Marie-Josée Couture

Marie-Josée Couture is a Partner in the firm's Banking and Finance practice, based in the Montréal office. She focuses on Canadian and international lending, representing clients in credit and structured finance transactions, including syndicated loans, factoring, asset-based lending, equipment financing, project financings, aircraft financing, and debt restructuring.

Ms. Couture advises lenders and borrowers on public and private takeovers, asset acquisitions, and negotiates and prepares credit agreements and security documents. She was counsel to Bank of Montreal as lender on senior secured credit facilities of up to CA$140 million to a leading Canadian logistics enterprise, to Pivotal Payments in a US$170 million cross-border secured acquisition financing, and to Knight Therapeutics Inc. in connection with its US$15 million secured loan to Pro Bono Bio PLC. She also advised the National Bank of Canada on syndicated credit facilities for the Metro Supply Chain Group and PNC Bank on a US$150 million trade receivable securitization financing.

Marie-Josée holds an LLB from the Université de Montréal (2005) and a DESS in North American Common Law from the Université de Montréal (2007). She has been recognized by The Legal 500 Canada in Banking and finance and Transport - Aviation, The Best Lawyers in Canada in Banking and Finance Law, and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Banking & Financial Institutions.