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Angela C. Onesi is a partner and Co-Leader of the firm’s Banking and Finance group. Angela has extensive experience in infrastructure and project financings, notably in the energy industry. She represents Canadian and foreign banks and other financial institutions, large lending syndicates, corporate debtors and public authorities. Angela advises clients in a wide array of industries on corporate and commercial financing, capital markets, private placements, project development and fina...

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

Ms Sauvé practises in civil litigation, primarily in the areas of class actions and cooperative law. She has participated in many complex class actions raising important legal issues. Her work has led to thousands of members obtaining justice through both settlements and judgments. Ms Sauvé is part of the Steering Committee of the Cambridge Forum on Canadian class actions since 2022 and was a speaker on many occasions in national conferences including at the National Class Actio...

Jean-Philippe Joyal is a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds Group. Jean-Philippe focuses his practice on advising managers on all aspects of their business including the structuring, formation, marketing and management of investment funds, the launching of new business lines, GP-led secondaries, strategic investments and transactions and regulatory issues. Jean-Philippe has represented numerous managers in establishing open-end and closed funds, fund-of-funds structure, special purp...

Antoine Champagne is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses on public and private mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities law matters. Antoine regularly advises clients in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions across a broad range of industries, including technology, power and renewable energy, transportation, and retail. In addition, Antoine has experience ...

Robert Daigneault, Ad. E. has been involved for more than 45 years in the environmental, resource and land use sectors (as a biologist, a manager and a legal counsel). He founded Daigneault, avocats inc. - Daigneault, Lawyers Inc., a team of specialized lawyers who finds creative and proactive solutions to issues clients are facing in their day-to-day operations or following environmental incidents. He also provides proper support and representation before regulatory authorities or courts whe...

Mastering the business issues of the business leaders he advises, Pierre T. Allard has established himself over the years as one of the best tax lawyers of his generation and a national reference in his field. The unanimous recognition from his peers and our clients speaks for itself. As a member of BCF’s Executive Committee, he is the one to turn to for major transactions, including the sale or acquisition of a business, the incentive and retention of key employees or the transfer of a...

Vincent Filiatrault practises business law, with a focus on private mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial arrangements as well as infrastructure. Mr. Filiatrault also routinely advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters.Vincent has developed a business law practice ranging from advising small and medium enterprises in the context of mergers and acquisitions, as well as in the context of shareholders' agreements and other complex commercial agreements, to ad...

Mr. Claude-Armand Sheppard, Ad. E., is a Partner in our Civil and Commercial Litigation Group. His practice focuses on most aspects of civil and commercial litigation, especially defamation, shareholder conflicts, and administrative and constitutional law, as well as claims by senior executives for wrongful dismissal. He frequently appears as head counsel in very significant disputes or as arbitrator of commercial disputes. He is one of the most the prominent members of our Litigation Group.

Warren Katz is a Partner in the Corporate Group. He previously served as Managing Partner of the Montréal office and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Partnership Board. Warren specializes in Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance transactions, including representing broad and varied public and private companies across many industries. He offers over 25 years of extensive experience, including strong cross-border c...