Best Lawyers in Quebec, Canada for Tax Law
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Clients can count on Francine Nelson (Wiseman) to answer any tax or business law question. With more than 35 years of tax and business law experience, Francine Nelson (Wiseman) is known for her practical approach and tailored solutions. She assists a wide range of private sector clients and specializes in corporate taxation, trusts, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border tax planning. In addition to her legal practice, Francine Nelson (Wiseman) operates a residential real...
Martin Lord is a Partner in our Estates, Wills and Trusts group. His practice focuses on tax law. He advises clients in business matters, particularly in terms of tax planning for the protection and cross-generation transmission of assets through domestic trusts or wills. He also facilitates charitable donations.
Frédéric Barriault is a member of the Corporate/Commercial group at the Montréal office. His practice is centered on trust law, estate planning, assets protection strategies and corporate restructurings for private clients. He advises individuals, families and their enterprises from various backgrounds in order to provide them with tailor-made solutions in order to meet their personal goals, estate and business succession goals and philanthropic intentions. With his exper...
Isabelle P. Mercure is a partner and a member of our Business transactions and Tax law groups. Her practice focuses mainly on corporate law, trust law, and tax law. Ms. Mercure has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations (intergenerational transfers), integrating shareholders, protecting assets, as well as tax and estate planning. She is called upon to negotiate and draft various business agreements, including shareholder and partnership agreements, in the ...
Sébastien Gingras has extensive experience as a legal and tax advisor. Throughout his career, his tax practice has led him to be involved in various transactions and operations where his involvement has extended well beyond the field of taxation. He advises investment funds, corporations, partnerships, public bodies, pension plans, commercial trusts, mutual funds and other businesses in their transactions and dealings, including investments, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations an...
Antonio Nadaira is a talented tax and business lawyer who focuses his practice on domestic and international taxation with an emphasis on corporate reorganizations, sale and acquisition, and estate planning. He assists businesses of all sizes in the various stages of their growth by being involved in a number of major commercial transactions. Antonio joined BCF in 2012, before which he was with a major national law firm where he practiced taxation and business law. Dedicated and attentive to ...
Austin Del Rio is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Austin, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Austin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Audrey Pelletier is a member of the Business Law group and her practice is focused on tax controversy and tax litigation. Prior to joining Lavery, Audrey Pelletier practised law with a boutique law firm specialized in tax litigation. Prior to that, she worked in an international accounting firm in tax litigation and tax planning, allowing her to diversify her practice and develop a critical approach to taxation. Her practice covers all aspects of tax litigation, including negotiating out-of-c...
Lisa-Marie Gauthier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Lisa-Marie, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lisa-Marie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Aicha is a Partner in the Tax Controversy and Litigation practice of Deloitte Legal Canada LLP. Aicha practices tax law with a focus on tax litigation and tax controversy, from the audit and objection stages to tax appeals and judicial reviews before the courts. She regularly assists clients in resolving tax disputes, both in and out of Court, and engages in managing complex tax audits. Aicha has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of domestic and international tax disputes inv...
Mélanie Nguyen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Mélanie, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mélanie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Alex Thivierge Côté is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Alex, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alex is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Camil Chaput is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Camil, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Camil is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Laurence Grenier-Laroche joined BCF as a law student during the summer of 2017, and is currently a member of our taxation team in Montreal. She completed her articling for the Barreau du Québec in July 2019, and has been working as a lawyer ever since. Laurence mainly practises tax law, more specifically in the fields of tax and succession planning, corporate reorganisation, and business transfers. She is also interested in taxation as far as it relates to charitable organisations.
Lauzanne Bernard Normand is a lawyer with Deloitte Legal Canada LLP. Her practice focuses on tax and customs litigation and dispute resolution. She advises and provides assistance to taxpayers in disputes against the tax authorities, from the audit and objection stages to appeals before the courts. She appears before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as the provincial courts. Prior to joining Deloitte Le...
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