Lucien Godbout
Lawyer, Partner - Quebec City
Lucien Godbout focuses his practice on the area of commercial law, where he works as counsel for both financial institutions and public and private companies seeking financing. He has played a key role in a number of major Quebec and pan-Canadian bank financings for communications firms.
He is also active in real estate law, security for indebtedness, and restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency law. He regularly prepares and hosts continuing information and education seminars, primarily for financial institutions. He also occasionally argues cases before trial and appeal courts in the aforementioned areas. His practice also extends to the purchase and sale of businesses, and to providing corporations with advice on day-to-day and extraordinary legal matters.
Education
Civil Law, LL.B., Université Laval, 1978
Rankings & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in Canada 2024
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2023
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2023
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2022
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2022
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2021
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2021
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2020
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2019
- Benchmark Litigation Canada 2019
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2018
- Benchmark Canada 2018
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018
- Lexpert/ROB Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2017
- Lexpert/ROB Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyers 2017
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2017
- Benchmark Canada 2017
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2016
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2016
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2015
- Benchmark Canada 2015
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2015
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2014
- Benchmark Canada 2014
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2008 and 2009
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2006 to 2013
Areas of Practice
Industries
Representative Work
Various restructuring and reorganization cases under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, as legal counsel to financial institutions and manufacturing, transportation and forestry companies.
As legal counsel to businesses and financial institutions, played a part in various major financings for the manufacturing, service and telecommunications industries.
Banking and secured-creditor law: represented financial institutions in various major cases, including an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (April 2004), regarding the enforceability of unregistered rights.
Summer and fall 2007, counsel to vendors in major transactions involving the sale of retail companies and the signing of long-term leases.