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Mendelsohn, Max, McMillan LLP Montréal - (514) 987-5042 - max.mendelsohn@mcmillan.ca
Max Mendelsohn is a former Chair of the Board of Partners of McMillan LLP and a former Corporate Re-
structuring Group leader. His practice is focused on advising commercial enterprises, financial institutions,
trustees and reorganizing enterprises. He also acts as mediator and arbitrator with respect to commercial dis-
putes, 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 Achieve-
ment 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.
Thornton, Robert I., Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Toronto - (416) 304-0560 - rthornton@tgf.ca
Bob ornton is a founding partner of TGF and is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost insolvency
practitioners in Canada. Euromoney's e Best of the Best 2012 listed ornton as one of the top three insol-
vency and restructuring lawyers in Canada and has described him as "exceptional" and "the most innovative in
the field." He is recognized as a Band 1 Leading Individual in Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers Global,
and has been lauded as "a leading light" and "pound for pound one of the top lawyers in town." ornton is
currently playing leading roles or was recently involved in the restructurings of US Steel Canada, Coopers
& Lybrand, Mobilicity, Hollinger, AbitibiBowater, Fraser Papers, Calpine, Stelco and Air Canada and the
reorganization of BCE. ornton is a Director of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and a member of INSOL
International, e Advocates' Society, Canadian Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Canadian
Insolvency Foundation and the Ontario Bar Association, Insolvency Section. He was called to the Ontario
Bar in 1984.
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 active
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 institutions.
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.
Grieve, John F., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-4772 - jgrieve@fasken.com
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 numer-
ous 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 Lim-
ited; 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 Com-
munications. 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.
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