Bogdan Catanu, a partner at Woods LLP, receives the award Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyers Under 40

It is with great pride that Woods LLP congratulates its partner, Bogdan Catanu, on receiving the “Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyers Under 40” designation, recognizing him as one of the leading lawyers under 40 in Canada.

Mtre. Catanu is the only commercial litigator in the province of Quebec to receive the award in 2014.

He has a diverse commercial litigation practice and represents public and private corporations, as well as their officers, directors, shareholders, auditors, contractual partners or creditors in commercial disputes.

He has a solid experience in complex contractual matters, liability of professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, oppression remedies and rights of shareholders. He has also represented clients on many occasions in the context of injunction proceedings and in commercial arbitrations.

In recent years, he played a leading role in the defense of BCE Inc.’s privatization worth approximately $52 billion, which was being contested by a group of bondholders, and subsequently in defending the purchasers sued by BCE Inc. for a $1.2 billion break-up fee. He also played a key role in the litigation surrounding the restructuring of the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper market worth $32 billion.