Bernard Boucher > Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Offices
3000-1 Place Ville Marie
Montreal QC H3B 4N8
Canada
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Bernard Boucher
Work Department
Litigation ＆ Dispute Resolution; Restructuring ＆ Insolvency
Position
Bernard is the Head of the Restructuring & Insolvency Group in Montréal. Over the years, Bernard has acted for several financial institutions and trustees in bankruptcy, pleading numerous cases on their behalf before the Québec Superior Court, the Québec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Bernard has acted for several companies as business counsel regarding any issues that might arise on a day-to-day basis. He also practises commercial litigation, and is fluent in French and English. He has represented many different parties affected by the insolvency process in both domestic and cross-border cases. Bernard is the author of a book entitled Faillite et Insolvabilité, une perspective québécoise de la jurisprudence canadienne (Bankruptcy and Insolvency: A Quebec Perspective on Canadian Jurisprudence), considered by many as being the most authoritative book on this topic in Québec.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Restructuring and insolvency
The department at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP assists both debtors and lenders with restructuring and insolvency matters, and has particular sectoral expertise in mining, real estate, energy, cannabis and retail. Pamela Huff
heads up the national group from Toronto and is knowledgeable in all aspects of insolvency. In Vancouver, Peter Rubin co-leads and majors on supporting debtor companies, lending syndicates and secured and unsecured creditors with insolvency mandates. Calgary head Kelly Bourassa leads significant restructuring mandates, both domestic and cross-border, and has particular expertise in the energy segment. In Montreal, Bernard Boucher is charged with managing the practice and has experience appearing before the Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto-based partners Linc Rogers and Chris Burr, as well as associate Caitlin McIntyre, are additional key contacts.
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- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
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- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
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- Restructuring and insolvency
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