Sylvain A. Vauclair

Practice Details

• Languages
  English
  French
• Payment Information
  Payment & Cost Features

  Fixed hourly rates
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Woods LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  REPRESENTATIVE MANDATES: Represents the controller in the CCAA proceedings relative to the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway.
  Attorney for the Creditors' Committee in the context of the cross-border restructuring under the CCAA of Pionner Chemical's bank debt
  bondholder debt of over one billion dollars.
  Attorney for Eicon Networks Corporation in the context of the restructuring under the BIA
  CCAA of its liabilities
  multi-jurisdictional operations.
  Attorney for Citigroup in the context of Air Canada's restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for QIT Fer et Titane inc. (part of the Rio Tinto group), principal creditor in the context of Ivaco Inc.'s restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for the special committee of debenture holders in the context of the restructuring under the CCAA of Boutiques San Francisco, a major Quebec fashion retailer.
  Attorney for Uniboard Inc.
  its subsidiaries in the context of the out of court restructuring of their bank
  bondholder debt in the amount of $275 million.
  Attorney for Papiers Gaspesia, Limited Partnership (paper mill project in the Province of Quebec totaling $700 million) in the context of the corporate restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for Climan Transport in the context of its bankruptcy proposal.
  Attorney for Longroad Asset Management, a U.S. equity fund, as lender
  purchaser of the new CS Brooks (textile industry) equity in the context of CS Brooks's debt restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for RSM Richter as controller under the CCAA
  then as trustee in bankruptcy of Jetsgo Corporation.
  Attorney for SGF in the context of the Tembec plan of arrangement under the CBCA.
  Attorney for the SONACC government agency in the context of Attractions Hippiques' proceedings under the CCAA.
  Attorney for Boises Cascades in the context of its attempt to acquire Temlam assets in the Temlam bankruptcy.
  Attorney for Unimax in its attempt to acquire Tirecraft in the context of Tirecraft's proceedings under the CCAA.
  Attorney for BNP Canada, one of Quebecor World's lenders, in the context of Quebecor World's proceedings under the CCAA.
  Attorney for Textron Financial in the context of Collins & Aikman's proceedings under the CCAA.
  Member of the team of attorneys for Chrysler Canada during the financial crisis
  restructuring of the Canadian
  American auto industry.
  Attorney for CGI in the context of the restructuring of Aveos's liabilities.
  Attorney for Conjuchem in its attempt of restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for FSTQ
  a French investment fund as interim lender
  purchaser of Mecachrome's share capital in the context of proceedings under the CCAA
  the French safeguard.
  Attorney for Osisko in its attempt to acquire Northern Star Mining in the context of Northern Star's bankruptcy proposal.
  Attorney for the bondholders in the context of the informal restructuring of United Farmers of Alberta's bondholder obligations.
  Attorney for GE in the context of White Birch's proceedings under the CCAA.
  Attorney for RSM Richter as controller in the context of Kitco Metals' proceedings under the CCAA.
  Member of the team of attorneys for Pakit Inc. in the context of Pakit's restructuring under the CCAA.
  Attorney for Dow Corning in the context of Timminco's proceedings under the CCAA.
  Attorney for GE Aviation in the context of Aveos's proceedings under the CCAA.