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Pierre-Yves Leduc is a partner and Head of the Montréal office’s Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of public and private, domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, securities and corporate finance. Pierre-Yves has over 20 years of extensive experience advising issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements, and corporations in acquisitions and divestitures. He also has a solid track record of advising both buyers and sel...

Misha Benjamin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law and Technology Law. Misha, 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 Misha is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jason Paperman is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Jason regularly advises private and public companies as well as investors, both domestic and multinational, across a wide range of industries, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions. He also has extensive experience working with private equity funds...

Antonella Penta is a partner within the Corporate/Commercial law group. Antonella is effective in leading negotiations and realizing private company mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions. Antonella regularly manages cross-border and international transactions, corporate reorganizations and private placement financings. She has assisted companies in various industries from initial stages of incorporation to divestiture, including structuring, drafting of sha...

Austin Del Rio is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Austin, 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 Austin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alexis-François Charette practises in various areas of employment and labour law. He advises employers on collective and individual labour relations, particularly labour standards, individual disputes, grievance arbitration, the certification process, orders and injunctions in labour disputes, the drafting of contracts of employment and company policies, criminal liability in occupational health and safety matters, the protection of personal information, discrimination and human rights...

Competitive at heart, strong of 15 years of competitive gymnastics, Stéphanie enjoys challenges and is not afraid of pressure. She stands out for her dynamism, versatility and conciseness. She makes herself available for her clients and peers and never hesitates to lend a hand. Stéphanie joined the firm in 2001 as an articling student. She became a partner in 2011 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since September 2017. Over the years, she has been involved in most...

A fine strategist, Bertrand Giroux is known for his technical efficiency and his tremendous talent as a jurist. With a career spanning more than thirty years, he specialises in insolvency and commercial litigation, and is recognized by his peers for his intelligence, diplomacy and dexterity when tackling complicated matters or in high pressure situations. He advises companies on major operational restructurings. Bertrand recently successfully completed the restructuring of Groupe Hexagone. He...

Reine Lafond is a partner-owner in the firm. As head of our occupational health and safety department, she works exclusively in this field. Her cutting-edge expertise was honed from her early career in the CSST’s legal department (now CNESST). Ms. Lafond provides our clients with strategic support and advice, and she represents them before the courts and administrative tribunals, including the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT). She defends our clients' interests in matters related...

Alex Dobrota is a partner at Woods LLP whose practice focuses on complex commercial cases, cross-border disputes, insolvency matters (domestic and international) and international arbitration. He has extensive experience pleading before all levels of Quebec courts and participating in commercial arbitrations with strategic and/or reputational risks for Canadian and foreign companies in the province of Quebec. He has successfully represented clients in the context of litigations arising from s...