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Partner in the Financial Restructuring and Insolvency and Litigation practices. Focuses
on bankruptcy and insolvency law, corporate reorganization, commercial law, fi nancial
services and commercial litigation. Extensive experience in insolvency and restructur-
ing 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 stake-
holders. 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.
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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 dealmaker, and has been frequently recognized
in professional directories.
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e leader of Fasken Martineau's Global Insolvency and Restructuring Group, John
Grieve's practice focuses on complex cross-border commercial reorganizations. Grieve
has acted as counsel for the Petitioner in numerous CCAA reorganizations, including
those of Bear Mountain Master Partnership, Pope & Talbot, Adanac Minerals, and St.
Eugene's Mission; counsel for a major creditor in Canada 3000, ree Sisters Mountain
Village, Xillix Technologies Corp., Coalmont Energy Corporation and North American
Steamships Limited; counsel for the receiver or trustee in K2 Developments Ltd., United
Used Auto, Aquattro Estates, and McBride Forest Products; and counsel for the Monitor
in Catalyst Paper, Angiotech and Ascalade Communications. Grieve is currently acting
as Representative Counsel for the 3,700 investors in the CCAA of League Investments.
He frequently lectures at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University,
the Annual Review of Insolvency Law and is a member of the Insolvency Institute of
Canada and INSOL International. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1985.
Denis
Ferland
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (514) 841-6423
Fax: (514) 841-6499
Montréal
Max
Mendelsohn
McMillan LLP
Tel: (514) 987-5042
Fax: (514) 987-1213
Montréal
John F.
Grieve
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (604) 631-4772
Fax: (604) 632-4772
Vancouver
dferland@dwpv.com
max.mendelsohn@mcmillan.ca
jgrieve@fasken.com
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Restructuring and Insolvency Partner. Practice focuses on debt restructurings with
an emphasis on cross-border and multinational insolvencies with aspects in Canada.
Has acted for lenders in Connacher Oil, Southern Pacifi c, Yellow Media, Nortel, OPTI
Canada, Ainsworth Lumber, Trident Energy, Pioneer Companies, Doman Industries,
Stelco, Ivaco, Parmalat, Teleglobe and AT&T Canada; the borrower in Quicksilver
Resources, Lone Pine Resources, Sino-Forest, Sun Times Media, Pillowtex and General
Chemical; and estate fi duciaries in U.S. Steel Canada, Cooper-Standard Automotive,
AbitibiBowater, Smurfi t-Stone, TerreStar Networks, Dura Automotive, Progressive
Moulded Products and Quebecor World.
Kevin J. Zych
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-5738
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
zychk@bennettjones.com
INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING
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