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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...

Andrew Haikal is a lawyer with the Tax Law group. He specializes in tax planning and corporate taxation. Andrew participates in the analysis and implementation of complex tax strategies in connection with major commercial transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions and cross-border reorganizations. Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Université de Montréal (with honours) and a Juris Doctor from Queen’s University. He also completed a master’s de...

Mr. Patrick Henry is a litigator and a Partner in our Insurance Law Group. His practice focuses on insurance law, civil litigation, civil and professional liability and product liability law. Mr. Henry has pleaded before all judicial instances and appeal levels including on four occasions before the Supreme Court of Canada. His fields of practice include insurance law, civil litigation, civil and professional liability and product liability law.

Alexandra Hamel-Morisset exerce principalement en responsabilité professionnelle et en assurance. Elle représente une clientèle variée de professionnels et d’ordres professionnels — dans les domaines de la construction, du droit, du milieu médical et pharmaceutique ainsi que de l’assurance — et plaide régulièrement devant les tribunaux civils. Au-delà de sa pratique, Alexandra accorde une grande importance à...

Jane Bogaty practices corporate and commercial law in the Banking and Finance group of Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon. Jane advises individual lenders, syndicates of lenders as well as corporate borrowers on a variety of financings. Jane also represents manufacturers and distributors of equipment and machinery providing floor and other types of financing for their clients in Quebec for whom she frequently drafts and negotiates loan, security and other ancillary agreements and do...

Sylvain Deslauriers is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Sylvain practices law in Montréal, Quebec Best Lawyers has recognized Sylvain Deslauriers since 2009. 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 Sylvain Deslauriers is held by other lawyers.

Mr. Joanisse’s clients include corporations such as Xerox Canada, Garda and Neptune Technologies, as well as public entities such as the city of Saint-Eustache and the Agence Métropolitaine de transport, Greater Montreal’s public transit commission. Mr. Joanisse has represented his clients in the following capacities: Representing majority and minority share­holders in numerous oppression remedy actions before Quebec courts. Defending several corporations against oppres...

Michel Décary has pleaded before the courts of all levels, including up to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as provincial and federal administrative tribunals, domestic arbitration tribunals and commissions of inquiry, in matters involving civil, corporate, and securities law as well as administrative, constitutional and labour law. Michel is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, of which he was Regent from 2006 to 2010 and was named Montréal Corporate Governanc...

Audrey Gibeault (lawyer, CPA, CA, M.Fisc., TEP) is a partner in the Business Law group and head of the tax team. In addition to having a practice focusing primarily on tax law and having a master’s degree in taxation, she is also a chartered accountant, which allows her to act as a multidisciplinary advisor to her clients. As a legal partner and trusted business advisor, she assists clients in planning and implementing complex and innovative commercial, corporate and tax structures. Her...

Gourmet, wine, music and art lover, Jean-Guy is a true epicurean. Very sympathetic, endowed with great sensitivity and demonstrating an infectious dynamism, he forges close ties with his clients. He thus creates a bond that allows him to work as a team with them in order to find the solutions that best suit their situation. Before joining our law firm, Mr. Payette practiced law at a firm in Montérégie. He joined Monette Barakett in 2014 and he is a partner. He helped set up the ...