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INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING Denis Ferland Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (514) 841-6423 Fax: (514) 841-6499 Montréal dferland@dwpv.com Jean Fontaine Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3337 Fax: (514) 397-3487 Montréal jfontaine@stikeman.com Guy P. Martel Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3163 Fax: (514) 397-3493 Montréal gmartel@stikeman.com Partner and member of insolvency and restructuring group in Montréal office. Focuses on bankruptcy and insolvency law, corporate reorganizations, commercial law, financial services and commercial litigation. Experience in insolvency and restructuring matters for Canada's largest financial institutions. Advises and represents companies facing financial difficulties or reorganization, as well as trustees, monitors and other stakeholders in insolvency, reorganization and bankruptcy. Speaks and teaches on bankruptcy and insolvency for organizations, including bankruptcy and insolvency division of CBA, Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association and Canadian Institute. Named a leading lawyer in the area of insolvency & financial restructuring in the IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, Who's Who Legal, The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory. Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking. Called to Québec Bar in 1984. Partner and head of the Montréal Litigation and Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Groups. Member of the Montréal office's Management Committee, he is actively involved in the management and the strategic orientations of the Montréal office. Included in the following publications: The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014; IFLR1000's The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2013; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013, as a leading practitioner in insolvency & financial restructuring and litigation corporate commercial; Who's Who Legal 100 2012 and Who's Who Legal: Canada 2012; The 2012 PLC Which Lawyer? and PLC's Restructuring and Insolvency Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/2013. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Lexpert®'s Special Edition on Insolvency and Restructuring, November 2012 and as a "most highly regarded individual" by The Who's Who Legal Most Highly Regarded Firms: Insolvency & Restructuring 2011. Member of the Québec Bar, the Canadian Bar Association, the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the American Bar Association (litigation and insolvency). Partner and member of the litigation group. He specializes in the area of banking and restructuring. He has actively participated in the representation of lenders, borrowers and investors in Canadian, cross-border or foreign matters. He often acts as legal advisor for lending institutions and companies that specialize in the restructuring and sale of financially troubled businesses. Guy Martel is included in the following recent publications: The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014, The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory 2013 as a leading practitioner "consistently recommended" in the insolvency and financial restructuring sector; Lexpert®'s Special Edition on Insolvency and Restructuring, November 2012; and Benchmark Litigation's Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys, 2012 edition, as a future litigation star in Québec. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency section of the Canadian Bar Association, of the Turnaround Management Association, of the American Bankruptcy Institute and of INSOL International. Alain Riendeau Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (514) 397-7678 Fax: (514) 397-7600 Montréal ariendeau@fasken.com 104 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Practice focuses mainly on bankruptcy, insolvency and corporate commercial litigation. Involved in many complex financial disputes and in most of the large restructurings that have taken place in Québec in recent years. Acted on behalf of important corporations in their recovery under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Acted for a group of secured creditors in the restructurings of AbitibiBowater and White Birch, and for the parent company in the restructuring of Quebecor World. Represented large Québec-based companies in their successful recovery under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Acted on behalf of Le Groupe ADF Inc., a major steel structure manufacturer, in the restructuring of its largest debts. Also involved in several files regarding injunctions and seizures relating to intellectual property and trade secrets. Frequently pleads before both trial and appeal courts. Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada for insolvency & financial restructuring. Admitted to the Québec Bar in 1986.