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Dominique Rolland is a partner in the Corporate Group, practicing mainly with the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions and Projects & Infrastructure Groups. Since the beginning of his practice, Dominique has been involved in several mergers and acquisitions transactions in the infrastructure and energy industry, in particular on public private partnerships (PPP) and renewable energy projects across Canada. He has also acquired extensive experience in the area of project development and finan...

François Marchand helps build a solid plan for your project. François Marchand focuses his practice on professional and insurance law, including professional liability and disciplinary law. He also works in commercial and construction litigation. His clientele consists mainly of SMEs in various industries, including construction, technology services, franchising, distribution and insurance. He also serves individual professionals and professional organizations, including the Ord...

Jean-Charles René is a litigation lawyer with particular responsibility for various types of commercial litigation. Over the years he has developed special experience in professional liability, insurance law and class action matters. His professional liability experience relates mainly to accountants, directors and officers, lawyers and other professionals. In insurance, he has focused on civil and professional liability, directors and officers’ liability and commercial insurance...

Karim Renno is one of the founding partners of Renno Vathilakis Inc. Karim's practice focuses on class actions, franchise and distribution litigation, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and insolvency, competition law, constitutional law, privacy law, employment law and securities law litigation. He has amassed a vast experience and enjoys an excellent reputation with regard to private international law matters and injunctions, having argued before the Supreme Court of Canada on multiple occasi...

Dominique Ménard is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Class Action Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Corporate Governance Practice. Dominique, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dominique is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice a...

Marc-André practises in the areas of administrative and constitutional law. He has developed specific expertise in judicial review, state immunity, municipal law, federal and provincial regulatory law, the division of constitutional powers and Charter rights (provincial and federal). He also advises public bodies and certain private companies on access to information, state liability and issues related to investigations and the exercise of public powers in the areas of transportation, ...

Pierre Dozois is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Pierre, 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 Pierre is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ranked by several legal directories as one of Canada's leading lawyers in labour, employment and occupational health and safety law, Dominique L'Heureux is recognized foremost for the relevance of his advice and for his ability to respond quickly, efficiently and practically to complex legal issues. With nearly twenty-five years of experience in labour, employment and occupational health and safety law, Dominique L'Heureux is recognized as a leading lawyer in these matters. In particular, his...

Jean-François Perreault is Chair of the firm’s Québec Region Tax Group. He has practised tax law for over 20 years, with a focus on commercial and corporate taxation. Jean-François has specific expertise in corporate reorganization and commodity tax planning, and handles matters related to cross-border financing and investment, operations and acquisition structuring in Canada and abroad. He is recognized as one of the best income and commodity tax advisers. He regul...

Martin Lord is a Partner in our Estates, Wills and Trusts group. His practice focuses on tax law. He advises clients in business matters, particularly in terms of tax planning for the protection and cross-generation transmission of assets through domestic trusts or wills. He also facilitates charitable donations.