Philippe Bourassa

Amrick Bansal acts as a partner for our Real Estate group at Fasken’s Montreal office. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in real estate, close to a decade of which as General Counsel of a private real estate investment firm, Amrick provides clients with grounded, pragmatic and business-oriented solutions. His practice focuses on all aspects of real estate work, including financings, acquisitions/dispositions, joint ventures, large-scale development projects and corporate transactio...

David Rimock is a member of the Banking and Finance group at the Montréal office. He advises financial institutions and borrowers in connection with syndicated loans, project financing and other financial transactions, both in Canada and internationally. Prior to joining Fasken, David played a leading role in the development of a Montreal-based startup offering online payment solutions. David holds civil and common law degrees from the Université de Montréal, during which...

Mtre Bruno Burrogano is specialized in commercial real estate law, real estate financing and condominium law. He acts as legal counsel to banks, life insurance companies, institutional and private lenders, investors and developers, universities, transportation companies and other large corporations, including several foreign companies. The author of several law articles, Bruno has also held the position of lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal for several years. He was ...

Sébastien Vézina is a partner in the firm’s Business Law group and the Head of the Sports and Entertainment Law team and recognized by the Best Lawyers directory in Sports Law. Sébastien’s expertise lies in his exemplary ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements, in accordance with the highest standards of the legal industry. Recognized by the clients for his strong interpersonal skills, keen business sense and availability, he always adapts his strat...

Naïm Alexandre Antaki is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of FinTech Practice, Information Technology Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Technology Law. Naïm Alexandre, 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 Naïm Alexandre is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

For more than 35 years, Bernard Amyot has developed a practice that is primarily focused on civil and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience before the Quebec courts, having represented Canada’s leading financial institutions. He has lectured and written frequently on legal issues of interest to his clients. His professional liability defence work extends to lawyers as well as stockbrokers, insurance brokers, engineers and accountants. He has acted as lead counsel in numerou...

David H. Sohmer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. David H., who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Charles-Antoine Péladeau's practice covers all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, including class actions, insurance law and consumer protection law. He also practises in penal law and deals with matters relating to business ethics and anti-corruption. Since 2017, Mr. Péladeau has been an affiliate researcher at the Class Action Lab of the University of Montreal. He also taught in the civil law program at the same university.

Jean-Yves Simard is a partner and a member of the board of directors of the firm, who specializes in commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, extraordinary remedies, and realizing on security. Mr. Simard acts in commercial litigation of all kinds, major insolvency cases, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, liquidation proceedings, injunctions, and cases involving the realization of movable and immovable security. At conferences organized by the Canadian Bar Association, Insi...