Lawyer Profile
Arad Mojtahedi
Vancouver, British Columbia

Overview
Arad Mojtahedi is an associate in DLA Piper (Canada) LLP's Vancouver office. He advises clients on complex corporate and commercial disputes, with a focus on restructuring and insolvency matters including CCAA restructurings, BIA proposals and bankruptcies, receiverships, DIP and secured financings, distressed M&A, enforcement, and priority disputes. His experience includes work for financial institutions, debtors, court officers, trade creditors, shareholders, directors, and other stakeholders in real estate, forestry, mining, cannabis, and retail matters, including proceedings before the British Columbia and Quebec superior courts and appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada. He previously practised with Norton Rose Fulbright in Montreal and Quebec matters and clerked for Justice Francois Doyon at the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
British Columbia Bar, 2024; Quebec Bar, 2016
Professional Details
Education
B.C.L./J.D., McGill University, 2014
Certificate in Introduction to Chinese Law, China University of Political Science and Law, 2012
Associations
Turnaround Management Association, former president of NextGEN Montreal
Canadian Bar Association, former president of the Young Lawyers Section Quebec
Young Bar Association of Montreal
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers Canada Ones to Watch, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law, 2023-2026
Best Lawyers Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2023-2026
Articles & Speeches
The Final Countdown: Sufficient Certainty and the Scope of Provable Contingent Claims, 2025 CanLIIDocs 3296
Set-Off and Compensation under the BIA/CCAA: From Kitco to SM Group and the Harmonization of Canadian Law, 2022 CanLIIDocs 4303
Catch Me If You Can: Third-Party Releases Under the CCAA, 2021
The Evolving Role of the Monitor in CCAA Proceedings, 2020
Judgment Calls: Sufficient Certainty and the Scope of Provable Contingent Claims, 2026 seminar