François Gilbert

Alain Riendeau is a partner of the Commercial Litigation section and member of the Insolvency & Restructuring group. He practices in the fields of civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on insolvency and corporate restructuring. Alain has been involved in many complex financial disputes and in most of the large restructurings that have taken place in Québec over the last three decades. Alain frequently pleads before both trial and appeal courts.

Brian Daley practises intellectual property law, with a focus on patents, trademarks and litigation at the trial, appellate and Supreme Court levels. He has particular experience in regulatory matters and litigation involving mechanical, medical device and pharmaceutical patents. He worked as an engineer for four years before studying law. Mr. Daley is often retained to act as lead counsel on complex patent litigation and has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in this ar...

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

Marilyn Piccini Roy is a Partner and Head of the Estates, Wills and Trusts Group. Her practice focuses on wealth management, estates, trusts, regimes of protective supervision and elder law. She serves as counsel to private clients, trust companies, philanthropists, as well as individual and institutional trustees. Recognized as a leading lawyer in trusts and estates, wealth management and tax planning, Marilyn is also well known for her ability to interact with a wide network of professional...

Renée Loiselle is the Montréal local co-chair of our business law group. Renée practises corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on corporate finance (including both private placements and public financings) and public mergers and acquisitions. She also regularly advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance issues and other ongoing securities law questions. Renée serves as a member of the Qu...

Guillaume Laberge is a member of the Administrative law group. His practice focuses primarily on administrative and constitutional law. In recent years, Mr. Laberge has acquired significant experience in several specialized areas, such as access to information, privacy, professional law and disciplinary law. He regularly represents and advises public and private companies, including professional orders and public bodies, on matters relating to administrative law litigation, constitutional law...

Julie Tremblay is passionate about defending taxpayers’ rights. Julie is the head of the Tax Litigation team. She assists individuals and companies in disputes with tax authorities, including income and commodity (GST/QST) tax disputes. Having previously worked at Revenu Québec, she has a unique understanding of the organization and uses this advantage to help clients navigate administrative tax procedures, including voluntary disclosure, tax audits and objections. She also has e...

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...

David is a partner in the Business Law group, and his practice focuses on corporate finance. He has extensive experience in private practice, in particular, bank financing, project financing, insolvency and private equity. He also acted as vice-president and corporate secretary of a large industrial project and advised many entities on governance issues. More recently, he has represented start-up companies, multinationals and investors involved in engineering, green industrial projects and in...

Bruno Caron is the co-chair of the firm’s ESG and Carbon Finance Group. He is a commercial lawyer whose practice is focused on capital markets and public and private M&A transactions. He has been recognized in Canada’s Best Lawyers list in the category of Mergers and Acquisitions since 2021. Bruno has a particular interest with all aspects of ESG and with respect to sustainable financing as a mean to mitigate and adapt to climate change and the disclosure rules applicable to t...