Laurent Lacas

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...

Érik is passionate about his area of practice and strives to work in partnership with clients. As both advisor and lawyer, he specializes in labour and employment law. He offers preventive and strategic advice to clients from many fields of business and industry and frequently represents clients before specialized administrative tribunals and the superior courts. Érik has been recognized by several directories as one of the best lawyers in Canada in his practice area. The compan...

Michel La Roche is a senior commercial lawyer with many years of experience. He has developed a particular expertise in restructuring, financing, winding-up, bankruptcy and commercial fraud matters, and regularly works on major asset purchases and sale transactions involving corporations in the real estate, construction, manufacturing, distribution and service industries. His clientele includes financial institutions, business corporations, trustees and the corporate counsels of financial ins...

Robert Korne is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Robert, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Gagné is a partner in the Labour and Employment Law group. He divides his practice between health law and labour and employment law, acting at the strategic level and representing clients before judicial and administrative tribunals. In the field of labour and employment law, his expertise is extensive and diversified. In particular, he handles cases involving employment law, employment contracts, grievance arbitration, labour standards, the interpretation of collective agreements,...

Olivier Archambault-Lafond has extensive expertise in civil, commercial, and administrative litigation that entails financial, strategic, and reputational risks. https://woods.qc.ca/en/team/olivier-archambault-lafond

Mariella Lo Papa is Co-Leader of the Québec Real Estate Law practice group and Co-Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Law practice group. She has over 25 years of experience focused on commercial leasing of all asset classes, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate, and development projects. Mariella has extensive transactional experience across a variety of industries and asset classes, on behalf of real estate developers, private institutional investors, both local...

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...

Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie is a partner in Gowling WLG's Intellectual Property Group based in Montréal. Known for his pragmatic approach and results-driven litigation strategies, he advises clients in various industries, including broadcasting, television, motion pictures, music, software and video games, industrial products, food and beverage, fast moving consumer goods, and retail goods more generally.

Marc-André practises in the areas of administrative and constitutional law. He has developed specific expertise in judicial review, state immunity, municipal law, federal and provincial regulatory law, the division of constitutional powers and Charter rights (provincial and federal). He also advises public bodies and certain private companies on access to information, state liability and issues related to investigations and the exercise of public powers in the areas of transportation, ...