On March 28, 2024, the Department of Finance Canada announced a one-year extension to the 15% Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (?METC?) available to investors in flow-through shares. The extension means that the METC will be effective until March 31, 2025. This announcement came at a time when uncertainty loomed over the industry and some stakeholders feared that the government would not renew the METC. Over time, this tax credit has become a key component of flow-through share financings. It is intended to enhance the tax deductions already available to flow-through share holders and ultimately help companies raise capital for mineral exploration...
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Lavery is a major full-service law firm of more than 200 lawyers and the leading independent law firm in Quebec. The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal services to regional, national and multinational corporations; financial institutions; and government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations. It also has an extensive practice in advising other Canadian and foreign law firms on matters of Quebec law.
Lavery has developed strong ties with law firms and other professional firms across Canada, the United States and worldwide, thereby enabling us to assist our clients to develop opportunities outside Quebec. The firm is a member of the World Services Group, a global non-profit association with membership by invitation only, consisting of large local, national and international professional services providers in over 115 countries.
Year this Office was Established: 1913
Lawyers Worldwide: 318
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Romeo Aguilar Perez
Senior AssociateGabrielle Ahélo
AvocateJulie Aubin-Perron
AvocateGeneviève Beaudin
PartnerJosianne Beaudry
PartnerAnne Bélanger
PartnerLoïc Berdnikoff
Lawyer and Chief, Legal Operations and Conformity and Chief Privacy OfficerGeneviève Bergeron
Partner and Agent de marques de commerceLaurence Bernard
AvocateRosemarie Bhérer Bouffard
AvocateLaurence Bich-Carrière
PartnerBéatrice Bilodeau
AvocateDominic Boisvert
PartnerVéronik Bonneville-Pesant
PartnerCaroline Bourbonnais
Avocate principaleElizabeth Bourgeois
Avocate principaleRené Branchaud
PartnerÉtienne Brassard
PartnerPhilippe Brassard
LawyerMyriam Brixi
PartnerCéleste Brouillard-Ross
AvocateBenoit Brouillette
PartnerBéatrice Bull
AvocateKathryn Cahill
AvocateMarie-Claude Cantin
PartnerÉtienne Carey
LawyerBrittany Carson
PartnerMaxime Chabot
LawyerKarl Chabot
Senior AssociateAndré Champagne
PartnerChristian Chidiac
LawyerDavid Choinière
LawyerPamela Cifola
AvocateVictoria Cohene
Avocate principaleMarie-Claude Côté
AvocateSophie Crevier
AvocateFrance Camille De Mers
PartnerJean-Philippe Désilets
LawyerChantal Desjardins
Partner and Agent de marques de commerceJean-Sébastien Desroches
PartnerRadia Amina Djouaher
AvocateRaymond Doray
PartnerStéphanie Dubois
AvocateMarianne Duboy
AvocateJames Duffy
Patent Agent and Senior AssociateAlain Y. Dussault
Partner and Trademark AgentIsabelle Duval
PartnerAli El Haskouri
PartnerPhilippe Frère
PartnerSimon Gagné
PartnerLéonie Gagné
Avocate principaleCharles-Hugo Gagné
LawyerNicolas Gagnon
PartnerRichard Gaudreault
PartnerBrigitte Gauthier
PartnerJulie Gauvreau
Partner and Agent de brevets and Agent de marques de commerceCarole Gélinas
PartnerAudrey Gibeault
PartnerMarc-André Godin
PartnerJoseph Gualdieri
LawyerEmma-Sophie Hall
AvocateCaroline Harnois
PartnerGhiles Helli
LawyerMarie-Josée Hétu
Partner and Associé directrice (bureau de Trois-Rivières)Maria Ionele
AvocateÉdith Jacques
PartnerMarie-Hélène Jolicoeur
PartnerIsabelle Jomphe
Partner and Agent de marques de commerceNicolas Joubert
PartnerJasmine Kavadias Landry
AvocateSofia Khan
AvocateKaterina Kostopoulos
AvocateJosiane L'Heureux
PartnerGuillaume Laberge
PartnerJonathan Lacoste-Jobin
PartnerMaude Lafortune-Bélair
Avocate principaleAwatif Lakhdar
PartnerMarc-André Landry
PartnerBernard Larocque
PartnerJoël Larouche
Senior AssociateGuy Lavoie
PartnerJean Legault
PartnerCarl Lessard
PartnerSelena Lu
PartnerMarie-Christine Lysymanko
AvocateDespina Mandilaras
Avocate principaleHugh Mansfield
Partner and Patent Agent and Trademark AgentÉlizabeth Martin-Chartrand
AvocateGabrielle Mathieu
AvocateGeneviève Mathieu
AvocateJean-François Maurice
LawyerZeïneb Mellouli
PartnerIsabelle P. Mercure
PartnerCatherine Méthot
Avocate principaleEve-Lyne Morin
Avocate principaleRenaud Murphy
LawyerBéatrice T Ngatcha
Partner and Agent de brevetsCamille Ouellet
AvocateMichaël Pageau
Senior AssociateJessica Parent
Avocate principaleLuc Pariseau
PartnerFrançois Pariseau
LawyerCatherine Pariseault
Avocate principaleAriane Pasquier
PartnerAudrey Pelletier
AvocateKabrina Péron
AvocateGaspard Petit
Senior AssociateMartin Pichette
PartnerMarie-Eve Pomerleau
PartnerDaphné Pomerleau-Normandin
AvocateJean-Vincent Prévost-Bérubé
LawyerMathias Rancourt
PartnerFrançois Renaud
PartnerCamille Rioux
Avocate principaleFrançois Rizcallah
LawyerMarc Rochefort
PartnerNoémie Rochette
AvocateSophie Roy
Avocate principaleChantal Saint-Onge
Avocate principaleMaude Sirois
AvocateOuassim Tadlaoui
PartnerCharles Olivier Thibeault
PartnerJean-Paul Timothée
Senior AssociateDavid Tournier
PartnerBernard Trang
LawyerMylène Vallières
Avocate principaleDominique Vallières
Senior AssociateLaurie Vandal-Fortin
Avocate principaleMarie-Denise Vane
AvocateAndré Vautour
PartnerBruno Verdon
PartnerSébastien Vézina
PartnerJonathan Warin
PartnerJennifer Younes
AvocateAdnana Zbona
Avocate principaleJessica Zegarelli
AvocateLinguistic Services
Catherine Avignon
Linguistic servicesMarie Brisson
Services linguistiquesDanielle Bureau
Services linguistiquesAlexandra Degarie
Services linguistiquesMichèle Gamache
Services linguistiquesStefan Gillian
Linguistic servicesJean-François Lauzon
Linguistic servicesMathieu Legris
Linguistic servicesMarie-Claude Lortie
Services linguistiquesJoanne Martin
Services linguistiquesJean-Pierre Nadeau
Linguistic servicesSofie Peers
Services linguistiquesYannick Pourbaix
Linguistic servicesLegal Counsel
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Salim Ben Abdessalem
ParalegalSuzanne Antal
Agent de marques de commerceMaxym Bédard
ÉtudianteDolaine Béland
ParajuristeYasmine Belrachid
ÉtudianteMaxime Bergeron
StudentNathalie Borgniez
Directrice, planification et projets stratégiques de la directionLéa Brousseau-Bellavance
ÉtudianteGwendoline Bruneau
Agent de brevetsStephanie Cech
ÉtudianteCharlotte Dangoisse
Notaire principaleJanet Dell’Orto
Agent de marques de commerceGabrielle Dickins
ÉtudianteJulie Doan
Notaire principaleSylvain Dubuc
Chief Financial OfficerAlain Dumont
Patent AgentLaurianne Falardeau
ParajuristeClara Fortin
ÉtudianteÉloïse Fortin
StagiaireFlorence Fournier
ParajuristeMireille Francoeur
Chargée de projets spéciaux, soutien à la directionAnaïs Gascon-Vaillancourt
Directrice adjointe, talents et programmes étudiants et stagiairesNadine Giguère
ParajuristeLine Grandmaison
ParajuristeAnnie Groleau
ParajuristeSonia Guérin
ParajuristeLaurence Isabelle
ÉtudianteAmélie Journet
Chef, talents et développement professionnelPhilippe Juhos
StudentMartin Laprade
ParalegalJoseph Lauzon Potts
StudentGonzalo Lavin
Patent AgentJean-Francois Lemieux
Business Development ManagerGabrielle Manion Tinkler
ParajuristeEleftheria Manioudakis
Director, Business DevelopmentSandrine Masri
ÉtudianteJoëlle Montpetit
ParajuristeAna Cristina Nascimento
ParajuristeIsabelle Normand
ParajuristeAnne-Sophie Paradis
StagiaireIsabelle Pelletier
Agent de brevetsSophie Poirier
StagiaireFrancis Sabourin
StudentErwin Schultz
Patent AgentEl Hadji Alioune Seck
Articling StudentSerge Shahinian
Patent AgentMadeleine Stringer
StagiaireZoe Sukster
ÉtudianteArielle Supino
ÉtudianteMarie-Ève Tremblay
ParajuristeLaura Trépanier-Champagne
StagiaireAlex-Anne Trudeau
ÉtudianteAnik Trudel
Cheffe de la directionAlexandra Yazbeck
ÉtudianteBenoit Yelle
Patent AgentArticles
The Government of Canada extends the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for an additional year
On March 28, 2024, the Department of Finance Canada announced a one-year extension to the 15% Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (?METC?) available to investors in flow-through shares. The extension means that the METC will be effective until March 31, 2025. This announcement came at a time when uncertainty loomed over the industry and some stakeholders feared that the government would not renew the METC. Over time, this tax credit has become a key component of flow-through share financings. It is intended to enhance the tax deductions already available to flow-through share holders and ultimately help companies raise capital for mineral exploration...
Press
Lavery celebrates World Intellectual Property Day
This year, the World Intellectual Property Day theme is "Women and Intellectual Property: Accelerating innovation and creativity". Therefore, Lavery is pleased to recognize the contribution of a female inventor. Women face significant barriers in the patent and telecommunications sectors, where under-representation and gender bias are unfortunately common. In the field of patent application drafting, women represent only 12% of inventors, while in telecommunications, only a quarter of professional positions are held by women. In spite of this situation, pioneers like Lila Madour are making significant contributions to their fields, overcoming these challenges with determination and skill...
Lavery Assists Premier Parks LLC in the Purchase of Calypso-Valcartier Group’s Shares
Calypso-Valcartier Group recently announced the sale of all of the shares of its two amusement parks, Village Vacances Valcartier located near Quebec City and Calypso, near Ottawa, and more specifically of the shares of the two parks’ operating corporations and their asset holding corporations. The assets of the two parks are now indirectly owned by EPR Properties, and they are operated by a Canadian subsidiary of Premier Parks, LLC. Our partners, André Vautour and France Camille De Mers, and their team assisted Premier Parks LLC in the due diligence of the parks’ assets and operations...