Christian Lachance

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Christian is a member of the Dispute Resolution practice and coordinator of the Montréal office’s Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice. He specializes in financial restructuring and insolvency litigation, as well as corporate and commercial litigation. He advises trustees, receivers, lenders and retailers on some of Canada’s most complex and intricate restructuring cases and regularly works with companies in difficult financial circumstances. Christian is the president of the Liaison Committee of the Superior Court, Commercial Chamber of the Barreau de Montréal, and, since 2013, has lectured at the University of Sherbrooke and McGill University law faculties on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law. He is a member of the Emerging Issues and Law Reform Committee of the Insolvency Institute of Canada. In 2020, Christian received the Benchmark Canada Impact Case of the Year Award and the IFLR Canada Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year Award. Select Recognition: IFLR1000; Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40; Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Canada.