Practice Expertise

  • Business Transactions / Mergers and ...
  • Debt Financing and Banking
  • Aviation
  • Aviation and Aerospace

Areas of Practice

  • Aviation
  • Aviation and Aerospace
  • Business Transactions / Mergers and ...
  • Debt Financing and Banking
  • Financing and Financial Services
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
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Profile

Partner

François Renaud is a partner of the firm?s. He practices mainly in the area of financing and regularly represents and advises lenders and borrowers in the structuring and arranging of credit facilities (syndicated or not) and the negotiation and drafting of the necessary legal documents (including credit agreements, security documents, agreements between lenders, and legal opinions).

Mr. Renaud has acted in several major cross-border financings.

Mr. Renaud also represents and advises clients in connection with the purchase and sale of assets and shares, corporate reorganizations, and the implementation of various business contracts.

Representative mandates
  • Represent Héroux-Devtek Inc. and its Canadian, American, and British subsidiaries in the implementation of a $250 million operating line of credit
  • Represent the entity created for the purpose of acquiring the Montréal Canadiens hockey franchise as well as the franchise itself in the arrangement of credit facilities granted to them
  • Represent a lending syndicate with respect to the arrangement of operating lines of credit of $148 million granted to a major transportation company headquartered in Québec and to its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries
  • Represent a major Québec manufacturer and its foreign subsidiaries in connection with the arrangement of a $300 million operating line of credit

Education

  • LL.B., Université de Montréal, 1985
  • B.A.A. (business administration), HEC Montréal, 1982

Areas of Practice

  • Aviation
  • Aviation and Aerospace
  • Business Transactions / Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Debt Financing and Banking
  • Financing and Financial Services
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Represent Héroux-Devtek Inc. and its Canadian, American, and British subsidiaries with respect to the renewal of a $200,000,000 operating line of credit
Represent the entity created for the purpose of acquiring the Montreal Canadiens hockey franchise as well as the franchise itself in the arrangement of credit facilities granted to them
Represent a lending syndicate with respect to the arrangement of operating lines of credit of $148,000,000 granted to a major transportation company headquartered in Quebec and to its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries
Represent a major Quebec manufacturer and its foreign subsidiaries in connection with the arrangement of a $300,000,000 operating line of credit


Professional Associations
HEC Montreal Alumni Association


Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades
  • Best Lawyer 2018
  • Best Lawyers 2019
  • Best Lawyers 2020
  • Best Lawyers 2021
  • Best Lawyers 2021
  • Martindale Hubbell 2020
  • Best Lawyers 2022
  • Best Lawyers 2024


Articles

  • Securing debts in Quebec: Important changes to consider
  • The borrower-lender relationship: Why and how to nurture it during the crisis?

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