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Fadi Amine specializes in civil and commercial litigation, particularly in class actions, complex commercial disputes, international commercial arbitration, consumer protection, competition law, advertising law, franchising and product distribution. As part of his insurance practice, he focuses on professional liability, product liability, and civil liability. Fadi has acted as legal counsel before all levels of Quebec courts and before the Supreme Court of Canada. He has developed particular...

Larisa Albu is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law. Larisa, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Larisa is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Peter Riddell's practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and other complex commercial arrangements, carve-out transactions, and corporate and commercial law. He represents clients in various industries, including aerospace, agriculture, technology, pharma, renewable energy and entertainment.Peter has developed a relatively broad corporate practice ranging from advising large multinational corporations in the context of cross-border M&A, to smaller emerging scale-ups ...

Vincent Rochette is a meticulous and versatile litigator who manages major civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional disputes. His practice focuses primarily on class actions, complex commercial litigation as well as appeal proceedings, including before the Supreme Court of Canada. Practising out of our Montréal and Québec offices, Mr. Rochette represents a diversified clientele before all levels of courts and several administrative tribunals. Mr. Rochette is currentl...

Stefan Chripounoff is a commercial litigation partner at the Montréal office of Langlois. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and on restructuring & insolvency. The current chair of the firm’s arbitration and ADR group, he acts in a significant number of large-scale files before all levels of the courts and arbitration tribunals. He also practices energy law and, over the past twenty years, he advised his clients on their natural gas purchase and sale contracts and ...

Karim Renno is one of the founding partners of Renno Vathilakis Inc. Karim's practice focuses on class actions, franchise and distribution litigation, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and insolvency, competition law, constitutional law, privacy law, employment law and securities law litigation. He has amassed a vast experience and enjoys an excellent reputation with regard to private international law matters and injunctions, having argued before the Supreme Court of Canada on multiple occasi...

Jean-François Vézina is a partner in the civil and commercial litigation group in the Montréal office of Langlois Lawyers and he is also a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He specializes in construction law. Over the past decade, he has represented owners, developers, general and specialized contractors, suppliers and equipment manufacturers in numerous construction projects. Jean-François’ practice also includes various commercial litigation ma...

Patrice Picard has been practising at BCF since 2000. Co-lead of the real estate sector of the firm, his experience and knowledge enable him to support our clients with success in a variety of real-estate transactions. He regularly advises on the elaboration of joint ventures and ownership structures for multi-use complexes. Patrice has also developed a thorough expertise in deployment of telecommunications networks. As such, he regularly represents telecommunications companies. In addition t...

Nicolas Roche is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Nicolas, 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 Nicolas is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stephane Pouliot is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Stephane, who practices law in Laval, Quebec, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stephane is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.