Bank of Montreal Branch Sale

Fraser Milner Casgrain acted for Bank of Montreal on the sale of 13 rural branches in the Province of British Columbia with over $500 million in funds under administration to Credit Union Central of British Columbia. The sale entailed staged, per-branch closings occurring over a period from September 22 to November 3, 2000.

Bank of Montreal was represented by Mike Kaplan, Dennis Wiebe, Susan Paul and Charles Newman of Fraser Milner Casgrain’s Toronto office, and David Zacks and Arnon Dachner of its Vancouver office. Keith Perrett of Bank of Montreal’s legal department co-ordinated all legal matters on the transaction on behalf of the Bank. Credit Union Central of British Columbia was represented by Jackie Kelly, Brian MacKay and Catherine Gibson of Davis & Company in Vancouver.

Lawyer(s)

David A. Zacks Dennis R. Wiebe Susan A. Paul Brian Douglas MacKay Arnon A. Dachner Catherine Gibson Charles Newman

Firm(s)

Dentons Canada LLP Dentons Canada LLP DLA Piper (Canada) LLP