Laurentian Bank acquires CIT Group’s Canadian commercial finance businesses

Counsel to Laurentian Bank of Canada in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian equipment financing and corporate financing activities of CIT Group Inc. and public offering of subscription receipts.

The Montreal and New York Offices was led by Marc Duquette (Regulatory), Solomon Sananes, Eric Stevens, Jacques Lemieux, Meghan Stewart, Renée Loiselle, Lady Africa Sheppard (M&A and Securities), Alain Ricard, Pierre-Olivier Tremblay (Banking), Thierry Dorval (Competition) and Derek Chiasson (Tax), Chris Hilbert, Manny Rivera and James Lacey (Securities) and Michael P. Flamenbaum (Tax).