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Isabelle Desharnais

Partner and National Co-Leader, Insolvency & Restructuring Group · Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

CanadaInsolvency & Restructuring, Banking & FinanceEnglish, French

About

Partner and National Co‑Leader of the Insolvency & Restructuring Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, with a practice focused on insolvency and financial restructuring, banking law, banking litigation, corporate finance and commercial litigation. She advises legal and special accounts groups of Canadian financial institutions, as well as trustees and accounting firms, on complex commercial insolvencies and handles matters involving fraud and payment instruments.

Practice areas

Insolvency & RestructuringBanking & FinanceLitigationCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

Insolvency and financial restructuringBanking litigationCommercial litigation (fraud; bills of exchange and other payment instruments)Advising financial institutions, trustees and accounting firms on complex commercial insolvenciesCorporate finance

Education

  • LLB in Civil Law, University of Ottawa, 2002 (magna cum laude)
  • BA in Political Science/International Relations, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1999

Admissions

  • Barreau du Québec

Languages

EnglishFrench