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Julie St-Hilaire

Senior Associate

Montréal
[email protected]
514.954.2561  514.954.1905

Expertise

Holy Rasoarivola

Practice Assistant

Montréal
[email protected]
514.954.2555

Julie’s practice encompasses a wide array of transactions, including acquisition financing, asset-based financing, corporate financing and sustainable financing. She acts for lenders and borrowers in national and cross-border transactions as well as in single-lender and syndicated loans.

Julie’s practice encompasses a wide array of transactions, including acquisition financing, asset-based financing, corporate financing and sustainable financing. She acts for lenders and borrowers in national and cross-border transactions as well as in single-lender and syndicated loans.

Experience

  • Representation of a banking syndicate in setting up a $1.3 billion credit facility for a textile industry company.
  • Representation of a 5-bank syndicate in the establishment of credit facilities for the acquisition of a major equipment rental franchisor by a private investment fund.
  • Representation of a banking syndicate in ALDO Group’s (retail) insolvency filing under the CCAA and Chapter 15.
  • Representation of a banking syndicate regarding a medical and imaging company’s acquisition financing.
  • Representation of a banking syndicate in setting up Bell Canada’s syndicated credit facilities.
  • Representation of a shipbuilder in connection with the establishment of credit facilities by the Québec government.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, Barreau du Québec

Community Involvement

  • Board member, Centre de la petite enfance Villeneuve, since 2024
  • Board member, MUTEK, since 2020
  • Mentor, Fil d’Ariane, 2019-2021
  • Volunteer, Association des artistes-entrepreneurs de Montréal, 2017-2019

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada - Ones to Watch™ (Banking and Finance Law)

Bar Admission & Education

  • Québec, 2019
  • LLB, Université de Montréal, 2018
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, 2010