technically strong, very efficient in court, business savvy. Brandon Farber is one of the strongest lawyers in his field: hard-working, fully bilingual, results-oriented. Eliane Dupéré-Tremblay: bright and up-and-coming lawyer in her field. Hardworking, technically strong, client-oriented.’

Key clients

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Voyager Digital (Canada)
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Raymond Chabot / Grant Thornton
The Bowra Group
Alvarez & Marsal Canada
iS5 Communications
CIBC
MNP
Bank of Montreal
Investissement Québec
Laboratoires Bodycad
Plus Products
Ernst & Young
Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
HSBC Bank Canada
KSV Advisory
Royal Bank of Canada

Work highlights

Acted as Canadian counsel to Voyager Digital in connection with the recognition in Canada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act of its Chapter 11 proceedings and ultimately confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan.
Acting for the court-appointed monitor in Groupe Sélection’s CCAA proceeding involving over C$272m in debt.
Acted for a syndicate of domestic and foreign first lien lenders (led by Scotiabank) owed in excess of $100m by Trevali Resources, a publicly listed mining company with assets in Canada, Namibia and Burkina Faso.