Ms Marie-Josée Couture > Dentons > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
1 PLACE VILLE-MARIE
39TH FLOOR
MONTREAL, QUEBEC H3B 4M7
Canada

Work Department

Banking and Finance; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Infrastructure and PPP; Financial Institutions

Position

Partner

Career

Marie-Josée Couture practices corporate and commercial law in the Banking and Finance Services group of Dentons Canada LLP’s Montreal office. Her practice focuses on Canadian and international lending.

Marie-Josée represents clients engaged in credit and structured finance transactions, including syndicated loans, factoring, asset-based lending and equipment financing. She advises lenders and borrowers in project financings, public and private takeovers, asset acquisitions and debt restructuring. She negotiates, prepares and finalizes credit agreements and security and debt restructuring documents. She also negotiates and drafts a variety of commercial agreements and advises clients on the corporate and commercial matters that arise in their day–to–day activities.

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Languages

English; French

Education

Université de Montréal, 2007
Université de Montréal, 2005, LL.B.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Banking and finance

Dentons’ banking and finance team is a popular choice to advise on cross-border financings, where it can leverage the wider firm’s global platform. It also benefits from a generous national network, which encompasses six offices across Canada. The national department is co-led by Ryan Middleton in Toronto and Robert de Guzman in Edmonton. The Toronto group also includes Michael Henriques, Heidi Clark, Radha Khosla and Dennis Wiebe. In Montreal, Joel Cabelli and Marie-Josée Couture are key contacts.