Patrick Laverty Lavoie

Clients can count on Francine Nelson (Wiseman) to answer any tax or business law question. With more than 35 years of tax and business law experience, Francine Nelson (Wiseman) is known for her practical approach and tailored solutions. She assists a wide range of private sector clients and specializes in corporate taxation, trusts, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border tax planning. In addition to her legal practice, Francine Nelson (Wiseman) operates a residential real...

Charles Chevrette is a partner in the Corporate/Commercial group in our Montréal office. With nearly thirty years of experience, Charles has a particular expertise in private equity, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital. Over the years, Charles has been called upon to advise a wide range of private and public institutional investors on mergers and acquisitions or corporate financing and acquisitions, particularly in the technology sectors and in cross-border transactions. He re...

Marie-Christine Valois is a member of the Corporate/Commercial group in the Montréal office. She practises primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and other transactions involving public and private corporations, such as initial public offerings, bought deal financing and going-private transactions. In addition to transactional matters, Marie-Christine's practice focuses on general corporate governance as well as sustainability and ESG issues (environment, social, governance...

Claude E. Jodoin practises tax law, with a focus on corporate financing, financial instruments, the purchase and sale of companies, and reorganizations. Claude regularly assists financial institutions during major mandates dealing with large public issues of securities. He also advises large national and international public and private corporations on reorganization. The high technology and biotechnology industries continue to evolve, and Claude helps clients develop corporate finance struct...

Guy Poitras is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law and Product Liability Law. Guy, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Guy is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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

Paul Prosterman practises mainly in the areas of insurance law, class actions, pharmaceutical and consumer product liability. On the insurance front, he has considerable experience respecting insurance coverage, providing opinions and defending insurers' coverage positions; insurance defence; policy interpretation and drafting; "Canadianizing" policy wordings; professional liability insurance; technology errors and omissions; cyber liability; commercial general liability and property claims. ...

Caroline Deschênes is a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois Lawyers. Her practice is focused on civil and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class actions, privacy issues, access to information, construction law, product liability and professional liability. She represents various corporations before courts of first instance and appeal in Quebec, and before administrative tribunals. Caroline has acted in several class actions involving the protection of p...

Paul A. Melançon’s practice focuses on insurance law and encompasses all issues pertaining to property and casualty insurance policies (property insurance and liability insurance including professional liability, directors and officers’ liability and brokers’ liability), whether primary, excess or complementary. The scope of Paul’s practice extends to civil liability, product liability, builders’ liability, personal injury liability and carriers’ lia...

Eric Lefebvre's litigation practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including competition law, class actions, banking, consumer law, corporate disputes and commercial contracts. He has particular experience in urgent remedies such as seizures and injunctions of various kinds. He has been retained both by petitioners and respondents in many high-stakes shareholder oppression cases and has defended parties facing cartel and bid-rigging accusations before criminal courts...