Gabriel Lavery Lepage Partner | Montréal

• Acted for a major Canadian development bank in the restructuring proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA restructuring) of a Quebec-based medical clinic consolidator and operator

• Advised a Canadian public technology company on its restructuring under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA restructuring)

• Represented two solidarity funds (funds) in the CCAA restructuring of a major Quebec-based real estate developer relating to the acquisition of its entire interest in the historic site of a former brewing complex, and the subsequent sale of a portion of such interest to another Quebec-based real estate developer, making the latter and the funds equal owners of the property

• Acted for a large Canadian bank, a secured creditor, in the restructuring and receivership proceedings of a Quebec-based industrial manufacturer

• Represented a major Canadian development bank in the BIA restructuring of a major player in the pharmaceutical industry in Quebec and its real estate affiliate

• Acted for a major Canadian development bank in the CCAA restructuring of a Canadian manufacturer and its related entities

• Represented a Quebec-based lithium producer in proceedings brought by an individual seeking to obtain a royalty on metals extracted from the producer’s mine

• Acted for a Canadian shoe retailer in its successful CCAA restructuring

• Represented a Canadian TSX-listed clothing retailer in its CCAA restructuring

• Advised an international private investor in the natural resources sector on the acquisition, along with a Quebec public investment firm, of a Quebec-based lithium company, in the context of a sale made pursuant to the CCAA

• Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2025 (Restructuring/Insolvency)

• The Legal 500 Canada 2025 (Restructuring/Insolvency – Next Generation Partner)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring: Insolvency Litigation)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring 2024

• The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2021-2025 (Banking and Finance Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law)

• IFLR1000: Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (Restructuring and Insolvency)

• Benchmark Canada: Impact Case of the Year Award – 2020 (Recipient)

Gabriel lectured for several years on bankruptcy and insolvency law at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke.

• Co-author : Off the Hook? Limitations on Director (and Officer) Releases in Canadian Insolvency Law
  Journal of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, Vol. 13.
• Co-author : With Leave or Not With Leave, That is the Question – When is an Order “Made Under” the CCAA?
  Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2023.

Admitted to the Quebec Bar – 2011
LLM, Cambridge University (United Kingdom) – 2012
MBA, Université de Sherbrooke – 2010
LLB, Université de Sherbrooke – 2010 (Ogilvy Renault Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Dean’s List 2010)