Justin Reiter
LawyerJustin Reiter focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insolvency and corporate restructuring. He primarily represents financial institutions, lenders, licensed insolvency trustees, businesses and other stakeholders in complex matters requiring swift, strategic action. His experience spans extraordinary remedies, receiverships, proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), and a broad range of commercial disputes.
He regularly appears before Québec’s trial and appellate courts, and in recent years has played a role in some of the largest corporate restructuring matters in Canada. He also advises financial institutions on financing, fraud, enforcement of security, hypothecary remedies, and receiverships. In every file, he is focused on building effective, tailored strategies that meet the specific commercial imperatives of each matter.
When the stakes are high and decisions must be made quickly, Justin brings composure, rigour, and a pragmatic approach to the table. He focuses on clarifying the options available to his clients and helping chart the best path forward—one that accounts for legal considerations alongside clients’ goals and real-world constraints.
Fully bilingual, Justin represents clients across Québec, Canada and around the world. Having lived in both the United States and Europe, he brings genuine openness to different legal and commercial realities—a global outlook that serves him well on matters with an international dimension.
- Young Bar of Montreal, Member, since 2022
- Co-author: “Constitutionally Speaking: The Resolution of Class Actions in CCAA Proceedings”, CanLII Authors Program, CanLIIDocs 2104, August 1, 2023.
- Co-author: “Defined Benefit Pension Plans and the Pension Protection Act: Lenders Beware”, CanLII Authors Program, CanLIIDocs 2032, May 2023.
J.D., Université de Montréal, 2022
LL.B., Université du Québec à Montréal, 2020
International Exchange, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2018-2019