Each of the Mécs partners has had extensive commercial experience, as equity partners, with one of Canada's leading law firms (with over 400 lawyers practising in Toronto, Montreal and London) and they have represented many of Canada's major companies and institutions not to mention several Fortune 500 companies, in their business ventures, including:
- in the capacity as lead counsel to National Bank of Canada on several syndicated loans to the paper and lumber industries creating security on timber rights (state owned rights)
- in the capacity as lead counsel to HongKong Bank of Canada in connection with the reorganisation and sale of Mont Tremblant ski resort
- - in the capacity as lead counsel to The Toronto Dominion Bank of Canada in connection with the reorganisation of many businesses in light manufacturing, apparel and shoe manufacturing
- in the capacity as lead counsel to Canadian National Railway Pension Trust Fund (one of Canada's largest pension funds with over CDN$20 billion in assets under administration) in connection with the recovery of loans made to Dome Petroleum and the spin out of assets in connection with the Dome reorganisation
- in the capacity of lead counsel to Canadian National Railway Pension Trust Fund and other institutional investors in their real estate acquisitions and real estate secured lending
- in the capacity of lead counsel to pension funds and other institutional investors in advising on legal for life, designated and basket investments and compliance with the regulatory requirements
- as lead counsel to several venture capital and mezzanine financing funds composed of Canada's leading pension funds in connection with their investments in medium size enterprises in Quebec
- in the capacity of lead counsel to a Inter-Can Leasing ltd., a finance leasing company in connection with the restructuring of its loans with 85 institutions and suppliers including 6 Canadian banks, Ford Motor Credit, General Motors Acceptance Corporation and Chrysler Credit
- in the capacity as bank counsel in connection with:
- the reorganisation of Massey Ferguson, one of the world's largest and oldest manufacturers of farm equipment
- the reorganisation of several businesses in light manufacturing
- the negotiation of its head office lease
- in the capacity as lead counsel to Murphy Oil in connection with the sale of its business of wholesale and retail marketing of petroleum products to Ultramar Canada Inc.
- in the capacity as special re-organisation and bankruptcy counsel to Quebecor (one of North America's largest publishing firms) in connection with the acquisition of the Quebec assets of the Maxwell group
- as lead counsel to Quebecor in connection with the acquisition of the business of NADCO Directory Management Corp., a major publisher of telephone directories in the United States of America
- in the capacity as counsel to the Chicago Tribune group of companies in connection with all environmental matters concerning their paper mill located in Quebec and in resolving construction disputes in connection with the construction of its pulp and paper mill in Quebec
- as lead counsel to Air Canada, Canada's national airline, in connection with the acquisition of a national messenger/courier system
- as Quebec general counsel to AT & T Capital, Canada Inc. (a member of the AT & T group of companies) in all its acquisitions and finance leasing activities in Quebec
- as general counsel to the Mercantile bank of Canada in relation to financings relating to the film industry and the investor tax incentives under the Income Tax Act
- as Quebec general counsel to Air Products & Chemicals Inc. ( a world-wide supplier of industrial gases with sales of over US$3 billion) in connection with all its Quebec mandates
- in the capacity as counsel to Cadillac Fairview Shopping Centres in connection with the sale of a shopping centre in the Quebec City region and as Quebec correspondents in connection with negotiations with the co-owners of two shopping centres in the Quebec City region
- as Canadian counsel to Warnaco Inc., a leading apparel manufacturer (SPEEDO) in connection with its syndicated borrowing
- as counsel to the Montreal Trade Centre, a major commercial development in the centre of Montreal, in replacing its general contractor, negotiating the general contractor's contract with the second general contractor and dealing with the sub-contractors and suppliers, including arbitration of several disputes
- as Quebec counsel to a US general contractor in its bid to construct an IKEA site in Montreal
- in the capacity as counsel to Fuji Film in connection with the long-term lease of its headquarters in Ontario
- as lead counsel to several condominium associations in pursuing contractors and developers
- as counsel to a Quebec subsidiary of ATCO INC. in connection with litigation arising from the construction of a school
- as regular counsel to both the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Canadian national insurer of housing projects, and private mortgage insurers in connection with the financing of construction projects.
