Audrey Gibeault

Audrey Gibeault (lawyer, CPA, CA, M.Fisc., TEP) is a partner in the Business Law group and head of the tax team.

In addition to having a practice focusing primarily on tax law and having a master’s degree in taxation, she is also a chartered accountant, which allows her to act as a multidisciplinary advisor to her clients.

As a legal partner and trusted business advisor, she assists clients in planning and implementing complex and innovative commercial, corporate and tax structures. Her clients are loyal to her and entrust her with their most important transactions, including acquisitions, the sale of their businesses, implementation of profit-sharing plans for their employees, creation of discretionary family trusts and estate planning.

Audrey leverages her entrepreneurial spirit and remarkable ability to communicate in layman’s terms to help senior managers and entrepreneurs achieve their business goals. She makes use of her extensive expertise in law, accounting, taxation and knowledge of market trends when negotiating and implementing transactions, strategic alliances and commercial agreements for her clients, including shareholders’ agreements.

She also advises a large number of family businesses on various projects involving issues specific to shareholders’ agreements, family hiring policies and family shareholding policies, in addition to specializing in the transfer of businesses from generation to generation (e.g., gen 1 to gen 2, gen 2 to gen 3). She frequently works in multidisciplinary teams with other advisors to better understand family dynamics and provide advice in consultation with other professionals helping the family.

She has a passionate personality and a very practical side, enabling her to give effective and persuasive advice.

Audrey also has good oratorical skills, making her an outstanding speaker. Audrey is frequently asked to provide training or courses on various topics related to her areas of practice.