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Julien Lefebvre is a partner in our Business Law Group. Julien's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, projects and infrastructure, corporate governance, and business law. With his keen eye for business and his strategic perspective, Julien can effectively assist companies in complex transactions. His vast experience and versatility will undoubtedly be an asset to our clients as they grow their organizations.

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...

Joanie is a partner within the Intellectual Property (IP), Agribusiness, Food and Beverage, and Life Sciences groups. She specializes in high-stakes IP litigation, and in the efficient elaboration and protection of IP portfolios. Joanie has an extensive knowledge of the IP legislative and regulatory landscape. She sees IP as more than obtaining, registering or using patents, industrial designs, trademarks or copyrights; for her, IP a way to advance knowledge, obtain return on investment, fina...

Lucy-Maude Lachance is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law. Lucy-Maude, 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 Lucy-Maude is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jason Paperman is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily on Canadian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions. Jason regularly advises private and public companies as well as investors, both domestic and multinational, across a wide range of industries, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions. He also has extensive experience working with private equity funds...

Alain Y. Dussault is a partner, lawyer and trade-mark agent in Lavery’s intellectual property group. He practices mainly in intellectual property litigation and has an extensive experience in patents, trade-marks, copyrights and industrial designs litigations. He acted in several high-profile intellectual property litigations including multijurisdictional litigation for clients in various industries, such as: pharmaceutical, food, electronics, forest and entertainment. He has represente...

A member of the Quebec Bar since 2017, Me Mélissa Potvin specializes in immigration and citizenship law. A member of the Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association and the Canadian Bar Association, Me Potvin works on all types of cases covering the entire immigration process in Canada: from temporary residency to permanent residency to citizenship, in addition to compliance audits of employers hiring temporary foreign workers. Prior to joining Cain Lamarre, Me Potvin acquired extensive exp...

Jane Bogaty practices corporate and commercial law in the Banking and Finance group of Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon. Jane advises individual lenders, syndicates of lenders as well as corporate borrowers on a variety of financings. Jane also represents manufacturers and distributors of equipment and machinery providing floor and other types of financing for their clients in Quebec for whom she frequently drafts and negotiates loan, security and other ancillary agreements and do...

Virginia Lam adds value through her versatile and multidisciplinary approach. Virginia Lam has over 30 years of real estate law, business law and intellectual property experience. Her multidisciplinary expertise covers all facets of a company’s commercial activities. She assists local, national and international clients with the sale and purchase of assets and shares, service and distribution contracts, real estate sales and acquisitions, development projects and general contractual mat...

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