Louis Dumont | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Louis Dumont LL.L., Partner

Louis Dumont has 28 years of experience in bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation including product liability, franchising and real estate.

Louis advises clients in matters of local, national and international bankruptcy and insolvency, restructuring mandates and the sale of distressed businesses. He has represented secured lenders in enforcing their security through the exercise of bank security, hypothecary rights and remedies, defending their security against challenges by others, as well as lender liability issues.

Louis has also represented corporate debtors with respect to the reorganization of debt and equity and has represented several accounting firms in their capacity as trustees in bankruptcy, interim receivers, monitors and court-appointed receivers.

Louis has been involved in numerous court cases involving conflicts of priority and between secured lenders and other creditors. He has also advised several franchisers, manufacturers, suppliers, landlords, guarantors and directors in connection with their obligations, and the protections of their rights in bankruptcy and insolvency related matters.

Louis has published many articles on bankruptcy and insolvency, restructuring and realization of security. He has made a number of presentations and conferences for various associations and organizations such as the Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association, Insight, The Canadian Institute, the Fiscal and Financial Planning Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the University of British Columbia and the Québec Bar.

Louis has represented numerous manufacturers in product liability cases and class actions. He has been instrumental in defeating several certification requests.

Louis joined Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) in 1984 and became a partner in 1988.

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Louis has expertise in the following fields:

Counsel to secured lenders regarding the enforcement or defense of their security in matters related to bankruptcy, receivership, corporate reorganization, restructuring, including lender liability issues
Advising secured creditors with respect to the realization of security, defending the validity of their security against the challenges of others, including matters related to bankruptcy, insolvency and workout situations, as well as lender liability
Realization of security, exercise of hypothecary remedies, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and conflicts of priority between secured and unsecured creditors
Representing trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and manufacturers, suppliers, landlords and other creditors whose rights are affected by bankruptcies and insolvencies
Court applications including provisional remedies such as injunctions, seizures before judgment and the exercise of hypothecary remedies
Bills of exchange and letters of credit
Banking and insolvency
Real estate
Franchising
Product liability
Class actions

Representative Work

Counsel to Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited with respect to its $4.9 billion acquisition by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of banks with respect to the successful realization of security against the assets of Canadian Steel Foundries and other Canadian subsidiaries of Atchison Casting Corporation, which included movable and immovable assets of a foundry and of pension funds surpluses

Counsel for major secured bondholders with respect to realization of their security in the context of an attempted reorganization of Luminon Light Wave Technology Inc. and Lilt Canada Inc. under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and in the context of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Restructuring counsel for Concert Industries Ltd. and its subsidiaries in a successful reorganization under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act

Counsel for Tembec Industries in the context of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings filed by Papier Gaspésia

Counsel for Harris Bank, Bank of Montreal and a lending syndicate with respect to the realization of its security against the Atchison Casting Corp. and its subsidiaries, including Canadian Steel Foundries (Atchison Casting Corp. also had operating entities in the province of Ontario and in the United States)

Counsel for PyroGenesis in its reorganization under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Counsel for Deloitte & Touche, Inc. in its capacity as trustee in bankruptcy in the Luminon Light Wave Technology Inc. and Lilt Canada Inc. matter in presenting a proposal to realize the tax losses and reorganization proceedings under the Canada Business Corporations Act

Counsel for Ciment St Laurent Ltée in the context of the purchase of the assets of Béton Grilli Inc., a business which had failed in its attempt to restructure under the Company Creditors Arrangement Act and which subsequently filed for bankruptcy. The transaction involved the filing of a proposal by Béton Grilli Inc. while it was bankrupt, followed by the sale of assets including real estate.

Counsel for Accent de ville, the purchaser of the business, in a distressed situation through an interim receiver

Counsel for Volvo Credit in connection with the realization of its security and the repossession of Mack Montréal Inc.

Counsel for Rio Sud Inc., a Quebec retailer, in the context of the successful restructuring of its business under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Member of the FMC national team representing PWC in the context of the realization of security and the sale of the assets of Saan Stores Ltd., a national retailer

Counsel for a bank syndicate in connection with the realization of security and the sale of CS Brooks Inc.’s assets, including real estate

Publications

Québec Developments: GST and QST: Issues of Trust, Property or Agency?

National Commercial Technical Update: Case Law Review

“Gérer les nouveaux défis de la faillite et de la restructuration des fiducies de revenu”, article written by Louis Dumont and Michel Jodoin, Septembre 27, 2006

“Les droits des actionnaires et les recours collectifs : développements récents en droit québécois”, article written by Louis Dumont and Pierre Grenier, September 2006

“Bilan jurisprudentiel commercial, Association Canadienne des praticiens en insolvabilité et restructuration”, May 2004

Prior Speaking Engagements

CAIRP 2011 Annual Conference, August 16-19, 2011

2011 Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance, May 6th and 7th, 2011

“Les super-séquestres et les nouveaux recours du syndic en matière de traitements préférentiels et de transactions sous-évaluées : les effets de la réforme”, Huitième Édition sur l’Insolvabilité et la Restructuration commerciale, Insight, April 28, 2010

“L’évolution et l’utilisation d’un financement DIP dans les restructurations au Canada”, conference presented at the 9e édition des conférences Insight sur Les Sûretés, 5 octobre 2009

“Bilan jurisprudentiel en matière d’insolvabilité”, conference prepared in collaboration with Martin Poulin and Emmanuelle C-Gervais, Septième Édition sur l’Insolvabilité et la Restructuration commerciale, Insight, April 20 and 21, 2009

“Développements récents en matière d’insaisissabilité des REER”, conference given to the Association de planification fiscale et financière, October 9, 2008

“Démystifier les incertitudes relatives à la saisie et/ou l’impossibilité de prendre en garantie les REER”, January 29, 2008

“Québec Developments: GST and QST: Issues of Trust, Property or Agency?”, conference presented at the 4th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, March 30, 2007

“Conférence Institut canadien - Les meilleures pratiques pour gérer une crise avec succès et l’art de bien communiquer en cette période stratégique”, June 14, 2006

“L’insolvabilité pancanadienne, transfrontalière et internationale : comment être prêt à gérer les difficultés majeures”, 5e Conférence avancée sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité de l’Institut Canadien, Montréal, Septembre 28 and 29, 2005

“Le retard ou le défaut de publication des réserves de droit de propriété depuis les récents arrêts de la Cour Suprême du Canada : Le débat est-il clos?”, Insight conference, September 1, 2005

“Conflits de lois en matière de sûretés”, Troisième conférence annuelle sur les sûretés, Insight Information Co., 2004

“Comment protéger le patrimoine du dirigeant?”, Directors’ and Officers Liability, L’Association de planification fiscale et financière, June 18, 2003

“Le créancier garanti : la réalisation de ses sûretés dans un contexte d’insolvabilité et de faillite”, Insight Information, September 24 and 25, 2001

“L’exercice des recours des créanciers hypothécaires : droit substantif et procédure”, Insight conference, April 27 and 28, 2000

“L’effet sur les débiteurs : propositions concordataire, La Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité”, Insight, September 13, 1994

“Cessions de biens en stock : six ans après leur entrée en vigueur”, Conseil Canadien d’Insolvabilité, 1990