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An entrepreneur at heart, Seth Abbey understands your reality. Seth Abbey practises in business law, with a particular interest in entrepreneurship. His practice focuses on private equity/venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, technology, multigenerational planning and transfers and acting as general counsel for small and medium-sized businesses. With both a law and a business degree from McGill University, Seth Abbey understands the interconnectivity of the t...

Partner at Woods, Bodgan Catanu’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes. He has extensive experience in high-stakes contractual matters, class actions, and corporate litigation. He has pleaded before the first instance and appeal tribunals of the province of Québec. He acted as lead counsel in several commercial arbitrations, notably a $200 million supplier–distributor UNCITRAL arbitration. He was recently co-lead counsel for certain bondholders of Nemaska Lithium...

Alix d’Anglejan-Chatillon is a partner and Co-Head of the Financial Products & Services Group. She practices principally in the areas of investment management, the regulation of capital markets and derivatives. Her clients include North-American, European and Asian-based investment fund managers, including managers of mutual funds, pooled funds, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds, and fund of fund structures, as well as commercial and inv...

Gary Rivard is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law. Gary, 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 Gary is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

François Dandonneau is a partner in the firm’s Montréal office. His practice has been centred on Aboriginal law for over fifteen years with a specific focus on matters dealing with mining and natural resources, procurement, taxation and self-governance. Throughout his career, François has acted and played a major role in important litigation matters, notably constitutional cases, before all levels of the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. François...

Vicky Berthiaume is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law. Vicky, 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 Vicky is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eveline Poirier is a partner in the Employment & Labour Group. She routinely provides clients with strategic advice to reduce risks for their businesses and resolve disputes. She possesses a vast experience in conducting litigation on a broad range of employment and labour matters before both provincial and federal arbitrators, boards, tribunals, and courts. Her expertise includes all aspects of individual and collective labour relations, dismissal cases, psychological harassment complain...

Nadia Guizani is an associate in the Real Estate Group. In her practice, Nadia represents and advises clients on a wide range of commercial real estate matters, such as the sale and acquisition of real estate property, real estate financing and development, as well as commercial leases for all types of properties.

Catherine Daigle practises intellectual property law with a focus on trademarks and advertising issues. She has developed a practice that addresses strategic issues related to trademark portfolio management on an international level for a range of clients in a variety of disciplines. Ms. Daigle assists clients across all the stages of the trademark life cycle, including clearance and availability opinions, developing filing strategies, trademark prosecution and administrative proceedings befo...

Dynamic, inquisitive and a peerless organizer, Janie-Pier is the first to volunteer for social activities and opportunities to network. She is readily available to help and advise others and is driven by teamwork. Her legendary calmness allows her to keep the reins on contentious cases. Janie-Pier became a lawyer at the firm in 2011 after completing her bar internship at another Montréal-based firm. Prior to completing her law degree, she had already earned herself a bachelor’s d...