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INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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Max Mendelsohn is a former Chair of the Board of Partners of McMillan LLP and
a former Corporate Restructuring Group leader. His practice is focused on advising
commercial enterprises, fi nancial institutions, trustees and reorganizing enterprises. He
also acts as mediator and arbitrator with respect to commercial disputes, advises boards
of directors and has served as a director of public and private companies. Mendelsohn
has been awarded the designation Avocatus Emeritus by the Bar of Québec and has
received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Turnaround Management Association
(Montréal Branch) and Lexpert®'s Zenith Award. He is a fellow (and former Director)
of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and is or has been a member of the Canadian
Bar Association, the Canadian Insolvency Foundation, the Turnaround Management
Association, the International Insolvency Institute and the American Bankruptcy
Institute. He is renowned as a pragmatic deal-maker, and has been frequently recognized
in professional directories.
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Partner and member of insolvency & restructuring practice in Montréal offi ce.
Focuses on bankruptcy and insolvency law, corporate reorganization, commercial law,
fi nancial services and commercial litigation. Extensive experience in insolvency and
restructuring matters for Canada's largest fi nancial institutions. Advises and represents
companies facing fi nancial diffi culties or reorganization as well as trustees, monitors
and other stakeholders. Speaks and teaches on bankruptcy and insolvency for various
organizations. Named a leading lawyer in the area of insolvency & fi nancial restructuring
in IFLR1000, Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Canada, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, and ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Achieved
Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking. Presided over Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Conference for last several years. Member, CBA, ABA (bankruptcy div.), Turnaround
Management Association, INSOL International and Insolvency Institute of Canada.
Called to Québec Bar 1984.
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Corporate partner practicing corporate and securities law with emphasis on M&A,
corporate fi nance, corporate governance and private equity. Lead counsel to both
acquirer and target in many unsolicited take-overs and negotiated M&A transactions.
Lead counsel in numerous complex public mergers, cross-border public fi nancings and
strategic investments. Awarded Best M&A Lawyer in Canada 2009 by World Finance
magazine. Named a leading corporate/M&A lawyer and star individual in Chambers
Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Recognized in Euromoney's
IFLR1000 and Guide to the Leading Financial Law Firms, M&A Lawyers and Capital
Markets Lawyers, Who's Who Legal as one of the world's leading M&A practitioners,
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, ! e Legal 500: Canada, ! e 2006 Lexpert®
Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada and Global Counsel Handbooks'
Private Equity Handbook. BA, LLB, MA, Cambridge University; BCL, LLB, McGill
University. Called to Ontario Bar in 1981.
Max
Mendelsohn
McMillan LLP
Tel: (514) 987-5042
Fax: (514) 987-1213
Montréal
Denis
Ferland
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (514) 841-6423
Fax: (514) 841-6499
Montréal
William M.
Ainley
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5509
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
max.mendelsohn@mcmillan.ca
dferland@dwpv.com
wainley@dwpv.com
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
