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Nicolas Mancini is a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Restructuring groups, and has been a lawyer at the firm since 2015. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, litigation involving the enforcement of security interests and asset recovery, as well as litigation in the context of bankruptcy and insolvency and the associated restructuring and reorganization proceedings. Nicolas represents clients in a wide range of insolvency-related proceedings, incl...

Angelo Nikolakakis is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Angelo practices law in Montréal, Quebec Best Lawyers has recognized Angelo Nikolakakis since 2006. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Angelo Nikolakakis is held by other lawyers.

Michèle Friel practises in the areas of commercial contracts, corporate financing, financial services and general banking law. Her practice focuses primarily on secured financing transactions in Canada and cross-border loans, both on a syndicated and non-syndicated basis. Ms. Friel represents and advises banks and other lending institutions as well as borrowers in a broad range of financing transactions, including asset-based loans, cash flow loans, project financings, acquisition fina...

Elias Retsinas practices in the area of real estate law and is a partner at Fasken’s Montreal office. His practice is focused primarily on real estate joint ventures, including the acquisition, development, financing and leasing of real estate assets such as mixed use development projects, office and residential towers and hotel properties. Elias regularly acts on behalf of various developers, lenders, investors, family offices and hotel operators and has extensive knowledge and underst...

Stéphanie has over 30 years of experience in intellectual property, technology law, and privacy and data protection. Throughout her career with leading law firms, she has built a distinguished practice in these areas while also acting as a Trademark Agent. She advises businesses on the protection, commercialization, and strategic use of their intellectual property assets, including copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs, trade secrets, domain names, reserved designations, value-add...

Paul-Matthieu Grondin first worked as a lawyer for the House of Commons and then joined the Oliphant Commission, which investigated the business dealings between the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney and Mr. Karlheinz Schreiber. He then acted as counsel for the Honourable Michel Bastarache during the Commission of Inquiry into the Judicial Appointment Process. He is also the author of articles in the Journal of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law. He received his Bachelor of Laws f...

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...

Jean-Sébastien Desroches practices business law and focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and project development as well as strategic partnerships. He was the firm’s practice leader for the Business Law Group up to 2018. Jean-Sébastien is particularly interested in artificial intelligence (AI) projects and their legal ramifications, especially regarding the various branches and applications of artificial intelligence in businesses and industries. H...

Jonathan Warin is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group and specializes in bankruptcy and insolvency, extraordinary remedies and realizing on security. He regularly intervenes in various insolvency cases, whether to represent institutional lenders, trustees or debtors in a restructuring and liquidation context. Mr. Warin also handles commercial litigation cases of all kinds, particularly shareholder remedies and injunctions. Mr. Warin is Head of Practice Litigation and Conflict R...

Charles Gaulin is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labour and Employment Law. Charles practices law in Sherbrooke, Quebec Best Lawyers has recognized Charles Gaulin since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Charles Gaulin is held by other lawyers.