Geneviève Hénault

Since the beginning of her career, Karine Fournier has focused her practice exclusively on labour, employment, and human rights. In addition to frequently appearing before different courts, Karine also plays a key advisory role, particularly during certification applications and collective bargaining negotiations. A true master negotiator in the field of collective bargaining, Karine has gained renown for over 15 years for her success in handling numerous collective bargaining negotiations in...

For more than 35 years, Bernard Amyot has developed a practice that is primarily focused on civil and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience before the Quebec courts, having represented Canada’s leading financial institutions. He has lectured and written frequently on legal issues of interest to his clients. His professional liability defence work extends to lawyers as well as stockbrokers, insurance brokers, engineers and accountants. He has acted as lead counsel in numerou...

Antonio Nadaira is a talented tax and business lawyer who focuses his practice on domestic and international taxation with an emphasis on corporate reorganizations, sale and acquisition, and estate planning. He assists businesses of all sizes in the various stages of their growth by being involved in a number of major commercial transactions. Antonio joined BCF in 2012, before which he was with a major national law firm where he practiced taxation and business law. Dedicated and attentive to ...

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...

Amélie Béliveau practises intellectual property law and commercial litigation. She is involved in all aspects of litigation, including drafting legal opinions and proceedings, and pleading before various courts. Amélie’s work in intellectual property focuses on matters relating to trademarks, copyrights, defamation and the right to control one’s own image. In her trademark practice, Amélie assists clients with all stages of securing Canadian protection....

Jasmin Lefebvre is a construction litigator with more than 30 years of experience negotiating and litigating in this field. He has a very keen understanding of the construction industry and represents a clientele composed of contractors, material suppliers, and contractor associations. Jasmin’s practice is focused on handling disputes involving legal hypothecs, claims, and surety bonds related to construction. As a litigator, author, and speaker, he has specific expertise with regards t...

Mirna Kaddis practices in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in the Montreal office. Mirna acts on a regular basis on behalf of internationally known corporations in the defence of significant class actions, with a particular emphasis on consumer protection, product liability, cybersecurity and privacy and competition class actions. Many of her cases have cross-border and international implications and Mirna works closely with counsel in the other jurisdictions to ensure strategic co...

David Tardif is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice mainly focuses on corporate finance and securities. He represents issuers, investment banks and private equity sponsors in a large variety of capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings, investment grade and high-yield debt, project finance and structured financial products. He also advises corporate clients and financial institutions on regulatory compliance and corporate governance...

Tina Aswad is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Montréal office and a member of the firm’s Labour, Employment & Equalities Group. Her practice covers all aspects of collective and individual labour relations, including providing advisory services and drafting employment relationship-related documents such as employment agreements, policies, service agreements, restrictive clauses and compensation plans. She has extensive experience in labour and employment litigation, particul...

Pascal Lauzon is one of Quebec’s leading specialists in intellectual property litigation. He acts quickly and efficiently to either prevent infringement of intellectual property rights or defend a business accused, wrongly or not, of violating the intellectual property rights of a third party. Pascal's practice focuses on trademarks and patents as well as on copyright, industrial design and trade secret issues. A mediator certified by the Barreau du Québec, he helps businesses fi...