On May 13, 2021, the Quebec government introduced Bill 96 to amend the Charter of the French language (the ?Charter?) to strengthen the provisions regarding the use of French, particularly with respect to the language of commerce and business. This bill has been thoroughly reviewed in parliamentary committee and the committee tabled its report on April 26. In the current political context, it is expected that Bill 96 will be adopted in the coming months. The final form of the bill and its coming into force have yet to be determined. However, we can already anticipate that the timeframe for compliance with these new rules will be three years following assent of the Bill...
Lavery Lawyers
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Partner
René Branchaud
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Overview
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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Professionals
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Romeo Aguilar Perez
Senior Associate
Gabrielle Ahélo
Avocate
Mandy Alessandrini
Avocate
Katherine Ammerlaan
Avocate
Pierre-L. Baribeau
Partner
Josianne Beaudry
Partner
Marie-Lou Beaumont
Avocate
Anne Bélanger
Partner
Dominique Bélisle
Partner
Laurent Bellemare-Proulx
Lawyer
Alexandra Belley-McKinnon
Avocate
Jérémie Beltrame
Lawyer
Loïc Berdnikoff
Lawyer and Chief, Legal Operations and Conformity
Christelle Berthiaume
Avocate
Rosemarie Bhérer Bouffard
Avocate
Laurence Bich-Carrière
Partner
Marc-Antoine Bigras
Lawyer
Béatrice Bilodeau
Avocate
Dominic Boisvert
Partner
Frédéric Boivin Couillard
Lawyer
Frédéric Bolduc
Lawyer
Valérie Boucher
Partner
Caroline Bourbonnais
Avocate principale
Elizabeth Bourgeois
Avocate
Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto
Partner
René Branchaud
Partner
Étienne Brassard
Partner
Myriam Brixi
Partner
Céleste Brouillard-Ross
Avocate
Benoit Brouillette
Partner
Élodie Brunet
Avocate
Béatrice Bull
Avocate
Richard Burgos
Partner
Marie-Claude Cantin
Partner
Mathieu Cantin
Lawyer
Brittany Carson
Partner
Maxime Chabot
Lawyer
André Champagne
Partner
David Chun
Lawyer
Catherine Cloutier
Avocate
Maude Colpron
Avocate
Shereen Cook
Avocate
Marie-Claude Côté
Avocate
Julie Cousineau
Partner
Eugene Czolij
Partner
France Camille De Mers
Partner
Sylvie Demers
Avocate principale
Chantal Desjardins
Partner and Agent de marques de commerce
Catherine Deslauriers
Partner
Jean-Sébastien Desroches
Partner
Stéphanie Destrempes
Partner
Élodie Dion
Avocate
Norman A. Dionne
Partner
Marie-France Dompierre
Partner
Raymond Doray
Partner
Stéphanie Dubois
Avocate
Julien Ducharme
Lawyer
James Duffy
Patent Agent and Senior Associate
Valérie Dufour
Avocate
Alain Y. Dussault
Partner and Trademark Agent
Isabelle Duval
Partner
Ali El Haskouri
Partner
David Eramian
Partner
Katya Fiorello
Avocate
Eva Fog
Avocate
Florence Forest
Avocate principale
Roxane Fortin Lecompte
Avocate
Noëmie Frappier
Avocate
Philippe Frère
Partner
Simon Gagné
Partner
Léonie Gagné
Avocate principale
Charles-Hugo Gagné
Lawyer
Nicolas Gagnon
Partner
Richard Gaudreault
Partner
Brigitte Gauthier
Partner
Julie Gauvreau
Partner and Agent de brevets and Agent de marques de commerce
Carole Gélinas
Partner
Michel Gélinas
Partner
Audrey Gibeault
Partner
Renaud Gravel
Lawyer
Julie Grondin
Partner
Joseph Gualdieri
Lawyer
Michaëlle Guilbault
Avocate
Emma-Sophie Hall
Avocate
Nadia Hanine
Avocate
Caroline Harnois
Partner
Jean Hébert
Partner
Marie-Josée Hétu
Partner and Associé directrice (bureau de Trois-Rivières)
Judith Houle-Couture
Avocate
Timothé R. Huot
Partner
Véronique Iezzoni
Partner
Édith Jacques
Partner
Lindsay Jean
Avocate
Shan Jiang
Avocate
Felicia Yifan Jin
Avocate
Karine Joizil
Partner
Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur
Partner
Isabelle Jomphe
Partner and Agent de marques de commerce
Nicolas Joubert
Partner
Katerina Kostopoulos
Avocate
Tereza Kristic
Avocate
Josiane L'Heureux
Partner
Guillaume Laberge
Partner
Sophie Labrecque
Avocate
William Lacoste
Lawyer
Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin
Partner
Louis Lafleur
Lawyer
Maude Lafortune-Bélair
Avocate principale
Gabrielle Lagarde Le Chasseur
Avocate and Partenaire d’affaires, talent et développement professionnel
Awatif Lakhdar
Partner
Etienne C. Laplante
Lawyer
Bernard Larocque
Partner
André Laurin
Partner
Guy Lavoie
Partner
Guillaume Lavoie
Partner
Jean Legault
Partner
Mitchell Leibovitch
Lawyer and Patent Agent
Carl Lessard
Partner
Mengjiao Liu
Avocate
Jinnie Liu
Avocate
Selena Lu
Partner
Léa Maalouf
Avocate
Wiam Mahroug
Avocate
Despina Mandilaras
Avocate principale
Hugh Mansfield
Partner and Patent Agent and Trademark Agent
Jean Martel
Partner
Élizabeth Martin-Chartrand
Avocate
Gabrielle Mathieu
Avocate
Jean-François Maurice
Lawyer
Zeïneb Mellouli
Partner
Isabelle P. Mercure
Partner
Catherine Méthot
Avocate principale
Stephanie-Ann Morgan
Avocate
Véronique Morin
Avocate principale
Eve-Lyne Morin
Avocate principale
David Nachfolger
Lawyer
Béatrice T Ngatcha
Partner and Agent de brevets
Philip Nolan
Partner
Camille Ouellet
Avocate
Michaël Pageau
Senior Associate
Alexandre Papale
Lawyer
André Paquette
Partner
Jessica Parent
Avocate principale
Luc Pariseau
Partner
Catherine Pariseault
Avocate principale
Ariane Pasquier
Partner
Louis Payette
Partner
Audrey Pelletier
Avocate
Martin Pichette
Partner
Vivianne Pierre-Sigouin
Avocate
Sylvain Poirier
Partner
Benjamin Poirier
Lawyer
Marie-Eve Pomerleau
Partner
Cloé Potvin
Avocate
Patrice Racicot
Partner
Mathias Rancourt
Partner
Sonia Rasquinha
Avocate
François Renaud
Partner
Isabelle Richard
Avocate
Camille Rioux
Avocate principale
Marc Rochefort
Partner
Ian Rose
Partner
Sophie Roy
Avocate principale
Chantal Saint-Onge
Avocate
Zila Savary
Avocate
Raphaël H. Schachter
Partner
Michel Servant
Partner
Gabriella Settino
Avocate
Virginie Simard
Partner
Maude St-Georges
Avocate
Guillaume Synnott
Lawyer
Ouassim Tadlaoui
Partner
Gabrielle Tétrault
Avocate
Éric Thibaudeau
Partner
Charles Olivier Thibeault
Partner
Jean-Paul Timothée
Senior Associate
Sara-Catherine L. Tolszczuk
Avocate
Bernard Trang
Lawyer
Philippe Tremblay
Partner
Clémence Trudeau
Avocate
Isabel Valenta
Avocate
Pierre-Olivier Valiquette
Lawyer
Dominique Vallières
Senior Associate
Mylène Vallières
Avocate principale
André Vautour
Partner
Bruno Verdon
Partner
Sébastien Vézina
Partner
Emil Vidrascu
Partner
Ariane Villemaire
Avocate
Jonathan Warin
Partner
Adnana Zbona
Avocate principaleLinguistic Services

Nathalie Angers
Services linguistiques
Danielle Bureau
Services linguistiques
Michèle Gamache
Services linguistiques
Stefan Gillian
Linguistic services
Cathy Ianniciello
Services linguistiques
Jean-François Lauzon
Linguistic services
Mathieu Legris
Linguistic services
Joanne Martin
Services linguistiques
Jean-Pierre Nadeau
Linguistic services
Sofie Peers
Services linguistiques
Yannick Pourbaix
Linguistic servicesLegal Counsel

Michel Desrosiers
Counsel
Éric Gélinas
Counsel
Pierre Marc Johnson
Counsel
Guy Lemay
Counsel
Patrick A. Molinari
Counsel
Jacques Paul-Hus
Counsel
Jean-Philippe Turgeon
CounselOther

Marjolaine Arès
Notaire
Tina Basile
Stagiaire
Laura Bassal
Parajuriste
Maxym Bédard
Étudiante
Dolaine Béland
Parajuriste
Yasmine Belrachid
Étudiante
Laurence Bernard
Étudiante
Gwendoline Bruneau
Agent de brevets
Chanel Calabro
Stagiaire
Laurence Camille
Stagiaire
Johanne Caschetto
Parajuriste
Manar Choukair
Étudiante
Sophie Crevier
Étudiante
Charlotte Dangoisse
Notaire principale
Janet Dell’Orto
Agent de marques de commerce
Karine Dos Santos Neves
Parajuriste
Marie France Doyer Rochefort
Responsable, programmes étudiants et stagiaires
Marianne Duboy
Étudiante
Sylvain Dubuc
Chief, Finance and Administration
Alain Dumont
Patent Agent
Ayman El Alamy
Student
Éloïse Fortin
Étudiante
Florence Fournier
Parajuriste
Mireille Francoeur
Chargée de projets spéciaux, soutien à la direction
Dardia Garcelle Joseph
Étudiante
Cinthia Gauvreau
Parajuriste
Nadine Giguère
Parajuriste
Raymond Grafton
Articling Student
Line Grandmaison
Parajuriste
Annie Groleau
Parajuriste
Sonia Guérin
Parajuriste
Ghiles Helli
Articling Student
Amélie Journet
Chef, talents et développement professionnel
Sofia Khan
Étudiante
Martin Laprade
Paralegal
Gonzalo Lavin
Patent Agent
Tania Lê
Stagiaire
Jean-Francois Lemieux
Business Development Manager
Jean-François Lévesque
Chief Client Officer
Gabrielle Manion Tinkler
Parajuriste
Eleftheria Manioudakis
Director, Business Development
Sandrine Masri
Étudiante
Nicole Messier
Notaire principale
Joëlle Montpetit
Parajuriste
Gérard Mounier
Strategic Advisor
Renaud Murphy
Student
Ana Cristina Nascimento
Parajuriste
Isabelle Normand
Parajuriste
Anne-Sophie Paradis
Étudiante
Sylvie Parent
Parajuriste
Isabelle Pelletier
Agent de brevets
Kabrina Péron
Stagiaire
Jean-Vincent Prévost-Bérubé
Articling Student
Arielle Reeves-Breton
Stagiaire
Belinda Rigon
Parajuriste
Erwin Schultz
Patent Agent
El Hadji Alioune Seck
Student
Serge Shahinian
Patent Agent
Madeleine Stringer
Étudiante
Zoe Sukster
Étudiante
Sarah Thiboutot
Étudiante
Anik Trudel
Cheffe de la direction
Marie-Denise Vane
Étudiante
Alexandra Yazbeck
Étudiante
Brandon Yin
Paralegal
Jennifer Younes
ÉtudianteArticles
Complaint processing: New framework to come for financial institutions and financial intermediaries
Last September, the AMF published its draft Regulation respecting complaint processing and dispute resolution in the financial sector (the ?Draft Regulation?). The consultation period for it ended on December 8, 2021. The AMF is currently reviewing the many comments it received. The Draft Regulation1 aims to harmonize and improve complaint processing in the financial sector by providing for new mechanisms to ensure prompt and efficient complaint processing, among other things. In the insurance industry, only firms and insurers are currently required to adopt and apply a complaint processing and dispute resolution policy...
Press
Lavery Helps to Establish an Affordable Housing Fund Worth $151 Million
On May 4, 2021, the Government of Canada, the Government of Québec, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Ivanhoé Cambridge announced the formation of a consortium of investors that will make $120 million available to co-ops, non-profit organizations (NPOs) and housing agencies for the construction or renovation of affordable housing. The Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, Fondaction, the Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation and the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation collectively added $31 million to the sum. The strategic partnership will be managed by the Association des groupes de ressources techniques du Québec (AGRTQ) starting in the fall of 2021...
Lavery Represents Walter Innovations Inc. in its Acquisition by Golo Mobile Inc.
On July 7, 2020, Golo Mobile Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange that specializes in eco-delivery in large business centres, announced the acquisition of Walter Innovations Inc., a building automation technology start-up that has created a solution to connect property managers and residents of condominiums and apartment buildings. A Lavery team composed of Étienne Brassard, Éric Lavallée and Jean-François Maurice represented the selling shareholders of Walter Innovations Inc. in an exit context, allowing Walter's initial investors and entrepreneurs to successfully sell the company and its underlying technology...