Mark Potechin

Mr. Claxton’s practice focuses on transactional corporate matters, particularly mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border projects, securities, venture capital and derivative products. Mr. Claxton was formerly a partner in the business law groups at Stikeman Elliott LLP (29 years) and Dentons Canada LLP (2 years) and was owner of his own practice (Claxton Business Law, 2 years), during which time he acted as transactional legal counsel for leading Canadian and internation...

L. Michel Huart joined the firm in 2006 following a lengthy career in the railway industry, where he held the position of General Counsel for Canadian National. He was Solicitor for the Canada Labour Relations Board and for the Canadian Transport Commission before joining VIA Rail following its creation in 1978. At VIA, he was Solicitor and Deputy General Secretary until 1984, when he became VIA’s General Superintendent, Transportation, for Quebec. He later held the position of Director...

Valérie Gareau-Dalpé is a member of the Labour and Employment Group in the firm's Montréal office. Passionate and experienced in all aspects of employment relations, Valérie deals more specifically with issues relating to the negotiation and interpretation of collective agreements, grievance arbitration cases, labour relations, labour standards, and health and safety. Valérie has extensive experience in employment-related litigation, including judicial revie...

Yann-Julien Chouinard practice focuses on construction and infrastructure law. He acted for owners, general contractors, trade contractors and suppliers in matters such as contractual disputes, claims for additional costs or delays, construction defects, construction lien and procurement disputes. He is also regularly called upon to draft, revise and negotiate construction contracts for private developers, crown corporations, construction contractors and service providers. Yann-Julien advises...

Mtre Lyne Robichaud has an unique experience in entertainment law, including music, shows, movies and television, advertising and new media. She advises numerous national and foreign companies, both in transactional law and in intellectual property litigation. Mtre Lyne Robichaud also specializes in labour law as it pertains to provincial and federal laws on the status of the artist. She represents several producers’ organizations, which has led her to plead before specialized courts, a...

Pascal de Guise is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Securities Law and Venture Capital Law. Pascal, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Pascal is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Robert is a partner of the firm and heads its Tax department and Wills, Trusts and Estates department. He received both his Bachelor of Civil Law and Common Law from McGill University in 1989 and later completed a Graduate Diploma in Taxation at McGill University. Robert practices in the area of tax with a focus on income tax planning for Canadian private corporations and their owners, corporate reorganizations and tax dispute resolution. Robert is regularly involved in estate and succession ...

Recognized as being one of the best real estate practitioners in Canada, Laurent Roy specializes namely in files involving land assembly and the acquisition and sale of real estate (industrial buildings, multi-unit residential properties and shopping centres) as well as their financing and commercial leasing. On a regular basis, he advises clients on the negotiation and drafting of offers to lease and lease agreements in the context of shopping centre development and on real estate purchase a...

Joel Goldman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Joel, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Paul Raymond is experienced in corporate and securities law, financings and business acquisitions and sales. He has been involved in debt and equity financing of private and public corporations, governments and Crown corporations by way of private or public offerings in Canada and the United States, acting on behalf of issuers and underwriters. He has acted in various transactions for the purchase or sale of businesses as well as in mergers and reorganizations. Mr. Raymond has also been invol...