Best Lawyers in Quebec, Canada for Corporate Law
André Morrissette is a commercial and tax lawyer to whom business owners turn when the stakes are high, and they want to protect their assets or manage complex taxation and governance issues. With over 30 years of practice, André offers a wealth of experience to family-owned companies, corporate executives, emerging tech firms, and mid-sized corporations. In 2017, he was named Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) by the Barreau du Québec for his exceptional contribution to the leg...
Caitlin is a partner and co-leads Fasken’s national Private Equity Group. Her practice focuses on private equity investments (LBOs and minority positions), large cross-border M&A, IPOs and privatizations. Caitlin works closely with a variety of private equity funds and their portfolio companies in M&A, governance matters and day to day servicing. She also regularly acts on behalf of public companies and underwriters in going public transactions, equity offerings and general secu...
Head of the Québec Business Law Group, Audrey St-Pierre has a strong experience in business, corporate and commercial law. She specializes primarily in complex mergers and acquisitions, major corporate reorganizations, equity financings and corporate restructurings. Since the beginning of her career, Audrey has been involved in transactions across the country and has been acting as a legal advisor for well-known foreign investors and acquirers. Known for her efficiency, her availabilit...
Michel Boislard has extensive experience in commercial law, primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, investment funds and securities. He also advises clients from the high technology and biotechnology sectors. Numerous public and private corporations trust Michel to represent them during complex domestic and international cross-border transactions. Michel familiarized himself with the challenges involved in cross-border transactions while working as resident pa...
Daniel Picotte joined the firm in 1978 and has been a partner since 1986. His busy practice is centred on business law and has allowed him to develop cutting-edge expertise in the areas of transactions, restructurings and major investments in public or industrial infrastructure, in addition to offering clients seasoned counsel in Canadian and international markets. In 2020, he joined the firm’s senior management as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. In this role, he is primarily r...
Robert Dorion is a partner in Gowlings' Montréal office. He specializes in business law with an emphasis on corporate, commercial, merger and acquisition and tax law. Over the years he has developed expertise in corporate re-organizations, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, contract negotiating, public and private financing and securities. His large clientele includes public and private companies working in local, national and international economic sectors. Robert has also serv...
Vincent Girard has been the managing partner of the Quebec City office since January 1, 2025. In this role, he oversees all activities of the Quebec City office, bringing enthusiasm and energy to the team. A partner at Fasken since 2020, Vincent has a business law practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate finance and commercial contract negotiations. He has worked on a number of notable matters for which he has provided innovative legal solutions to a...
Vincent Chaurette is a partner in the Corporate and Commercial Law group at the Montreal office. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions of private companies, with notable expertise in transactions involving private equity firms. He regularly assists entrepreneurs and portfolio companies, both in transactional contexts and for their ongoing legal and business needs. Vincent has also been involved in several intergenerational transfers of family businesses. Known for his pragmatic approach,...
Aubie J. Herscovitch helps you successfully negotiate your real estate and commercial agreements. Aubie Herscovitch is the head of the firm’s Real Estate Law team. He advises businesses of all sizes and industries on their commercial activities and real estate needs. He represents developers, investors, owners, landlords and tenants in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing, purchase and sale of property assets both in and outside Québec. Aubie Herscovitch also has exte...
Rafal Wrzesien is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Rafal, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rafal is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
André Champagne is a partner and a member of Lavery’s Business law group. He has extensive professional experience in commercial and business law and has represented clients before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2006, Mr. Champagne was elected Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Membership is by invitation only after a thorough screening process that considers the lawyer’s ability, experience, accomplishments, and ethical stand...
Managing Partner at BCF, Julie’s vision, drive, and boldness enable her to seize every window of opportunity, however small, for our clients’ benefit. Since joining BCF more than 25 years ago, she has successfully advised hundreds of companies on mergers and acquisitions and major equity financing deals, particularly in the food, retail, engineering, construction, and real estate development sectors. Her dedication to BCF and excellent work led to her appointment as Managing Partn...
Me Kurt Doyle est un avocat et conseiller d’affaires reconnu pour son expertise en fusions et acquisitions, la préparation et la négociation d’ententes commerciales complexes. Il possède de l’expérience dans des secteurs variés tels que l’industrie pétrolière, l’agroalimentaire, l’assurance, les technologies de l’information, le commerce de détail et les arts et spectacles. Il est d’ailleur...
Nicolas Lassonde practices business and technology law at LJT Avocats since 1995. He actively participates in business sale/acquisition transactions and setting up commercial agreements of all kinds. Nicolas advises medium-sized businesses on the different aspects of their legal affairs, with a focus on commercialization of intellectual property rights, products, services, and joint venture agreements. Nicolas also advises many businesses in high technology, clinical research, and information...
Practice focuses on strategic alliances, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions of private corporations and investment funds. In the fields of technology and computer law, expertise includes drafting computer software development agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements, computer and telecommunication system outsourcing agreements and electronic commerce agreements. Major files have included outsourcing computer and telecommunication systems, joint ventures, high density...
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