Noah Zucker

Noah Zucker
Biography
Noah Zucker practises primarily in the areas of commercial insolvency and banking law. He acts for creditors, debtors, court-appointed officers and other stakeholders in matters ranging from complex corporate reorganizations to personal bankruptcies. Noah also represents clients in other civil or commercial disputes and advises on deals, always striving to find practical, business-oriented solutions to difficult problems.
Noah appears regularly before the Superior Court of Québec and has been involved in cases before the provincial and federal courts of appeal as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Prior to joining us, Noah spent several years at another leading national law firm. He also clerked, during his legal studies, at the Québec Court of Appeal for the Honorable Nicole Duval Hesler, then Chief Justice of Québec.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Notable matters in which Noah has been involved include the following:
- Groupe Sélection: acting for a syndicate of lenders in the complex "creditor-led" restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) of one of the largest owners and operators of senior residences in Québec that was also involved in various high profile real estate and construction and projects.
- Industries RAD: acting for the senior secured and interim lender in the restructuring under the CCAA of a company that designs and distributes bicycles (Rocky Mountain) and sells components used for industrial transportation.
- IntelGenX: acted for the acquirer of a Québec-based pharmaceutical company in its restructuring under the CCAA.
- Goli Nutrition: acted for the court-appointed monitor in the cross-border restructuring of a nutritional supplements company under the CCAA and under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 15).
- Forex: acted for the court-appointed monitor in the restructuring under the CCAA of a company operating in the forestry industry in Québec and Ontario, in which creditors recovered 100% of their proven claims.
- Blackrock Metals: acted for one of the principal secured creditors, interim lenders and stalking horse bidders in the restructuring of a major Québec mining project under the CCAA.
- Groupe Dynamite: acted for the court-appointed monitor in the cross-border restructuring proceedings of a clothing retailer (Garage/Dynamite) under the CCAA and under Chapter 15.
- Modasuite: acted for the proposal trustee in the 2020 restructuring of a clothing retailer (Frank & Oak) under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
- The SM Group: acted as part of a team representing one of the applicants in one of the first "creditor-led" CCAA processes authorized in Québec involving the restructuring of an engineering consultancy firm.
Noah also notably acted as part of a team representing a group of creditors in a case that was litigated up to the Supreme Court of Canada and which resulted in a landmark CCAA decision dealing with the scope of the supervising court's discretionary authority, the limits on creditors' voting rights and the role of litigation funding in the insolvency context (9354-9186 Québec inc. v. Callidus Capital Corp., 2020 SCC 10).
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, 2023-2025; Banking and Finance Law, 2024-2025
Education
Education
B.A. McGill University, 2007
LL.B. Université de Montréal, 2012
J.D. Université de Montréal, 2012
Admissions
Admissions
- Quebec 2013
Publications
Publications
- Noah Zucker and Luc Morin, "Clearing the Way: Suspending Restrictive Sale Provisions in Restructuring Proceedings," 2023 21 Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 2023 CanLIIDocs 3087.
- Noah Zucker, Gabriel Faure and Jocelyn T. Perreault, "Creditor Activism in CCAA Proceedings: Beyond the Vote" in Jill Corraini and Justice Blair Nixon, eds., Annual Review of Insolvency Law 2019 (Toronto: Carswell, 2020) 761.
- Gabriel Faure and Noah Zucker, "La convocation de témoins extraprovinciaux : vers une meilleure harmonisation avec le reste du Canada?" (2015) 74 R. du B. 73.
Speaking engagements
Speaking engagements
- "Clearing the Way" (co-presenter), The 21st Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, 2024.
- "Reversal of Fortune: The Rise of Creditor Driven CCAAs" (co-presenter), The 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, 2020.
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- Turn Around Management Association
- Member of the Board of Directors (Montréal Chapter)
- Young Bar of Montreal
Languages
Languages
- English
- French