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A partner at Woods LLP, Eric serves a wide range of industries, including financial services and natural resources. He also handles employment-related matters for employers as well as senior management. Eric is a frequent author and speaker on topics such as evidence, civil procedure and international arbitration. An accomplished trial and appellate lawyer, Eric has developed a particular expertise in domestic and international arbitration. His experience includes acting for Canada in the NAF...

Recognized as being one of the best real estate practitioners in Canada, Laurent Roy specializes namely in files involving land assembly and the acquisition and sale of real estate (industrial buildings, multi-unit residential properties and shopping centres) as well as their financing and commercial leasing. On a regular basis, he advises clients on the negotiation and drafting of offers to lease and lease agreements in the context of shopping centre development and on real estate purchase a...

Tina Hobday, a partner since 2001, has developed considerable expertise in the fields of pension plan litigation and governance and has represented pension interests in several high-profile insolvency proceedings. She also practices in the area of public and administrative law, and has substantial experience in professional and disciplinary law. As an experienced litigator, she represents clients before the civil and federal courts, including statutory appeals before the Federal Court of Appe...

Partner at Woods, Bodgan Catanu’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes. He has extensive experience in high-stakes contractual matters, class actions, and corporate litigation. He has pleaded before the first instance and appeal tribunals of the province of Québec. He acted as lead counsel in several commercial arbitrations, notably a $200 million supplier–distributor UNCITRAL arbitration. He was recently co-lead counsel for certain bondholders of Nemaska Lithium...

With extensive experience in real estate law, including 10 years as a notary, Stéphane Lalande has developed a practice focused mainly on acquisitions, financings and real property dispositions. He has been involved in many transactions acting for developers and investors regarding major real estate, office building and commercial center projects. Mr. Lalande has extensive experience representing both lenders and borrowers regarding all types of real estate financings, such as mezzanin...

Morris Jacobson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Morris, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Morris is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Philipp Park is the Quebec Regional Managing Partner and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He practises corporate commercial law with a focus on acquisitions and divestitures, private equity, and venture capital. Philipp represents multinational corporations, private equity funds and start-up companies in various sectors and his transactional experience includes domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. Philipp is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in Corporate L...

Danilo Di Vincenzo is a partner-owner in the firm. He started his career in the Legal Services department of the Commission des normes du travail (now CNESST), where he acquired valuable hands-on experience. He counsels and represents employers, particularly, in matters of grievance arbitration and collective bargaining. Mr. Di Vincenzo was trained in the Harvard Negotiation Program focusing on interest-based bargaining and conflict resolution. He is also a legal instructor, lecturer and regu...

Dominique Noël is a litigation lawyer based in Montreal, practising in all areas of civil and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on civil and professional liability, construction law and insurance law. He also takes interest in administrative law. Dominique has acted and continues to act for major corporations, insurance companies and Quebec municipalities in complex litigation before the Quebec courts. Before joining our Montréal office, Dominique clerked at the Court...

Anne-Marie’s sense of priorities and organization were well-earned as she pursued her career alongside raising four children. Having settled and pleaded a great number of cases before the courts, Anne-Marie is known as a skillful litigator with a friendly demeanour. She has a marked interest in alternative means of conflict resolution and excels when it comes to finding creative solutions to address delicate situations. She joined Monette Barakett in 1985 and became partner in 1997. She...