Best Lawyers in Quebec, Canada for Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

My practice is centered on transactional and corporate matters, with an emphasis on the technology sector. I developed my expertise with two preeminent national law firms as well as in-house roles with innovative startups and, more recently, with a rapidly expanding Montreal law firm. Before embarking on my legal career, I worked in the banking industry across Canada, the United States and France, acquiring substantial corporate experience. Joining Blue HF is an opportunity to continue to bui...

Constantinos Ragas is a senior partner at Fasken and a national co-lead of the firm’s Emerging Technology Group, a premier legal practice serving Canada’s innovation economy. Based in Montréal, he is widely recognized as one of the top venture capital and technology M&A lawyers in the country, with a practice that blends legal precision, strategic thinking, and deep market insight. For nearly two decades, Constantinos has played a leading role in shaping Québec&r...

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...

Peter Villani leads complex transactions with major players in the retail, ecommerce, fibre optics testing, and telecommunications sectors. With dealings in the US, South Africa, South America, Europe and Asia, Peter possesses exceptional international insight and perspective. Peter is active in the community, having been president of the Jewish Vocational Service and JVS Jewish Workshop Inc., and acting as current legal counsel to the Canadian Italian Business & Professionals Association...

Jean Michel Lapierre is a business lawyer recognized for his leading practice in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and securities law. Jean Michel has been involved in several major acquisition, sale, merger or going-private transactions of publicly-traded companies, including friendly and hostile take-over bids and complex statutory arrangements. He has also been involved in a large number of private M&A transactions. He has acted on behalf of issuers, securities dealers and in...

Svetlana Samochkine is a partner in Fasken’s Banking and Finance group. She represents both financial institutions and borrowers in setting up syndicated loans, project financings and other domestic and international financing operations. Her practice is also focused on the financings of private equity investments. Svetlana is a member of the Quebec Bar and the Law Society of Ontario. She is a member of the board of directors of the Association des Femmes en Finances du Québec (A...

A leader in the business community of Quebec, Carl Tremblay served as the managing partner of Fasken's Quebec City office for seven years. He is recognized for his practice in corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and financing. Carl’s experience and professional skill ensure that clients receive the best possible services. Carl regularly takes part in mergers and acquisitions transactions, private placements and strategic agreements. He also ...

Eric Stevens practises business law. With a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance, he has over the past 20 years concentrated his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and private financings. In 2008, Mr. Stevens was a recipient of Lexpert's "Top 40 Lawyers and Corporate Counsel Under 40" award and has since received several other awards. Mr. Stevens has been involved for many years in various charitable causes close to his heart as a member of various corporate boards.

Cristel Chabot-Lapointe is a partner in the firm’s Corporate/Commercial group. Her practice focuses on business law, primarily on private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. Cristel represents several private equity firms and institutional funds as well as their portfolio companies in transactions related to mergers and acquisitions, sales, equity investments and reorganizations, as well as day-to-day advisory. Cristel is actively involved in the community. She...

Antonella Penta is a partner within the Corporate/Commercial law group. Antonella is effective in leading negotiations and realizing private company mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions. Antonella regularly manages cross-border and international transactions, corporate reorganizations and private placement financings. She has assisted companies in various industries from initial stages of incorporation to divestiture, including structuring, drafting of sha...

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.

Carl Bélanger is a partner and market leader in the Business Law and Corporate Law group at the Montreal office. He has extensive experience in Canadian and cross-border transactions, primarily in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital. For over 25 years, Carl has assisted investment funds, international industrial groups, as well as family businesses and entrepreneurs in their development, both in Canada and abroad. His experience covers various industry sectors,...

Arnold Cohen’s practice includes financing and insolvency and restructuring. His financing practice focuses on asset-based lending (both Canadian and cross-border transactions), in which he represents leading US and Canadian asset-based lenders and factors. Mr. Cohen also regularly represents lenders and corporate borrowers in the financing of real estate, receivables and equipment, as well as acquisition, project, structured and traditional bank financings, all on both a syndicated and...

Paul Raymond is experienced in corporate and securities law, financings and business acquisitions and sales. He has been involved in debt and equity financing of private and public corporations, governments and Crown corporations by way of private or public offerings in Canada and the United States, acting on behalf of issuers and underwriters. He has acted in various transactions for the purchase or sale of businesses as well as in mergers and reorganizations. Mr. Raymond has also been invol...

Julien Morier is a partner in Miller Thomson’s corporate group. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, reorganizations, and corporate governance. With extensive experience, he negotiates a variety of commercial contracts, including distribution, supply, and service agreements. Julien provides strategic advice to a diverse clientele, including leaders in retail, natural resources, and information technology, as well as institutional investors and private e...

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...