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Novello, Marc, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montréal - (514) 397-7581 - mnovello@fasken.com
Marc Novello specializes in corporate finance. He represents and advises lending syndicates and investors in
project financing, public and private take-over bids, asset acquisitions and debt restructuring. He also repre-
sents borrowers in connection with their borrowings and derivative instruments. Novello is involved in the
implementation, negotiation, preparation and finalization of all aspects of cross-border financing, including
credit and inter-creditor agreements, investment contracts and security documents and bank debt restructur-
ing documentation. He is a conference lecturer on best legal practices in bank financing and the creation
of effective 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 Can-
ada and as a leading Banking & Financial Institutions lawyer in e Lexpert®/American 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.
Martis, Xeno C., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montréal - (514) 397-7509 - xmartis@fasken.com
Xeno Martis specializes on a cross-Canada basis in project financing, corporate financing and insolvency. He
leads teams of lawyers acting on behalf of lending syndicates, investors and promoters in project financing,
public and private take-overs, asset acquisitions, structured leverage and synthetic lease financings as well as
in CCAA restructurings. Martis has represented both international and Canadian banking institutions as
well as Crown corporations in some of Canada's most high-profile project finance 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 financing, banking and finance law expertise in leading legal publications. He
was called to the Québec Bar in 1976.
Godbout, Lucien, Langlois lawyers, LLP Québec City - (418) 650-7029 - lucien.godbout@langlois.ca
Lucien Godbout focuses his practice in the area of commercial law, where he works as counsel for both
financial institutions and public and private companies seeking financing. He has played a key role in a
number of major Québec and pan-Canadian bank financings for communications firms. He is also ac-
tive in real estate law, security for indebtedness, and restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency law. He
regularly prepares and hosts continuing information and education seminars, primarily for financial in-
stitutions. He occasionally argues cases before trial and appeal courts in the aforementioned areas. His
practice also extends to the purchase and sale of businesses, and to providing corporations with advice on
day-to-day and extraordinary legal matters.
Allen, Michael S., Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Vancouver - (604) 661-9311 - mallen@farris.com
Michael Allen has a broadly based practice in corporate finance and banking law. He regularly acts for both
lenders and borrowers in international project finance 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, Australia,
the Asia-Pacific and Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes infrastructure, mining, energy, forest-
ry and telecommunications. Allen has been recognized as one of Vancouver's leading practitioners in Banking
& Financial Institutions, Corporate Commercial, Infrastructure and Project Finance (e Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory 2011–15). He was listed in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Law-
yers in Canada 2012–15 and Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in
Canada 2011–15 for banking & financial institutions. He is called to the Bar in British Columbia, Ontario,
England and Wales.
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