Kugler Kandestin

Gordon Levine

Partner

Year of call to the Bar: 1996 (Quebec) Email: glevine@kklex.com Telephone: (514) 878-2861 ext. [112] (Download vCard)

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BIOGRAPHY:

Gordon is a Partner and member of the firm's Executive Committee, practicing commercial law, specializing in insolvency and restructuring and commercial litigation.

With substantial experience in all aspects of insolvency matters, Gordon has represented businesses, trustees, monitors, receivers, financial institutions, suppliers and other secured and unsecured creditors in a variety of mandates, and has represented such clients in litigation at all court levels, including the Quebec Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.

In 2012, Gordon was invited to join the Insolvency Institute of Canada, the leading association of insolvency practitioners in the country.

After being named by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York as Canadian Special Counsel for the trustee of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Gordon obtained foreign recognition in Canada for the Madoff trustee who he continues to represent In Canada.

Gordon also represents businesses in a variety of corporate, real estate, leasing and general commercial matters.

Married with two daughters, Gordon has been and remains actively involved in several charitable and community organizations, as volunteer, committee member, board member and executive member, including the YM-YWHA, Federation CJA, the West Island J.C.C., and Jewish Family Services. Presently, Gordon is the President of the B.D.H. Community Foundation.

EDUCATION:

McGill University, BCL and LLB, 1991

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Barreau du Québec/ Quebec Bar Association
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Canadian Bar Association
Insolvency Institute of Canada
Turnaround Management Association
Canadian Insolvency Foundation
INSOL International

LINKS:

Publications:

Gordon Levine, "Comedy or Tragedy? Blocking Statutes and Cross-Border Judicial Cooperation" 2012 Journal of the Insolvency Institute of Canada 89.

Gordon Levine and Anastasia Flouris, "Rebutting the Presumption, Prior Agreements and Section 95 of the BIA", in J. Sarra, ed., Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2008 (Toronto: Carswell, 2009).

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