Éric Vallières

Valérie Déziel represents and advises healthcare institutions, professionals, professional bodies, and trustees. She regularly appears before civil courts and disciplinary bodies. She has a keen interest in personal injury assessments. She is respected by her peers and stands out for her listening skills and the innovative solutions she offers.

Éric Forget primarily represents and advises business owners and taxation professionals. His experience includes negotiating commercial agreements, tax litigation and the reorganization and buying and selling of businesses. He has a master’s degree in taxation, which informs his exploration of the taxation and legal aspects of a business’s activities and adds an entrepreneurial flair to his practice as a business advisor. He also offers a variety of services in estate and w...

Éric Lévesque is a partner and member of the Tax Group. He provides tax and legal advice on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. An important part of his practice also involves advising Canadian pension funds on their various investments and he has worked closely on the tax aspects of setting up various investment funds. He is also a member of the Montréal office’s Associate Committee.

Pierre-Louis Le Saunier is a partner in the Tax Group whose practice primarily focuses on tax dispute resolution and litigation. Pierre-Louis regularly represents clients before tax authorities and courts in cases involving domestic and international matters such as the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), corporate reorganizations, investment structures and funds, transfer pricing, trusts, family holdings, municipal taxes, research and development tax credits, voluntary disclosures, judicial ...

Alexandre Forest is a member of Gowling WLG Montreal's Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency Group and Commercial Litigation Group, notably construction and real estate law and commercial leasing. He was Bâtonnier (president) of the Montreal Bar in 2019-2020, the youngest to serve as such. His practice involves representing companies in the process of restructuring as well as their creditors and also focuses on various aspects of commercial and civil litigation and real estate. Ale...

Éric Thibaudeau is a partner and a member of the Labour and Employment Group. He has special expertise in the area of occupational health and safety, regarding issues within the jurisdiction of the Administrative Labour Tribunal (ALT) as well as penal infractions prosecuted by the CNESST that are heard in the Court of Québec’s Criminal and Penal Division. He also acts for employers in grievance arbitrations, labour-relations matters and collective agreement decrees. In add...

Jean-François is a partner in the Business Law Group in our Montreal office. He works in the technology, media and telecommunications industries, as well as in life sciences and health. He is particularly experienced in mergers and acquisitions, start-up companies, venture capital and business services. Jean-François advises many companies – start-ups and well-established alike – in their various stages of growth, from inception to sale. He has a clear understanding ...

As a member of the administrative law team, Raymond Doray heads the information law practice and, more particularly, is involved in issues pertaining to access to information, privacy and defamation, as well as the application of the Canadian and Quebec charters of rights and freedoms. He is also specialized in constitutional law. Over the past few years, Mr. Doray has represented many public, private and media organizations before the courts in cases involving the confidentiality of document...

Alexandre Sami is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law. Alexandre, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexandre is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

L. Michel Huart joined the firm in 2006 following a lengthy career in the railway industry, where he held the position of General Counsel for Canadian National. He was Solicitor for the Canada Labour Relations Board and for the Canadian Transport Commission before joining VIA Rail following its creation in 1978. At VIA, he was Solicitor and Deputy General Secretary until 1984, when he became VIA’s General Superintendent, Transportation, for Quebec. He later held the position of Director...