Joseph Jarjour

Mathieu Deschamps deals with all aspects of corporate and business law. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as setting up complex structures in connection with equity and debt financings, involving both publicly traded and privately held companies. He frequently acts in multi-jurisdictional transactions in Canada, the United States and abroad in various sectors of the economy, including the circular economy, oil and gas and renewable energy, transportation, food, pharmace...

Meghan Stewart is a partner in the Corporate Group. Her practice focuses on domestic, international and cross-border private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate transactions. Meghan has considerable experience leading and advising clients in connection with complex multi-jurisdictional transactions involving multiple stakeholders. Meghan has an impressive track record of working with clients across a wide range of industries, including transportation, healthcare, oil and ...

Luc Béliveau practises in the areas of restructuring and banking law. Luc was a member of the firm's Partnership Board from 2013 to 2020 and Chairman of the Board from 2015 to 2020. Luc regularly represents debtors, borrowers, lenders, investors, creditors, receivers, monitors and trustees. He defends the interests of clients in restructurings, liquidations, recapitalizations, realizations of security interests, and asset recoveries. Luc sits on the boards of several private corporatio...

Partner and Head of the Business Immigration team, Julie Lessard heads one of the largest teams of business immigration professionals in Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in this complex field. She advises both multinationals and small- and medium-sized businesses on how to attract top global talent be it to innovate, to benefit from a global knowledge or to meet specialized workforce needs. Julie develops immigration and/or global mobility strategies for several Fortune 500 compani...

Éliane Dupéré-Tremblay is an associate in the Montréal office's Commercial Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on insolvency and bankruptcy and she is regularly involved in cases involving the security enforcement, asset recovery and restructuring. In the course of her practice, Éliane takes part in hearings before the Superior Court and the Quebec Court of Appeal and represents clients from various sectors and industries. Her broad understanding of the c...

Julien Archambault is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Director and Officer Liability Practice, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law and Insurance Law. Julien, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Julien is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Barry H. Shapiro is a partner in our Business Law and Estates, Wills and Trusts groups. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business and corporate law, real estate, and wills and estates. He is frequently asked to advise clients on various matters relating to their businesses or personal estate planning.

Éric Forget primarily represents and advises business owners and taxation professionals. His experience includes negotiating commercial agreements, tax litigation and the reorganization and buying and selling of businesses. He has a master’s degree in taxation, which informs his exploration of the taxation and legal aspects of a business’s activities and adds an entrepreneurial flair to his practice as a business advisor. He also offers a variety of services in estate and w...

Philippe Kattan is a partner in the Tax Group. His main areas of practice include domestic and international mergers & acquisitions, cross-border financings, corporate restructurings, investment fund structuring and public offerings.

Yanick Vlasak is a partner and a member of Lavery’s Business law group and its specialized Restructuring, insolvency, and banking law group. He is also one of the two partners responsible for business development in the firm’s litigation sector. Mr. Vlasak’s practice is focused on commercial litigation, financing, banking law, insolvency, and financial restructuring. He also has expertise in construction law, shareholder disputes and arrangements, and asset protection measur...