• Quebec 2021

Mr. Foccroulle Ménard has recently acted for the following clients:

• Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., in respect of US$1.1 billion in credit facilities granted by Rio Tinto to Cuprum Metals Pte Ltd.
• Énergir L.P. in connection with its new $800 million credit agreement maturing in 2027  
• Énergir L.P. in connection with its $200 million first mortgage bond offering 
• A syndicate of lenders in connection with $385 million in credit facilities granted to Plusgrade Inc. in respect of the acquisition of Points.com Inc.  
• SNC Lavalin Group Inc. in connection with its $2.6 billion in revolving credit facilities and $500 million term loan 
• Bausch Health Companies Inc. in connection with the restructuring and announced separation of Bausch + Lomb from Solta Medical
• HEXO Corp. for its acquisition of 48North Cannabis Corp. through a $50-million share plan of arrangement
• HEXO Corp. for its acquisition of Redecan Pharm through a $900-million share plan of arrangement
• Videotron Ltd. for its private offering of US$500 million senior notes due 2029 and C$750 million senior notes due 2028

• The John W. Cook, K.C. Prize
• The Macdonald Travelling Scholarship
• University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship
• The Gerald S. Tritt Q.C. Prize
• The I.M.E. Prize in Commercial Law
• McGill University Faculty of Law Dean's Honor List 

• "Bringing the UCC into the digital age: Review of the 2022 UCC amendments and controllable electronic records" (co-authors: Andrew James Lom, Rachel Browndorf and Carl Farah), Norton Rose Fulbright, legal update, November 2022.
• "Crypto lending: Legal implications for taking security interests in cryptocurrency," Norton Rose Fulbright, legal update, April 2022.
• "Sound Regulations for Security Interests in Cryptocurrency" (co-author: Cécilia Barrette-Leduc), Banking and Finance Law Review, vol. 34, no 1, p. 98, 2021.
• "Cryptocurrency: Collateral for Secured Transactions," Banking and Finance Law Review, vol. 34, no 3, p. 347, 2019.

• "The Future of Lending is Now: Credit Support from Crypto and Digital Assets," legal luncheon, National Bank of Canada, Novermber 17, 2022.  
• "Digital Assets: The Intangible of a New Era," Q&A, Kiriakoula Hatzikiriakos blog (koulah.com), July 28, 2022. 
• "The Future of Lending is Now: Credit Support from Crypto and Digital Assets," International Finance Corporation, May 16, 2022.  
• "Emerging Alternatives in Legal Interpretation," Runnymede Society, Law and Freedom 2022, March 12, 2022.  
• "Reclaiming the Natural Law for 21st Century Constitutionalism," International Society of Public Law, 2021 annual convention, July 9, 2021.

• Canadian Lenders Association 
  • Current chairman, CLA Crypto Round Table 
• Centre associate, UBC centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies 
• Reviewer, Banking and Finance Law Review FinTech Writing Program 

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