Toronto (Canada) – Fasken was highlighted as a important player in several circumstances in Lexpert’s Top rated 10 Organization Conclusions of 2022/2023. The record is based on an assessment of the most substantial Canadian lawful cases with choices produced between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023.
Of the leading ten 10 scenarios acknowledged, the Company acted on the subsequent:
In Workman Optometry Skilled Company et al. v. Certas House and Vehicle Insurance policy et al., 2023 ONSC 3356, the Fasken workforce was led by Sarah Armstrong and David Rosenbaum and included Jesse Harper, Daanish Samadmoten, Rachel Laurion, Kimberly Potter, Sebastien Richemont, Vincent Cerat-Lagana and Andrew Borrell, who represented Intact Coverage Organization, Novex Coverage Corporation and Royal & Sunlight Alliance Insurance Business of Canada (alongside one another, “Intact”) in link with their defence of a sequence of proposed class actions and specific steps across the place relating to enterprise interruption insurance policy promises arising out of COVID-19 closures. Intact is the premier provider of assets and casualty insurance coverage in Canada.
In Groupe Sélection Inc.’s restructuring less than the Companies’ Lenders Arrangement Act, the Fasken workforce was led by Alain Riendeau and Brandon Farber, and integrated Nicolas Leblanc, Christine Provencher and Éliane Dupéré-Tremblay, who acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. in its capacity as courtroom-appointed monitor with expanded powers to employ the proposed restructuring.
Our crew, led by Kibben Jackson, Glen Nesbitt and Tom Posyniak, also acted for the Insolvency Institute of Canada (“IIC”) as intervener in Peace River Hydro Associates v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41. The IIC was granted intervener standing in this circumstance to provide the Supreme Courtroom of Canada with the viewpoint and experience of insolvency practitioners across the state.
Furthermore, our Litigation staff had a number of attorneys identified in this year’s Lexpert Distinctive Version – Litigation.
The Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group delivers productive and imaginative methods customized to their clients’ goals. By emphasizing technique we place alternatives in advance of problems and outcomes in advance of system. The team is consistently identified by highly regarded publications throughout the world for its excellent provider to purchasers.
Fasken’s Insolvency & Restructuring group, a single of the most significant in Canada, is produced up of highly ranked and seasoned practitioners sitting down in all of Canada’s important centres. Our lawyers are on a regular basis included in the most sophisticated and large profile restructurings and insolvency proceedings in Canada and have extensive knowledge in cross-border restructurings.
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