Attorneys

Laura Davis Jones

Practices

Crossborder Insolvency and Chapter 15
Debtors

Cirque du Soleil

The firm was debtors’ co-counsel to Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based entertainment company and largest contemporary circus producer in the world, in its chapter 15 case. The debtors contemporaneously filed for relief under CCAA in Canada. To operate as a going concern, the company signed an agreement with its existing investors under which the group assumed Cirque's liabilities and invested $300 million to support a restart. As part of the investment, government body Investissement Québec provided $200 million in debt financing. Upon filing, Cirque produced shows in over 300 cities.