Annie Claude Beauchemin

Lawyer, Partner

 

Annie Claude Beauchemin is a partner in our Civil and Commercial Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on insolvency and restructuring matters, as well as construction law.

Annie Claude represents receivers, trustees, suppliers and debtors in insolvency matters, as well as creditors enforcing their securities. In addition to representing companies involved in commercial proceedings, clients also seek out her expertise for complex construction cases. More recently, clients have solicited her skills for insolvency files in the liquidation or restructuring of construction businesses.

She has participated in drafting legal literature for several years, especially in the fields of property security interests and civil procedure. She is also a sought-after speaker on topics relating to bankruptcy and insolvency.

Honours

Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for Corporate and Commercial Litigation (2025)

Associations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
  • Canadian Club of Montreal

Bulletins

Preliminary Measures to Exercising a Hypothecary Right and Appointment of a Receiver: The Court of Appeal of Quebec Sheds Light on a Dispute

August 6, 2020

On July 20, 2020, the Court of Appeal finally ruled on a controversy that had existed for several years in Quebec regarding the respect of the delays set out in the Civil Code of Québec [CCQ] for the surrender of property, in the context of a recourse undertaken by a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy […]

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

May 5, 2020

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 […]

Publications and Conferences

  • LegisPratique — Code de procédure civile annoté 2016–2017, comments on articles 51–56 and 82–108 (LexisNexis)
  • “Conditions générales et mesures préalables à l’exercice des droits hypothécaires” in JurisClasseur Québec, LexisNexis, (looseleaf, updated to September 25, 2015), section 18
  • Keynote speaker, “Canadian Credit Application”, NACM Connect, May 2015
  • Co-presenter, “Exercice des droits hypothécaires à travers l’œil de plaideurs”, Conférence avancée sur le financement et les sûretés, Institut canadien, January 2015
  • Keynote speaker, “Canadian Insolvency — An Overview”, Canadian Retail Supply Credit Association, March 2014
  • Speaker, “Restructuration, insolvabilité, faillite”, l’Institut Canadien, October 2013
  • Speaker, “Financement et sûretés”, l’Institut Canadien, January 2013
  • Speaker, “Advertising & Marketing”, Canadian Institute, January 2013
  • Speaker, “Differences Between Common Law and Civil Code as it Applies to Commercial Credit”, NACM, October 2012
  • “L’affaire Richard c. Time : jusqu’où peut aller le publicitaire pour éblouir le consommateur?” in La publicité, arme de persuasion massive — Les défis de l’encadrement législatif (Éditions Yvon Blais, 2012)
  • Speaker, “Les disclaimers et l’affaire Time”, Les normes canadiennes de la publicité, September 2012
  • “Revue de la jurisprudence”, Colloque annuel du Conseil des syndics de faillite, November 2012

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Université de Montréal

2003

Call to Bar

Quebec

2004