Liviu Kaufman

Nicolas Mancini has been a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation group since 2015. His practice is focused on commercial litigation, litigation involving security enforcement and asset recovery, as well as bankruptcy and insolvency litigation, and the resulting restructuring transactions. In 2015, after obtaining his civil law degree, Nicolas earned his Juris Doctor in North American common law from the University of Montréal. Having joined Fasken as a student, Nicolas parti...

David Kellerman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. David, 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 David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael Shortt is a partner at Fasken’s Montreal office, where he practices as a lawyer and trademark agent. His practice focuses on both litigation and transactional work, with an emphasis on the videogame and life science industries. A member of the Québec and Ontario bars, he advises clients on common-law, civil-law, and federal matters. As a litigator, Michael represents clients in intellectual property, commercial, and public law disputes. He has represented clients before t...

A partner in charge of the Taxation group at BCF, Marc-André Godard specializes in the tax aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, national and international restructurings, and tax planning for both public and private corporations. His understanding of the business world, his ability to explain tax implications in plain language, and his wide availability help him advise executives on making the best commercial decisions. Marc-André is recognized for his approach and his...

Jennifer Nault practises employment and labour law. She advises employers and represents them before various administrative and civil tribunals on collective and individual labour relations. She focuses more particularly on matters regarding interpreting and applying collective agreements, labour standards, employment termination, the certification process, labour conflicts, privacy, human rights and freedoms, workplace discrimination, as well as non-competition and non-solicitation covenants...

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...

Louis is a partner of the firm. Member of the Quebec, Ontario, and New York bars, he has been practicing civil and commercial litigation and arbitration since 2004. He regularly represents clients before both trial and appellate courts, as well as before domestic and international arbitral tribunals. He has particular expertise regarding contractual disputes, corporate and shareholder litigation, manufacturers’ liability, insolvency, employment law, private international law and injunct...

Fadi Amine specializes in civil and commercial litigation, particularly in class actions, complex commercial disputes, international commercial arbitration, consumer protection, competition law, advertising law, franchising and product distribution. As part of his insurance practice, he focuses on professional liability, product liability, and civil liability. Fadi has acted as legal counsel before all levels of Quebec courts and before the Supreme Court of Canada. He has developed particular...

Stéphanie Thurber holds a bachelor's degree in law from Université de Sherbrooke and a master's degree in information technology law from Université de Montréal. She began her career in business law and quickly became interested in intellectual property and technology, fields that fuel her curiosity for innovation and correspond to her artistic interests and her thirst for discovery. She daily develops strategies to protect copyrights, trademarks, industrial design...

Anabel Quessy’s practice focuses on fund formation and on serving the investment management industry. As part of the fund formation practice team, Anabel regularly assists managers in setting up new closed-end and open-end funds of all alternative asset classes (notably private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and many others) and counsels managers in connection with market intelligence, risk management, governance and compliance with applicable securit...