Joseph Reynaud is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution group. His practice focuses on restructuring, insolvency, and commercial litigation. He regularly advises and represents debtors, secured lenders, court-appointed officers, and purchasers in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. He is involved in Quebec-based, national, and cross-border proceedings and has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has participated in large-scale restructurings, liquidations, distressed asset sales, and the litigation or arbitration of major commercial disputes in several industry areas, including airlines and aircraft financing, banking, construction, equipment financing, energy, forest products, gaming, hydroelectricity, information technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, real estate, and retail. His depth of experience in dispute resolution and insolvency informs the strategic advice he provides clients with respect to various types of commercial transactions.
Canadian courts delivered several hard-hitting decisions affecting Canadian businesses in 2019 and 2020, including the long-awaited release of the Supreme Court of Canada’s administrative law trilogy
