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Lavery Lawyers
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Lavery is a major full-service law firm of more than 200 lawyers and the leading independent law firm in Quebec. The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal services to regional, national and multinational corporations; financial institutions; and government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations. It also has an extensive practice in advising other Canadian and foreign law firms on matters of Quebec law.
Lavery has developed strong ties with law firms and other professional firms across Canada, the United States and worldwide, thereby enabling us to assist our clients to develop opportunities outside Quebec. The firm is a member of the World Services Group, a global non-profit association with membership by invitation only, consisting of large local, national and international professional services providers in over 115 countries.
Year this Office was Founded: 1913
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Lawyer
Anne-Marie Asselin
Senior Associate
Julie Aubin-Perron
Lawyer
Justine Beauchesne
Senior Associate
Geneviève Beaudin
Partner
Josianne Beaudry
Partner
Maxym Bédard
Lawyer
Chloé Béland
Lawyer
Anne Bélanger
Partner
Valérie Belle-Isle
Partner
Yasmine Belrachid
Lawyer
Geneviève Bergeron
Partner and Trademark Agent
Laurence Bernard
Lawyer
Rosemarie Bhérer Bouffard
Senior Associate
Laurence Bich-Carrière
Partner
Dominic Boisvert
Partner
Frédéric Bolduc
Senior Associate
Véronik Bonneville-Pesant
Partner
Marc-André Bouchard
Partner
Laurent Bouvier Tremblay
Lawyer
René Branchaud
Partner
Étienne Brassard
Partner
Philippe Brassard
Lawyer
Myriam Brixi
Partner
Céleste Brouillard-Ross
Senior Associate
Benoit Brouillette
Partner
Béatrice Bull
Lawyer
Marie-Claude Cantin
Partner
Étienne Carey
Lawyer
Brittany Carson
Partner
Karl Chabot
Partner
André Champagne
Partner
Christian Chidiac
Senior Associate
David Choinière
Partner
Pamela Cifola
Lawyer
Simon Clément
Partner and Managing Partner (Québec City and Trois-Rivières offices)
Victoria Cohene
Partner
Marie-Christine Côté
Senior Associate
Marie-Christine Côté
Senior Associate
Marie-Claude Côté
Senior Associate
Catherine Couture
Lawyer
France Camille De Mers
Partner
Michael Debay
Lawyer
Chantal Desjardins
Partner and Trademark Agent
Frédéric Desmarais
Partner
Jean-Sébastien Desroches
Partner
Gabrielle Dickins
Lawyer
Radia Amina Djouaher
Lawyer
Raymond Doray
Partner
Stéphanie Dubois
Senior Associate
Marianne Duboy
Lawyer
Émie Dubuc
Senior Associate
James Duffy
Patent Agent and Senior Associate
Francis Dumoulin
Senior Associate
Christian Dumoulin
Partner
Alain Y. Dussault
Partner and Trademark Agent
Isabelle Duval
Partner
Maxime Duval-Charland
Senior Associate
Ali El Haskouri
Partner
Philippe Frère
Partner
Simon Gagné
Partner
Simon Gagné-Carrier
Lawyer
Nicolas Gagnon
Partner
Gabrielle Gallio
Lawyer
Richard Gaudreault
Partner
Brigitte Gauthier
Partner
Julie Gauvreau
Partner and Patent Agent and Trademark Agent
Carole Gélinas
Partner
Joseph Gualdieri
Senior Associate
Caroline Harnois
Partner
Alexandre Hébert
Partner
Ghiles Helli
Lawyer
Marie-Josée Hétu
Partner
Alain Heyne
Partner
Édith Jacques
Partner
Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur
Partner
Isabelle Jomphe
Partner and Trademark Agent
Nicolas Joubert
Partner
Philippe Juhos
Lawyer
Katerina Kostopoulos
Senior Associate
Guillaume Laberge
Partner
Myriam Lachance
Lawyer
Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin
Partner
Awatif Lakhdar
Partner
Catherine LaRose
Lawyer
Philippe Lavoie Paradis
Lawyer
Jean Legault
Partner
Carl Lessard
Partner
Josiane L'Heureux
Partner
Philip Louis
Lawyer and Senior Director, Innovation and Digital Transformation
Selena Lu
Partner
Marie-Christine Lysymanko
Lawyer
Angelo Mandeville-Sacco
Lawyer
Despina Mandilaras
Partner
Paul Martel
Partner
Gabrielle Mathieu
Senior Associate
Jean-François Maurice
Senior Associate
Zeïneb Mellouli
Partner
Jessy Menard
Lawyer
Isabelle P. Mercure
Partner and Managing Partner (Sherbrooke office)
Catherine Méthot
Senior Associate
Isabelle Métivier
Partner
Béatrice T Ngatcha
Partner and Patent Agent
Rodrigo Olmos-Hortigüela
Senior Associate
Camille Ouellet
Senior Associate
Marc Ouellet
Partner
Aurélie Ouellet
Lawyer
Alain Paquet
Senior Associate
Marie-Nancy Paquet
Partner
Anne-Sophie Paradis
Lawyer
Jessica Parent
Partner
Luc Pariseau
Partner
Catherine Pariseault
Senior Associate
Ariane Pasquier
Partner
Audrey Pelletier
Senior Associate
Gaspard Petit
Senior Associate
Martin Pichette
Partner
Sylvain Pierrard
Partner and Trademark Agent
Alexandre Pinard
Senior Associate
Sophie Poirier
Lawyer
Jean-Vincent Prévost-Bérubé
Lawyer
Mathias Rancourt
Partner
François Renaud
Partner
Lucas Richard-Gérard
Partner
Camille Rioux
Senior Associate
Kassandra Roberge
Senior Associate
Judith Rochette
Partner
Andréa Ruel
Senior Associate
Francis Sabourin
Lawyer
Chantal Saint-Onge
Senior Associate
El Hadji Alioune Seck
Lawyer
Jean-Marc Sfeir
Lawyer
Maude Sirois
Lawyer
Ouassim Tadlaoui
Partner
Charles Olivier Thibeault
Partner
David Tournier
Partner
Bernard Trang
Senior Associate
Sarah Trublard
Lawyer and Trademark Agent
Mylène Vallières
Partner
André Vautour
Partner
Bruno Verdon
Partner
Yanick Vlasak
Partner
Catherine Voyer
Senior Associate
Jonathan Warin
Partner
Alexandra Yazbeck
Lawyer
Kiran Younas
Lawyer
Adnana Zbona
Senior AssociateLinguistic Services
Marie Brisson
Linguistic services
Danielle Bureau
Linguistic services
Alexandra Degarie
Linguistic services
Michèle Gamache
Linguistic services
Stefan Gillian
Linguistic services
Jean-François Lauzon
Linguistic services
Mathieu Legris
Linguistic services
Marie-Claude Lortie
Linguistic services
Joanne Martin
Linguistic services
Sofie Peers
Linguistic services
Yannick Pourbaix
Linguistic servicesLegal Counsel
Loïc Berdnikoff
Lawyer and General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Innovation Officer
Éric Gélinas
Counsel
Marc Rochefort
CounselOther
Suzanne Antal
Trademark Agent
Katia Bégin
Paralegal
Nathalie Borgniez
Chief Marketing, Communications and Strategy
Chloé Bouchard-Montpetit
Student
Samuel Bourgault
Student
Léa Brousseau-Bellavance
Student
Gwendoline Bruneau
Patent Agent
Thomas Cazelais Turcotte
Articling Student
Felix Chen
Student
Catherine Côté
Director, Legal Talent and Student and Articling Programs
Jen Deruchie
Paralegal
Zacharie Deschênes
Student
Gabrielle Desjean
Student
Nadia Fabiola Dominguez
Paralegal
Sylvain Dubuc
Chief Financial Officer
Alain Dumont
Patent Agent
Louis-Félix Dumoulin
Student
Mathis Dupuis
Student
Amélie Dupuis-Ranger
Paralegal
Laurianne Falardeau
Paralegal
Mireille Francoeur
Special Projects Manager, Executive Support
Béatrice Galibois
Student
Anaïs Gascon-Vaillancourt
Director, Legal Talent
Nadine Giguère
Paralegal
Line Grandmaison
Paralegal
Annie Groleau
Paralegal
Sonia Guérin
Paralegal
Sabrina Guibord
Paralegal
Éléonore Halasz
Student
Éléonore Halasz
Student
Miyaléa Hamasaki Bélanger
Student
Mélina Hamel
Articling Student
Amélie Journet
Chief, Talent and Professional Development
Martin Laprade
Paralegal
Johanne Larochelle
Paralegal
Gonzalo Lavin
Patent Agent
Elissa Louka
Articling Student
Linda Lupien
Paralegal
Gabrielle Manion Tinkler
Paralegal
Jimmy Marneris
Articling Student
Simon-Charles Masri
Student
Joëlle Montpetit
Paralegal
Pénélope Morneau
Student
Pénélope Morneau
Student
Ana Cristina Nascimento
Paralegal
Yen Nguyen
Student
Florence Normandin
Manager, Student and Articling Programs
Marc-Alexandre Normandin
Articling Student
Marc-Alexandre Normandin
Articling Student
David Pardales
Articling Student
Isabelle Pelletier
Patent Agent
Katy Pelletier
Paralegal
Marlene Poullas
Student
Nicole Prado-Vanegas
Student
Erwin Schultz
Patent Agent
Serge Shahinian
Patent Agent
Sylvie Stang-Chaput
Paralegal
Peter Thériault
Technical advisor
Chantal Tremblay
Senior Notary
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Trademark Agent
Anik Trudel
Chief Executive Officer
Marie-Pier Vézina-Ouellet
Paralegal
Benoit Yelle
Patent AgentArticles
AI for All: Canada focuses on responsible adoption
On June 4, Canada unveiled AI for All, its new national artificial intelligence strategy. Anchored in the principle that the benefits of AI must accrue to all Canadians, the strategy emphasizes the democratization of AI through expanded training, governance, and Canadian infrastructure. A strategy centred on adoption Canada?s new national AI strategy rests on the premise that the benefits of AI will materialize only if individuals, businesses, and institutions are able to use it with confidence. The government notes a significant gap between AI?s potential in Canada and its actual adoption...
Press releases
Lavery Advises Thermos Rive Nord
Lavery is proud to have supported Thermos Rive-Nord inc., a fast-growing Quebec glass manufacturer, at a pivotal moment in its history.Lavery acted as legal counsel to the purchaser, Jean-Sébastien Basilico, in this complex transaction, ensuring its continued growth while navigating tight timelines, a sophisticated transaction structure and multiple stakeholders...
Lavery Advises Fresnillo on Strategic Transaction in Quebec
Fresnillo plc, the world's largest primary silver producer and a major player in the gold sector in Mexico, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian company Probe Gold Inc. for a total consideration of approximately CAD 780 million. This transaction, carried out through a statutory plan of arrangement, marks a crucial step for Fresnillo in its international expansion strategy.Listed on the London and Mexican stock exchanges, Fresnillo strengthens its position as a global leader in precious metals with this acquisition...
