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May 5, 2020

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The RSS Business Law Practice Group: Still Active Despite COVID-19

The RSS Business Law Practice Group is here to help. Although we are rigorously respecting governmental guidelines in order to protect public health, we remain fully connected to the business world and remain ready to assist you through this difficult period.

As certain restrictions on businesses ease, we are here to guide and counsel you as you cope with current challenges or prepare to resume your business activities and operations.

Counsel and Negotiation

Whether you must draft or review a contract, or you require expert advice concerning an uncertain situation, we are ready and available to help you with matters such as:

  • Negotiating forbearance agreements with your banker or financial institution;
  • Providing advice regarding commercial insolvency whether you are concerned as a debtor or a creditor;
  • Negotiating issues concerning commercial leases as landlord or tenant: difficulty making rental payments; impossibility to perform renovation work; restricted business hours, etc.;
  • Analyzing the tax consequences resulting from the special circumstances associated with the pandemic.

Litigation

The usual operations of the Judiciary have been altered by measures such as the suspension of time limits for extinctive prescription, the suspension of time limits in civil and administrative proceedings, as well as restricted access to courthouses.

Nevertheless, some proceedings and planning remain necessary to protect your rights, and our civil and commercial litigation group is ready to take action such as:

  • Filing proceedings deemed urgent according to guidelines issued by the courts;
  • Preparing proceedings during the suspension so that we can quickly pursue litigation as soon as the courts reopen;
  • Advising on the impact of the pandemic on your various contractual undertakings and/or rights;
  • Assisting in the preservation of your rights, such as registering legal hypothecs and taking other conservatory measures.

Do not hesitate to contact us for all your business law needs.

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Authors

Herbert Z. Pinchuk

Lawyer, Partner

Annie Claude Beauchemin

Lawyer, Partner

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