Best Lawyers in Quebec, Canada for Securities Law

Elliot Shapiro's practice is transaction oriented, with a focus on corporate and securities law, public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), infrastructure and P3 financing as well as venture capital financing transactions. Mr. Shapiro also regularly advises public companies and their boards of directors on strategic, disclosure and governance matters. He has also worked on various licensing and related commercial arrangements. Mr. Shapiro has been integrally involved in numerous c...

Mr. Caron is a founding partner of LCM and is the managing partner of the firm. He focuses his practice on litigation and commercial law. Business communities turn to him for his proven ability to find solutions to complex problems. He has been involved in a number of major class actions and has extensive experience in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. He regularly acts on behalf of financial institutions, including securities brokers and advisors, whom he counsels on the drafti...

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 ...

Renée Loiselle is the Montréal local co-chair of our business law group. Renée practises corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on corporate finance (including both private placements and public financings) and public mergers and acquisitions. She also regularly advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance issues and other ongoing securities law questions. Renée serves as a member of the Qu...

Sébastien Bellefleur has extensive experience in business law, more specifically in securities, mergers, acquisitions, corporate governance and mining law. He also helps set up funding, whether in the form of loans or equity financings. He has drafted a number of complex transactions on behalf of public and private corporations, such as the purchase, sale, funding and restructuring of businesses throughout Canada and abroad. He has represented issuers and brokers in connection with ini...

Scott Rozansky is a partner in the Corporate/Commercial group in our Montréal office. Scott is especially renowned for his in-depth knowledge of emerging technologies and start-ups. He has been advising and guiding entrepreneurs, start-ups and their investors on financing and venture capital strategy, and walking them through all stages of company development. In addition to his extensive experience in emerging technologies, Scott has an extensive background in securities, mergers &...

Jean Bertrand focuses on commercial and corporate litigation, including class actions and arbitration, and on administrative law, with emphasis on regulated activity such as competition, transportation, international trade and energy. He has appeared frequently before Quebec and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before regulatory boards such as the Commission des transports du Québec, the Régie de l’énergie, the Competition Tribunal, ...

Pierre Bienvenu, Ad. E. is a disputes lawyer with more than 35 years’ experience in international commercial arbitration, corporate and commercial litigation, and constitutional law. He has acted as counsel or served as arbitrator in international arbitrations involving disputes in energy, transportation, telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, construction, pharmaceuticals, international distribution and joint ventures, and foreign investment. A former co-chair of the IBA’s...

Sébastien Richemont is a seasoned litigator within the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group in Montreal. His main areas of practice are class actions, shareholders disputes, arbitration, manufacturers and professional liability, contractual litigations and securities matters. With 25 years of trial and dispute resolution experience, Sébastien has leading-edge knowledge that allows him to understand the legal issues that clients may face while having practical know-how to supp...

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...

Mr. Claxton’s practice focuses on transactional corporate matters, particularly mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border projects, securities, venture capital and derivative products. Mr. Claxton was formerly a partner in the business law groups at Stikeman Elliott LLP (29 years) and Dentons Canada LLP (2 years) and was owner of his own practice (Claxton Business Law, 2 years), during which time he acted as transactional legal counsel for leading Canadian and internation...

Solomon Sananes practises corporate finance and securities (including both private placements and public financings), mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. In corporate financing, he acts in numerous Canadian and Canadian/US cross-border offerings of debt, equity and derivative instruments on behalf of issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters. In mergers and acquisitions, he participates in a variety of significant transactions, acting for both buyers and sellers of public...

Rachelle Powell Bergmann is a litigation lawyer based in our Montreal office. Her practice involves securities litigation, as well as all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, including contracts, civil liability, administrative law, insurance law, class actions, cyber security breaches, data protection and privacy. Ms. Powell Bergmann is fluent in English and French.

Samuel Francisque is a business lawyer with the Emerging Technologies team at the Montréal office. His practice focuses primarily on venture and private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and high growth technology companies. As part of his practice, Samuel supports clients in their financing and mergers and acquisitions strategy and process, particularly through the technological ecosystem. A member of the Québec Bar since 2019, Samuel also holds a Bachelor of Laws from...

Alexandra Persaud is an associate in our corporate, M&A and securities group, and is a member of our Canadian special situations team. Ms. Persaud's practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on corporate finance (including both private placements and public financings), merger and acquisition transactions (including carve-out transactions) and securities matters. Ms. Persaud also regularly advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuo...

Julia Godolphin's practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and securities matters. During her law studies, Ms. Godolphin participated in our secondment program, which gave her the opportunity to intern in the legal department of Aimia Inc. Before joining our Montréal office, she practised in tax and transfer pricing at a large accounting firm.