Suzanne Villeneuve

Partner | Department Head, Banking & Finance

Suzanne is a Partner and Head of KRB’s Banking and Finance group. Her practice focuses on corporate finance, banking law, financial services and corporate/commercial law, and includes asset-based lending, syndicated lending, structured finance, factoring, private equity, project finance, asset finance and leasing, restructuring transactions and related areas. Suzanne regularly represents financial institutions and corporate borrowers and has worked with businesses in various industries, including the retail, manufacturing, transportation and financial sectors, among other.

She also has a diversified corporate and commercial practice and significant expertise with respect to sales and acquisitions of businesses and assets, commercial real estate, joint ventures, commercial leases, licensing and shareholder matters.

Drawing on her experience in bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation, Suzanne also provides advice to her clients with respect to the financing, sale or purchase of assets in the context of financial distress, debt restructuring or with respect to the completion of complex or litigious acquisitions.

Representative Work

Acted for a major Canadian bank in a CDN$50,000,000 asset-based lending credit facility involving multiple jurisdictions and complex security arrangements across Canada

Counsel for a major bank in a CDN$250,000,000 syndicated financing transaction for a top-tier developer involving real estate properties in Quebec and Ontario.

Represented a bank in an aircraft financing transaction valued at CDN$23,330,000 for the purchase of an aircraft, including a comprehensive review and registration of security interests

Represented a bank in a CDN$222,000,000 financing for the acquisition and development of a large industrial site in Quebec, including environmental assessments and complex title matters

Acted for a chartered bank in a CDN $128,000,000 financing for a major real estate development project in Montreal, involving complex security arrangements and coordination with multiple stakeholders

Represented a lender in the implementation of CDN$102,000,000 credit facilities for a major corporate reorganization and acquisition involving multiple entities and properties in Quebec and Ontario

Represented a Canadian chartered bank in a CDN$94,950,000 financing for a multi-phase residential development project in Quebec, involving complex corporate structures and security arrangements

Acted for a bank in $103,000,000 financing for the acquisition of industrial buildings in Quebec, involving cross-collateralization and complex lease agreements

Represented a bank in $132,000,000 financing for a major construction and long-term loan project in Quebec, involving complex credit agreements and title examinations

Acted for a group of lenders in a syndicated financing for the acquisition of a large residential portfolio in Quebec, involving bankruptcy proceedings and complex security arrangements

Represented credit parties in financing for the CDN$215,500,000 acquisition and development of an industrial campus in Montreal, including environmental negotiations and complex security packages