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Arad Mojtahedi

Associate
About

Arad Mojtahedi practises in all areas of corporate and commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of insolvency and corporate restructuring. Arad provides practical advice to and represents the interests of public and private companies, trustees, monitors, investors, creditors, shareholders, directors and other stakeholders in corporate restructuring matters.

Arad appears frequently before the Superior Court and has advised and represented clients before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Arad is actively involved in the restructuring community and the legal community generally, notably as the former president of the NextGen Committee of the Turnaround Management Association (Montreal chapter) and the former president of the Young Lawyers Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec division).

Arad is a frequent speaker on restructuring matters, and a contributor to the Annual Review of Insolvency Law and the looseleaf volume of JurisClasseur Québec – Bankruptcy and Insolvency (in French) published by LexisNexis Canada. During law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice François Doyon of the Court of Appeal of Quebec.

Bar admissions / Professional QualificationsQuebec, 2016
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Persian
Education

    AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

    • Ones to Watch in Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada (Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation) 2023-2025

    Publications and media

    • "Set-Off and Compensation under the BIA/CCAA: From Kitco to SM Group and the Harmonization of Canadian Law" (co-author: Luc Morin), Ann. Rev. Insol. L., 2022 CanLIIDocs 4303
    • "Catégories de créanciers et ordre de priorité entre eux" (co-author: Guillaume Michaud), LexisNexis Jurisclasseur Québec, Faillite et insolvabilité, Fascicule 8
    • "Catch Me If You Can: Third-Party Releases Under the CCAA" (co-author: Luc Morin), Ann. Rev. Insol. L. 1, 2021
    • "The Evolving Role of the Eyes and Ears of the Court: Empowering the CCAA Monitor to Initiate Legal Proceedings Against Third Parties" (co-author: Julie Himo), Ann. Rev. Insol. L. 120, 2020
    • "In Search of a Purpose: The Rise of Super Monitors & Creditor-Driven CCAAs" (co-author: Luc Morin), Ann. Rev. Insol. L. 203, 2019

    Seminars

    • "Removing Value from the Bankruptʼs Estate: Set-off and the Anti-Deprivation Rule" (podcast), 20th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, February 3, 2023
    • "The Path Forward For a Green Turnaround: The Landscape of Environmental Liabilitie since Redwater" (podcast), 20th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, February 3, 2023
    • "Pushing Boundaries: Third-Party Releases in Restructuring Proceedings", 19th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, February 4, 2022
    • "The Evolving Role of the Eyes and Ears of the Court: Empowering the CCAA Monitor to Initiate Legal Proceedings", 18th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, February 26, 2021.
    • "Reversal of Fortune: The Rise of Creditor Driven CCAAs", 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law, February 7, 2020

    Memberships and Affiliations

    • Turnaround Management Association, former president of the NextGEN Committee, Montreal chapter
    • Canadian Bar Association, former president of the Young Lawyers Section, Quebec division
    • Young Bar Association of Montreal

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