Brandon Farber is a partner in the Montréal office and member of the Insolvency & Restructuring group, the White Collar Defence and Investigations group and the Commercial Litigation group. Brandon regularly handles matters relating to insider trading, stock market manipulation and fraud. He also has experience in high-profile securities litigation, including acting for both buyers and targets in the context of statutory plan of arrangements and hostile takeover bids.
Brandon has appeared before the Québec Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Québec, the Court of Québec and various administrative tribunals, including the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (Québec securities commission) and the hearing panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).
Brandon has been involved in several complex disputes and in many high-profile matters, including most recently acting for:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as court-appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Groupe Sélection Inc. et al.;
- Insolvency Institute of Canada in its intervention before the Quebec Court of Appeal in the Chronométriq insolvency proceedings;
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as court-appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Monarch Mining Inc. et al.;
- Raymond Chabot Inc. as court-appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Tergeo Critical Minerals et al.;
- Caisse de dépôt et placement and CDPQ Ressources in the CCAA proceedings of Stornoway Diamonds (Canada) Inc.;
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as court-appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Perativ General Partnership et al.;
- Deloitte Restructuring Inc. as court-appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings of BlackRock Metals Inc. et al;
- North American Lithium Inc. in its restructuring under the CCAA;
- Rebuts Solides Canadiens Inc. et al. in their restructuring under the CCAA;
- Transcontinental Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of Enviroplast Inc. in the context of receivership proceedings;
- Canadian Pacific Railway in the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co.’s CCAA proceeding in connection with the derailment in the town Lac-Mégantic;
- Creditors in various CCAA proceedings, including most recently in the Rising Phoenix International Inc., Groupe Dynamite Inc., Bloom Lake and Target Canada Co. CCAA proceedings;
- Logistec Corporation in the context of its proposed acquisition by Blue Wolf Capital Partners pursuant to plan of arrangement under s. 414 of the QBCA;
- Uni-Sélect Inc. in the context of its acquisition by LKQ Corporation pursuant to plan of arrangement under s. 414 of the QBCA;
- Intertape Polymer Group Inc. in the context of its acquisition by Clearlake Capital pursuant to plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- The Special Committee of Noranda Income Fund in the context of its acquisition by Glencore Canada Corporation pursuant to a plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. in the context of its acquisition by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. pursuant to plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- The Special Committee of Cominar REIT in its privatization pursuant a plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- Exfo Inc. in its privatization pursuant to a plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- Transat A.T. Inc. in its attempted acquisition by Air Canada pursuant to a plan of arrangement under s. 192 of the CBCA;
- Several underwriters in the context of securities class action instituted against Xebec Absorption Inc.;
- TCI Fund Management Limited in its proxy contest against Canadian National Railway Company;
- Goldcorp Inc. in its unsolicited take-over bid for Osisko Mining Corporation;
- Fibrek Inc. indefence of AbitibiBowater’s unsolicited take-over bid;
A published author, Brandon is also a sports aficionado with a passion for hockey and football.
