François Valin

Expertise

Bankrupty, Insolvency and Restructuring

• Cross-Border Insolvency
• Enforcement of Security
• Financing and taking of security in Insolvency Matters (DIP)
• Formal or Informal Reorganizations
• Insolvency in a Farming Context
• Legal Counsel to Creditors, Debtors and Insolvency Professionals
• Mergers and Acquisitions in an Insolvency Context
• Plans of Arrangement Under Corporate Laws
• Procedures and Recourse Under the Insolvency Legislation

Business, Commercial and Corporate Law

• Corporate Finance
• Franchising

Litigation

• Banking Litigation
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Domestic Arbitration
• Insolvency
• Shareholder's Disputes

Strategic Teams

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Banking and Financial Services
• Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring
• Commercial Litigation

Professional background

François Valin has been practicing for over 20 years. He practices commercial and civil litigation, and also represents businesses, trustees, controllers and financial institutions in connection with restructurings and insolvency and in acquisitions in the hotel, manufacturing and transportation sectors.

Publications

• "Bilan jurisprudentiel trimestriel," Association québécoise des professionnels en insolvabilité (A.Q.P.R.I.), 2001 and 2002.
• "Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité," Wilson & Lafleur (with Jacques Deslauriers), 1996.
• "Précis de droit des sûretés," Wilson & Lafleur (with Jacques Deslauriers), 1990.

Involvement

• Member of the Professional Inspection Committee of the Barreau du Québec since June 2001.

• Participant in the development of exams to attribute trustee in bankruptcy licences.

• Member of the examination board to attribute bankruptcy trustee licences.

• Lecturer in law (securites, bankruptcy and insolvency), Faculty of Law, Université Laval, 1999 to 2001.

Conferences

• Numerous conferences relating to Quebec and Canadian insolvency associations