Nicholas J. Spillane

Fanny Albrecht is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Fanny, 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 Fanny is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Martin Thériault practises corporate financing, financial services and general banking law. He regularly acts as counsel for lending syndicates, individual lenders and borrowers in the context of various types of Canadian, cross-border and foreign financing transactions in a variety of industries, including project financings, structured finance, real estate financings, public and private takeover bids and acquisition financings. He is actively involved in negotiating and coordinating ...

David is a partner in the Business Law group, and his practice focuses on corporate finance. He has extensive experience in private practice, in particular, bank financing, project financing, insolvency and private equity. He also acted as vice-president and corporate secretary of a large industrial project and advised many entities on governance issues. More recently, he has represented start-up companies, multinationals and investors involved in engineering, green industrial projects and in...

Bernard Blouin practises business law. He was the Managing Partner of the Montréal office from 2015 to 2016 and Miller Thomson's Practice Group Chair, Business Law, from 2017 to 2019. Bernard Blouin is a member of Miller Thomson’s ESG Carbon Financing Group launched in January 2023. With more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, venture capital, and commercial law, Bernard’s practice focuses on public sector debt financing, securities, venture capital financing...

Dominic is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. His practice is primarily focused on insurance law and civil liability. Since his call to the Barreau du Québec, he has developed his expertise in several specialized areas, particularly insurance coverage dispute and the distribution of financial products and services. He regularly advises Canadian and foreign corporations, including entrepreneurs, manufacturers, insurers and transport companies, and represents them before the ...

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

Richard is a natural storyteller and his many stories have elicited much laughter from both clients and colleagues. He is a mighty and strategic litigator who leaves nothing to chance. Richard joined Monette Barakett in 1980. He is a long-standing partner and was a member of the executive committee for over 25 years. He served as managing partner from 2012 to 2017.Richard specializes in labour and employment law in the public, parapublic and private sectors. For more than thirty years, he has...

Étienne Dubreuil’s expertise applies to structuring and negotiating complex transactions, whether in international partnerships or partnerships between public sector and private sector. He specializes in matters dealing with the marketing of intellectual assets and the outsourcing of services.

Annie Bernard's practice focuses on a broad range of complex matters, including construction and class action litigation. She represents clients in almost every sector of the construction industry ranging from owners to general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on issues involving financing, construction defects, project management, professional liability and breach of contract. She has also developed expertise in issues relating to invitations to tender, legal hypothecs for construct...

Guillaume Michaud practises in the areas of insolvency and corporate restructuring and in connection with insolvency-related transactions and litigation. Guillaume represents and protects the interests of different stakeholders during corporate restructuring, distressed M&A, realization of assets or bankruptcies. The clientele he represents includes insolvent companies, trustees/monitors and receivers, purchasers and investers in a distressed M&A context, creditors, shareholders and d...