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Yaël Lachkar is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Yaël, who practices law in Westmount, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Yaël is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Gerry Argento’s practice is predominantly focused on construction law with experience in both litigation and contractual matters. He advises owners, developers, general and specialized contractors, suppliers of materials as well as industry associations, and is regularly called up to represent his clients before the courts and arbitral tribunals. He also advises in relation to the drafting, negotiation and review of all types of construction contracts. Gerry is active in a broad range o...

Jeremy Sculnick is a partner in the Corporate Group whose practice focuses on Canadian and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance transactions. He works with domestic and multi-national private and public companies as well as investors across a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on life sciences and technology. Jeremy also has extensive experience in venture capital financings, strategic investment transactions, public company matters and...

Lawrence Witt is an experienced labour, employment and human rights law practitioner. He regularly acts on behalf of clients in labour and employment litigation matters before administrative tribunals, arbitration tribunals as well as first instance and appellate level courts. Lawrence has developed considerable expertise in electronic discovery and data preservation, the drafting and pleading of injunction applications seeking the enforcement of restrictive covenants, return of information a...

Jason Paperman is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Jason regularly advises private and public companies as well as investors, both domestic and multinational, across a wide range of industries, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions. He also has extensive experience working with private equity funds...

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...

Stephan H. Trihey’s practice is focused on commercial and civil litigation, insurance and construction law, commercial real estate, shareholder remedies and estate litigation. He brings over 20 years of experience as a trial lawyer, as counsel for domestic and international corporations, as well as insurers, and as an public sector advocate, having represented universities and Crown corporations. He routinely advises clients on complex and contentious issues, with the goal of either fin...

Amrick Bansal acts as a partner for our Real Estate group at Fasken’s Montreal office. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in real estate, close to a decade of which as General Counsel of a private real estate investment firm, Amrick provides clients with grounded, pragmatic and business-oriented solutions. His practice focuses on all aspects of real estate work, including financings, acquisitions/dispositions, joint ventures, large-scale development projects and corporate transactio...

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.