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François Fontaine has a wealth of experience as a litigator in civil, corporate and commercial litigation and penal procedure, including white collar crime and regulatory investigations, before all Quebec courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Fontaine devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing clients before the courts and tribunals in administrative litigation (including injunctions and judicial review). Mr. Fontaine has a great deal of experience in fraud and...

Aude Godfroy is a partner in the Banking & Finance and Real Estate Groups. Her practice covers all aspects of financial services, with a focus on debt financings, on both national and international stages. Aude regularly represents corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike across a wide range of industries including the infrastructure and power sectors in a variety of corporate transactions, such as corporate financings, acquisition financings, project financings and capital ca...

Based in Gowling WLG's Montreal office, Giovanna is a leading intellectual property lawyer whose practice is focused on trademark protection. Giovanna provides strategic advice on contentious and non-contentious matters to a broad range of clients, from entertainment companies and software businesses to fashion retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. She has extensive expertise in all aspects of trademark protection, including trademark clearance and opinions, prosecution, oppositions, po...

Serge Levy is a partner and Head of the Montréal office’s Debt Financing and Projects & Infrastructure Groups. His practice is focused on banking law, corporate finance, financial services and commercial law. He is routinely involved in high-profile, sophisticated debt financing transactions representing corporate borrowers and financial institutions alike, on both a secured and unsecured basis. Serge has acquired a wealth of experience in the area of cross-border leveraged f...

Pierre-Philippe leads and negotiates M&A commercial transactions. He is a pragmatic, ambitious, and creative lawyer who has developed a keen business sense. His business acumen enables him to provide effective advice on complex issues to clients in wide-ranging industries, including the healthcare sector and highly innovative growth companies. As a lawyer recognized for his communications skills, he provides companies with the support they need for continued growth. His active listening s...

Jacques Eddé is a member of the Real Estate practice group in the firm’s Montréal office. With extensive experience in all aspects of commercial leasing, Jacques represents international tenants and landlords in the drafting and negotiation of complex lease agreements and amendments relating to office, industrial and retail premises across Canada. Jacques also represents real estate developers in the sale and purchase of shopping malls, free-standing commercial or resident...

Jean-François Forget is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group, where he acts for many public and private companies on international, national, and local matters. His practice focuses on business and commercial law disputes and touches on all aspects of dispute resolution, from advice on complex litigation matters to representing clients before all levels of courts, obtaining urgent extraordinary remedies as well as engaging in alternate dispute resolution processes...

Ariane Légère-Bordeleau is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Professional Malpractice Law. Ariane, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ariane is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mtre Dominique Monet practises in labour and employment law. He represents a wide range of clients in several sectors of the economy as well as various government agencies. He has a great deal of experience in the conciliatory and litigation aspects of legal work. He has extensive experience before nearly all labour and employment decision-making bodies: arbitrators, administrative tribunals, labour relations boards and superior courts. He regularly pleads before the Superior Court and the Co...

Jean-Charles René is a litigation lawyer with particular responsibility for various types of commercial litigation. Over the years he has developed special experience in professional liability, insurance law and class action matters. His professional liability experience relates mainly to accountants, directors and officers, lawyers and other professionals. In insurance, he has focused on civil and professional liability, directors and officers’ liability and commercial insurance...