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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 ...

Hubert Sibre is regularly involved in high-risk transactions and negotiations along with matters dealing with insolvency, litigation and creditors’ rights (secured and others). His roster of clients includes financial institutions, suppliers, investors along with larger businesses and entrepreneurs dealing with high-risk situations. Entrepreneurs and executives constantly rely on him for his business acumen and to deal with important business and strategic issues. He started his career ...

Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin is a member of the Litigation group and practises primarily in the areas of insurance law, professional liability, and commercial litigation. Mr. Lacoste-Jobin earned a combined common law/civil law degree from McGill University in 2005 and is a member of the Barreau du Québec since 2006. He is partner in the litigation sector since 2016. Mr. Lacoste-Jobin participates in conferences and training sessions dealing with insurance law, such as those offered by the I...

Founding Partner of BCF LLP, Mario Charpentier co-heads our Corporate Finance sector. Mario was Managing Partner of BCF for 25 years, from the foundation of the firm in 1995 until November 2019. As a tax practitioner, he advises clients from every industry on the legal and business strategies to adopt to best grow their business. Mario draws upon a well of legal expertise and a vast network of personal and business relationships to address our clients’ challenges and provides tailored s...

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...

David Massé is a partner and Head of the Montréal office’s Securities and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. David has extensive experience focused primarily on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and corporate governance. He has been counsel to strategic purchasers, financial sponsors, private equity funds, pension funds and boards of directors in several complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including going ...

Dynamic, inquisitive and a peerless organizer, Janie-Pier is the first to volunteer for social activities and opportunities to network. She is readily available to help and advise others and is driven by teamwork. Her legendary calmness allows her to keep the reins on contentious cases. Janie-Pier became a lawyer at the firm in 2011 after completing her bar internship at another Montréal-based firm. Prior to completing her law degree, she had already earned herself a bachelor’s d...

Jean-Sébastien Clément is a partner in the firm's Montréal office. His practice has been focusing on aboriginal law for more than fifteen years with a particular interest for matters pertaining to self-governance, natural resources, forestry, education, socio-economic development, administration of justice, environment, land regime and health and social services. During his career, he has acted and played a major role in many litigation cases including constitutional case...

Stéphanie Beaudoin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. Stéphanie, 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 Stéphanie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Guillaume Pelegrin is a partner in our Montréal office. Renowned for his strategic approach, Guillaume regularly acts for real estate developers and other industrial companies in high-profile cases, notably in litigation with municipalities or environmental criminal prosecutions. He also handles cases involving constitutional law, access to information and general government liability. A seasoned litigator, Guillaume frequently appears before all Québec courts, including the Sup...