Stéphane Richer

Dominique Ménard is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Class Action Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Corporate Governance Practice. Dominique, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dominique is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice a...

Jean-François Vadeboncoeur is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Asset-Based Lending Practice and Banking and Finance Law. Jean-François, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jean-François is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Maxime Rhéaume possesses a wealth of experience drafting and negotiating loan and guarantee agreements for financial institutions in connection with real estate financing for the acquisition, construction and long term loans. Maxime is and has been for many years a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal in the Master program of business law as well as in the Master program of property security Law. He is also Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law ...

Sebastian L. Pyzik is a Partner of the firm. He is a versatile and effective litigator whose practice focuses on large, sensitive, reputational or strategic civil and commercial litigation. He regularly appears before the trial and appeal courts of Quebec as well as before arbitration tribunals. Sebastian also acts as a strategic advisor to the firm's clients in litigious matters. https://woods.qc.ca/en/team/sebastian-pyzik

Fort d’une expérience de longue date, Me Stéphane Lamarre, exerce le droit depuis 1990. Spécialisé en droit des transports, il conseille de nombreux transporteurs routiers et donne des formations à diverses associations sectorielles. Me Lamarre pratique devant les organismes administratifs et les tribunaux civils et pénaux. Au cours de sa carrière, Me Lamarre a conseillé des clients sur des questions complexes de transport interpro...

Mariella Lo Papa is Co-Leader of the Québec Real Estate Law practice group and Co-Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Law practice group. She has over 25 years of experience focused on commercial leasing of all asset classes, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate, and development projects. Mariella has extensive transactional experience across a variety of industries and asset classes, on behalf of real estate developers, private institutional investors, both local...

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...

Dominique Noël is a litigation lawyer based in Montreal, practising in all areas of civil and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on civil and professional liability, construction law and insurance law. He also takes interest in administrative law. Dominique has acted and continues to act for major corporations, insurance companies and Quebec municipalities in complex litigation before the Quebec courts. Before joining our Montréal office, Dominique clerked at the Court...

Raphaël represents a variety of clients, including several large companies and municipalities before courts and administrative tribunals at all levels. He has conducted several long-term trials and is thus very familiar with managing voluminous files. He is a recognized author and lecturer, particularly on issues related to abuse of process. His texts are frequently cited by the courts. He joined IMK in 2015 after practicing for 15 years with a national firm, where he developed an import...

Louis Belleau has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1981, practicing in the field of criminal and penal law. Having served as Crown counsel from 1981 to 1983, Mr. Belleau then practiced at the firms of Silver Braun, Filteau Belleau and Shadley Battista before opening his own office in 2012. Mr. Belleau has appeared before all courts of criminal jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec and, on occasion, in jurisdictions outside Quebec. He appeared many times before the Supreme Court of Canad...