Brandon Farber

Partner @Fasken

CA

I am a partner at Fasken and a member of the firm’s Insolvency & Restructuring group. I am also a member of the firm’s White Collar Defence and Investigations practice group, in which I regularly handle insider trading, stock market manipulation and fraud matters.I received my law degree from Laval University and also received an Honours Bachelor of Science, with a specialization in Life Sciences, from Queen’s University.I have been involved in several complex disputes and in many large restructurings and liquidations that have taken place in Canada over the last few years, including acting for:Canadian Pacific Railway in the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co.’s CCAA proceeding in connection with the derailment in the town Lac-Mégantic;Ernst & Young Inc. in its capacity as court-appointed Liquidator in the CBCA liquidation proceedings of Penson Financial Services Canada Inc, a registered clearing broker, which at one time held approximately $10 billion of client assets;Certain creditors in the Target Canada Co. CCAA proceedings;Certain creditors in the Bloom Lake CCAA proceedings;Goldcorp Inc. in its non-solicited take-over bid for Osisko Mining Corporation;Fibrek Inc. in defence of AbitibiBowater’s non-solicited take-over bid.I am also the co-author, with Alain Riendeau, of the article entitled “Using the CCAA to Achieve a Global Resolution of Complex Litigation - “To Infinity and Beyond!” - Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story”, which has been published in the 2017 edition of the Annual Review of Insolvency Law.Finally, I am a sports aficionado, with a particular passion for hockey and football.