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Bernard Boucher is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law. Bernard, 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 Bernard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

With more than two decades of dedicated legal experience in restructuring proceedings, Marc-André is a highly respected figure in the Canadian legal community. Throughout his career, he has consistently delivered exceptional results for clients facing complex financial challenges. Marc-André has a deep understanding of Canadian insolvency and bankruptcy law, coupled with extensive experience representing a wide range of clients, including corporations, financial institutions, cr...

Louis-Philippe Borduas’ corporate and business law practice focuses specifically on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, and corporate and venture capital financing. Louis-Philippe acts as senior legal counsel for Miller Thomson, advising clients on all aspects of business transactions, from mergers and acquisitions to financing. Louis-Philippe is frequently called upon to advise both buyers and sellers. Over his career, Louis-Philippe has been involved in a variety of d...

Jean-Philippe Leduc practices both national and international taxation at BCF. He designs and implements many complex tax strategies for reorganizations, transfers of family businesses, estate planning, and major mergers and acquisitions. He is also regularly called upon to intervene before the tax authorities. Jean-Philippe is a businessman who understands the realities of entrepreneurs. He holds a Master’s degree in taxation and, over the course of his career, has participated in nume...

Richard J. Clare provides high-level advice and has an unparalleled reputation as a strategic advisor in the real estate community. With a practice in real estate and commercial law, he assists clients in real estate development, joint venture structures, portfolio dispositions and acquisitions and financing. Richard acts for institutional lenders in structuring construction or permanent financing. He also advises purchasers, vendors, developers and real estate agents on the sale, purchase, d...

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...

Jean-Pierre Sheppard is a Partner and Head of the Commercial Litigation Group. His practice focuses in shareholder and partner disputes. He represents private businesses and public institutions in cases of breach of contractual, legal and statutory obligations of shareholders, directors and officers. He has been involved in numerous unfair competition cases, as well as matters involving non-competition and non-solicitation clauses and misappropriation of confidential information. He has plead...

Jasmin Lefebvre is a construction litigator with more than 30 years of experience negotiating and litigating in this field. He has a very keen understanding of the construction industry and represents a clientele composed of contractors, material suppliers, and contractor associations. Jasmin’s practice is focused on handling disputes involving legal hypothecs, claims, and surety bonds related to construction. As a litigator, author, and speaker, he has specific expertise with regards t...

A fine strategist, Bertrand Giroux is known for his technical efficiency and his tremendous talent as a jurist. With a career spanning more than thirty years, he specialises in insolvency and commercial litigation, and is recognized by his peers for his intelligence, diplomacy and dexterity when tackling complicated matters or in high pressure situations. He advises companies on major operational restructurings. Bertrand recently successfully completed the restructuring of Groupe Hexagone. He...

François Barette is recognized as a leading litigator and tax lawyer. He represents diversified clients including individuals, corporations and trusts both in Canada and internationally. François’ practice extends well beyond tax litigation and he is asked to intervene in a range of civil and administrative matters. François advises clients on issues concerning federal and provincial income tax, sales tax, goods and services tax, excise tax, payroll taxes and proper...