About

A boutique law firm with a tradition of excellence

FFMP has been a mainstay of the Montreal legal community for 100 years.  FFMP is able to render diverse and immediate service, exercise control over the quality of its work, and provide creative and time-sensitive solutions to the most challenging of mandates.

Practice Areas

Our Expertise

Corporate

Corporate services relevant to the entire life-cycle of small, medium and large businesses.

Insolvency & Restructuring

Helping businesses and creditors faced with insolvent or struggling businesses to maximize value.

Commercial Litigation

Representation before the civil and administrative courts in Quebec and across Canada.

Class Actions

Representing both the plaintiff and defendant side of many significant class action matters in Quebec.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Counsel our clients through the challenges of mergers and acquisitions.

Financing

Offering strategic advice and analysis throughout the course of financial transactions and financings.

Corporate Work-outs & Security Realization

Identifing potential issues regarding realization of security, and implementing ​solutions.

Real Estate

Support from initial acquisition, financing, development, leasing to the final sale.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution outside the traditional litigation framework through negotiated settlements.

Lawyers

Our Team

Avram Fishman

Avram Fishman

Mark E. Meland

Mark E. Meland

Gilles Paquin

Gilles Paquin

Nicolas Beaudin

Nicolas Beaudin

Margo Siminovitch

Margo Siminovitch

Jason Dolman

Jason Dolman

Nicolas Brochu

Nicolas Brochu

Tina Silverstein

Tina Silverstein

Betlehem Endale

Betlehem Endale

Matthew Meland

Matthew Meland

Hugo Carrier-L'Italien

Hugo Carrier-L'Italien

Articles

FFMP Commentary

The Bloom Lake / Wabush Mines Appeal Decision: No Pre-Post Filing Set-Off Exception for the Taxman

On December 22, 2022, the Court of Appeal of Quebec rendered its decision in the Bloom Lake / Wabush Mines case, affirming the judgment rendered in first instance by Justice Michel A. Pinsonnault, which held that Revenu Quebec and the Canada Revenue Agency were not permitted to set-off a pre-filing tax debt against post-filing GST and QST input tax credits/refunds in the context of proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

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Coming to a realization – Favouring receivership over liquidating CCAA proceedings

In a decision rendered on March 30, 2022, the Honourable Philippe Bélanger of the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed an application brought by a purported legal hypothec creditor for an initial order under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and instead granted an application by the first-ranking conventional hypothecary creditor, Romspen Investment Corporation for the appointment of a receiver under s. 243 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

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