Practice Expertise

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Securities Law
  • Mining Law

Areas of Practice

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Securities Law
  • Mining Law
  • Corporate and Business Integrity
  • View More

Profile

Partner

Josianne Beaudry is a member of the Business law group. Her practice is primarily focused on securities law, investment funds and mining law. She also advises financial sector participants on the application of regulations relating to securities and corporate governance.

Languages
French, English

Education
LL.B., Université du Québec à Montréal, 1999

Post-graduate degree in Taxation, HEC Montréal

Areas of Practice

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Securities Law
  • Mining Law
  • Corporate and Business Integrity

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Best Lawyer 2018

Best Lawyers 2019

Best Lawyers 2026

Additional Information
Canadian Bar Association


Professional Activities and Experience
Ms. Beaudry assists clients carrying out public and private financings, corporate reorganizations, as well as mergers and acquisitions. She also helps publicly traded companies maintain their reporting issuer status.

Ms. Beaudry also advises investment fund managers, dealers, and portfolio managers in matters related to their registration and activities.

She assists mining companies in every stage of their development.

Articles

What is Privileged Information? Forewarned is Forearmed!

Taking Your Company Public: Sounds Interesting?

Important Development Relative to Private Placements in Quebec: Availability of the Accredited Investor Exemption for Quebec Investors

Quarterly legal newsletter intended for accounting, management, and finance professionals, Number 1

Quarterly legal newsletter intended for accounting, management, and finance professionals, Number 13

An unprecedented decision of the Court of Appeal: a judgment authorizing a class action under the Securities Act may be appealed

Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 18

Legal newsletter for business entrepreneurs and executives, Number 21

Your investors : Who are they?

Crowdfunding: Enhanced capital raising opportunities for startups

The TSX Venture Exchange reaches out to the VC community

Proposal for new TSX listing requirements for ETFs, closed-end funds and structured products: codification of existing practices

IIROC White Paper - Proposed changes to the current structure for distributing mutual funds in Canada

The Government of Canada extends the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for an additional year

The Government of Canada extends the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for an additional Two years

2025-2026 Quebec Budget: A review of Quebec mining taxation - Challenges to be met, opportunities to be seized

Federal Budget of November 4, 2025: Enhancements to the Critical Minerals Exploration Tax Credit and renewal of the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit

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