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Jean-Daniel Lamy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Expropriation Law and Municipal Law. Jean-Daniel, 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 Jean-Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Sylvie Bourdeau practises in the area of business and mergers and acquisition law. Over the years she has been involved in numerous mandates involving the financial products and services and life sciences/pharmaceuticals industries. In addition to the numerous mergers and acquisitions and private financings mandates in which she has been involved in her practice, Sylvie’s also represented many clients in matters involving the drafting of complex commercial agreements, including for join...

Christopher Deehy is a partner at Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon and the leader of its Labour and Employment Law Group. He represents the firm’s corporate clients before all civil and administrative labour tribunals. He advises employers in all matters relating to employment relationships with their employees, whether they be unionized or not, including health and safety issues, collective bargaining, labour relations, sexual or psychological harassment complaints, discrim...

Laurence Ste-Marie, a partner at the firm, brings over ten years of experience resolution dispute in civil and commercial matters. Building on a diversified background, Laurence has consistently shown a facility to adapt her legal services to complex situations and provide tailored strategies and solution. She appears before the Quebec and federal courts, including in class actions, as well as in international arbitration. https://woods.qc.ca/en/team/laurence-ste-marie

Raymond L’Abbé is in charge of the litigation and conflict resolution sector. A multidisciplinary litigant, he mainly works in the areas of commercial law, condominium law, real estate and construction law, hidden defects, and insurance. Ever on the lookout for changes in the construction industry and backed by wide-ranging expertise on the subject, Raymond is often called on to represent the various stakeholders in the milieu, including contractors, professional firms, clients a...

Dominic Belley is a tax litigator and co-chair of Norton Rose Fulbright's Canadian tax team. He has handled matters against federal and provincial tax authorities in civil, commercial, criminal and constitutional matters before the Court of Québec, the Québec Superior Court, the Québec Court of Appeal, the BC Supreme Court, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal....

Marc James is a versatile pleader working in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group at our Montreal office. His practice focuses mainly on real estate, contract and commercial litigation. He regularly pleads before all civil courts and administrative tribunals, notably in the context of extraordinary remedies such as provisional and interlocutory injunctions, seizures and safeguard measures. Known for his efficiency, as well as his practical and innovative solutions, Marc James advises ...

Bernard Blouin practises business law. He was the Managing Partner of the Montréal office from 2015 to 2016 and Miller Thomson's Practice Group Chair, Business Law, from 2017 to 2019. Bernard Blouin is a member of Miller Thomson’s ESG Carbon Financing Group launched in January 2023. With more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, venture capital, and commercial law, Bernard’s practice focuses on public sector debt financing, securities, venture capital financing...

Annie J. Francoeur has eight years of experience in a large law firm and more than twelve years of experience as in-house counsel, in commercial law, intellectual property, technology, and entertainment and media law. She has developed a solid expertise in these fields and in risk assessment associated with the activities of a company and its business reality, including: Negotiation and drafting of various agreements in intellectual property and technology, such as audio or audiovisual conten...

Real estate law is Eric Lasry’s passion. Eric Lasry’s practice focuses on real estate law. He has extensive experience acting for major banks, institutional lenders and private lenders in secured financing transactions for real estate projects throughout Québec. He also represents clients in matters relating to acquisitions, dispositions, developments, leasing, and joint venture, co-ownership and partnership creation. He helps clients negotiate and draft transactions for a ...