Banking and financing

Dunton Rainville’s expertise extends to all aspects of banking.

Our banking and financing professionals successfully represent a wide range of clients at all stages of transactions that are as varied as they are complex.

Banking law and insolvency

Our team of banking lawyers and notaries provides expert legal advice to a wide range of players in the financial sector, including banks, financial services cooperatives, trust and loan companies, savings banks and insurance companies.

Our multidisciplinary team’s expertise extends to all aspects of banking law and we play an active role in meeting our clients’ many legal needs.

Dunton Rainville’s lawyers have a successful track record in bankruptcy, insolvency and corporate restructuring. They advise all parties in complex cases that require a combination of expertise and sensitivity. Our team also has significant experience in risk management and assessment, enabling the firm to support clients promptly and effectively in such evolving areas as combating bank fraud.

Specialized services:

Debt collection
Mortgage recourse
Bank surety and bonding
Regulatory requirements
Derivative products
Court-ordered receiverships
Arrangements with creditors
Shareholder disputes
Corporate reorganization and restructuring
Acquisitions and divestitures of impaired assets
Realization of guarantees
Litigation
Applicable federal legislation (e.g., Bank Act; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act; Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act; Winding-up and Restructuring Act)

Financing

Dunton Rainville’s financing professionals propose the most appropriate solution for a company’s specific growth stage or challenges.

Our diverse client base includes public and private companies, financial institutions, investment funds, finance companies, trusts, borrowers (individual and institutional), venture capital firms and investment banks.

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Our financing lawyers work closely with their colleagues in other practice areas, enabling them to provide a broad range of quality legal services. We also advise our clients on new types of financing that are growing in popularity, particularly crowdfunding. Whether in the form of donations, pre-sales or crowdfunding, members of our financing team respond promptly and efficiently to clients’ legal needs.

Specialized services:

Real estate financing
Project financing
Venture capital
Equity and debt financing
Green project financing (e.g., biogas and biomass cogeneration, wind and solar power)
Derivative products
Asset-based financing
Acquisition financing
Joint venture financing
Restructuring
Subordinated and mezzanine financing
Structured financing
Project financing
Equipment and aircraft financing
Syndicated financing
Cross-border and international financing