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Marc Novello specializes in corporate fi nance. He represents and advises lending
syndicates and investors in project fi nancing, public and private take-over bids, asset
acquisitions and debt restructuring. He also represents borrowers in connection with
their borrowings and derivative instruments. Novello is involved in the implementation,
negotiation, preparation and fi nalization of all aspects of cross-border fi nancing, includ-
ing credit and inter-creditor agreements, investment contracts and security documents
and bank debt restructuring documentation. He is a conference lecturer on best legal
practices in bank fi nancing and the creation of eff ective security documentation in
syndicated loan transactions. He is consistently recognized as one of Canada's best
Banking Law lawyers by ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and ! e Best Lawyers in
Canada and a leading Banking & Financial Institutions lawyer in ! e Lexpert®/Ameri-
can Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the Lexpert® Guide to the
Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. He was called to the
Québec Bar in 1989.
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Xeno Martis specializes on a cross-Canada basis in project fi nancing, corporate
fi nancing and insolvency. He leads teams of lawyers acting on behalf of lending syndi-
cates, investors and promoters in project fi nancing, public and private take-overs, asset
acquisitions, structured leverage and synthetic lease fi nancings as well as in CCAA
restructurings. Martis has represented both international and Canadian banking institu-
tions as well as Crown corporations in some of Canada's most high-profi le project fi nance
transactions and insolvency proceedings. He is a frequent panelist and lecturer before
various continuing legal education programs and private clients. rough the World
Bank, Martis advised a foreign government on its banking legislation and legislation
providing for the creation of security interests on personal and real property. Martis is
consistently recommended for his project fi nancing, banking and fi nance law expertise
in leading legal publications. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1976.
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Partner with a practice focusing in Corporate/Commercial, Commercial Real Estate,
Banking, Capital Markets and Financial Services. Expertise in areas of banking, struc-
tured fi nance and private international law. Author of two publications dealing with
secured lending and securitization, including Les sûretés réelles, en pratique, au premier
anniversaire du Code civil du Québec in Le nouveau Code civil du Québec: un bilan and
La titrisation des créances in Le droit bancaire, Service de formation Yvon Blais. He has
also spoken extensively on these matters. At the Annual Québec Real Estate Forum, he
delivered a presentation on condominium law as it applies to non-residential contexts.
In January 2010, at a seminar on fi nancing organized by the Canadian Institute in
Montréal, he delivered a presentation on confl icts of law rules as they apply to Canada-
US secured transactions. Recognized in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and in
! e Best Lawyers in Canada in the fi elds of banking law, real estate law and structured
fi nance law. Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
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Senior Partner. Michael Allen has a broadly based practice in corporate fi nance and
banking law. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in international project
fi nance and is well known for his work in secured transactions and public-private
partnerships. He is also highly experienced in large commercial restructurings and work-
outs. Allen's practice has included transactions in North, South and Latin America,
Africa, Russia, the Asia-Pacifi c and Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes
infrastructure, mining, energy, forestry and telecommunications. Allen has been recog-
nized by Lexpert® as one of Vancouver's leading practitioners in Banking & Financial
Institutions, Corporate Commercial and Project Finance. Named in ! e 2015 Lexpert®/
American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the 2014 Lexpert®
Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and the
2014 Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's Leading In astructure Lawyers.
Marc Novello
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (514) 397-7581
Fax: (514) 397-7600
Montréal
Xeno C.
Martis
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (514) 397-7509
Fax: (514) 397-7600
Montréal
Alain
Roberge
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (514) 841-6429
Fax: (514) 841-6499
Montréal
Michael S.
Allen
Farris,
Vaughan, Wills
& Murphy LLP
Tel: (604) 661-9311
Fax: (604) 661-9349
Vancouver
mnovello@fasken.com
xmartis@fasken.com
aroberge@dwpv.com
mallen@farris.com
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