2025 Annual Review of Insolvency Law (ARIL)
February 7, 2025
The ARIL Society is pleased to announce that the 22nd Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference will take place on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Montréal, Québec at Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hotel.
Date & Time
ARIL Conference
Friday, February 7th, 2025
7:30AM - 5:15PM ET
Location: Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel
1201 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3B 2L7
Download the ARIL Brochure here
Opening Reception
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
6:00PM-7:00PM ET
Location: Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hotel
1201 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3B 2L7
Conference Fee
General Registrant: $1025 + tax
Judges, Academics, Articling Students, CQP Students: $250 + tax*
ARIL Society Inc. does not allow for refunds; however, substitutions will be allowed up to 3 days prior to the Opening Reception, by Monday, February 3rd, in writing to natalie.alfano@cairp.ca. It is the responsibility of the attendee to change or cancel any hotel and travel arrangements. For those writing to request a substitution, please copy your designated substitute on the request. ARIL Society Inc. cannot guarantee dietary or accessibility accommodations for substitutions.
Accommodations
We have reserved a block of rooms at Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hotel at a special group rate. Traditional guest rooms are offered at $219 CAD per night and are subject to applicable taxes (currently 3.5% Housing Tax, 5% GST and 9.975% PST) in effect at the time of check out. Bed type is available on request; King, Queen or Double.
Please click here to reserve your room.
Individuals will also be able to make, modify or cancel reservations by calling the Sheraton reservations team at 1-800-325-3535 and referring to the “ARIL Annual Conference 2025.”
The cut-off date to receive the conference room rate is January 14, 2025, based on availability. After this date, the discounted rate will no longer be available and reservations are subject to availability. We strongly recommend that you reserve your room early as we have sold out the block in the past by the holidays. As in previous years, there will be an Opening Reception on the evening of Thursday, February 6th.
Guests will be able to cancel 72 hours prior to arrival to avoid a one-night penalty with the hotel.
Please direct questions to Natalie Alfano, natalie.alfano@cairp.ca or Josephine Song, josephine.song@cairp.ca
Conference Papers
Available on CanLII; access information to be sent to conference attendees. The Annual Review of Insolvency Law will also be available on InsolvencySource for existing subscribers. There will be a printed and/or e-book version of the ARIL journal that will be available for purchase. More details will be provided in the new year
CPD/CLE
Alberta: Lawyers submit their own hours. For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta.
British Columbia: Lawyers submit their own hours. For British Columbia lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of British Columbia.
New Brunswick: Lawyers submit their own hours. For New Brunswick lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of New Brunswick.
Ontario: Coming Soon
Québec: Coming Soon
Conference Committee
Co-Chairs:
Justice David Collier, Superior Court of Québec
Guylaine Houle, Pierre Roy & Associés
Jocelyn Perreault, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Éric St-Amour, EY-Parthenon
Co-Editors:
Professor Jill Corraini, Camosun College School of Business
The Honourable D Blair Nixon, Alberta Court of King’s Bench
Committee Members:
Joshua Bouzaglou, Woods LLP
Geneviève Cloutier, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Isabelle Desharnais, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Gabriel Faure, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Samuel Gignac, Lemieux Nolet
Chantal Gingras, Ginsberg Gingras & Associates
David Malin, KPMG LLP
Pierre Marchand, MNP Ltd.
Catherine Michaud, EY-Parthenon
Smaranda Mihalachi, Gilbert Séguin
Arad Mojtahedi, DLA Piper Canada LLP
Marc-André Morin, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Julien Morissette, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Julie Mortreux, Deloitte Restructuring Inc.
Nathalie Nouvet, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Emmanuel Phaneuf, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
2024 Co-Chair: Colleen Craig, C.E. Craig & Associates
Thank you to all of the attendees, authors, speakers, and sponsors for your continued dedication and support of the ARIL Conference. Special thank you to the ARIL Society Board of Directors and the Editorial Advisory Board for all your efforts.
We look forward to welcoming you to Montréal!
* Articling students must be studying full time (i.e. not working full time) in order to be eligible for the articling registration fee. CQP students must be enrolled in the CIRP Qualification Program at the time of event registration. PCIC/IA students must register as a General Registrant. Academics must be currently employed in a teaching/academic role at a university or college in order to be eligible for the academic registration fee.
Registration