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Olivier Godbout is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of securities, corporate finance, domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, and governance matters. Olivier advises clients from a wide range of industries, including transportation, telecommunications and manufacturing. In 2016, Olivier worked in Stikeman Elliott’s London office where he acted for issuers and underwriters in corporate finance transactions as wel...

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...

John Hurley is a partner in the firm’s Montréal office and leader of the Aboriginal Law Group. He has more than 30 years experience in commercial law, with special emphasis on First Nations, energy and infrastructure, environmental law, regulatory matters and international development. John has long worked with Aboriginal peoples in Québec, especially the Crees and the Inuit, on a wide variety of matters, including government relations, energy and natural resources, enviro...

Sebastian L. Pyzik is a Partner of the firm. He is a versatile and effective litigator whose practice focuses on large, sensitive, reputational or strategic civil and commercial litigation. He regularly appears before the trial and appeal courts of Quebec as well as before arbitration tribunals. Sebastian also acts as a strategic advisor to the firm's clients in litigious matters. https://woods.qc.ca/en/team/sebastian-pyzik

Joëlle Boisvert is the Managing Partner of the firm's Montréal office and a member of the firm’s national executive team. As an experienced commercial litigator, Joëlle counsels large national and international companies with regards to a variety of complex dispute matters. During her 25-year career, she has developed extensive experience in class actions and litigation pertaining to commercial and real estate law, including in the areas of franchising, as well as manuf...

Jean-François practices primarily in civil, professional, and medical liability. He also represents several professionals, including lawyers, pharmacists, and engineers. He teaches a professional liability representation clinic at the École du Barreau. Jean-François also advises and represents individuals, businesses and institutional clients in extremely varied fields including civil liability and manufacturer liability. Finally, Jean-François represents several i...

Claude E. Jodoin practises tax law, with a focus on corporate financing, financial instruments, the purchase and sale of companies, and reorganizations. Claude regularly assists financial institutions during major mandates dealing with large public issues of securities. He also advises large national and international public and private corporations on reorganization. The high technology and biotechnology industries continue to evolve, and Claude helps clients develop corporate finance struct...

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

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...

Marie-Claude Cantin is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group and head of the Financial Products and Services team. In her litigation practice, she represents the interests of insurers and their insureds in different types of claims, leading her to work with a variety of clientele, from manufacturers and entrepreneurs to professionals like engineers, architects, land surveyors and insurance brokers. She acts before the courts in complex and far-reaching cases in a number of ...