Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Commercial
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Life Sciences
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology and Entertainment
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WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Emerging Leaders Group - Member
  • Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group - Member
  • Women's Professional Forum Group - Member

Profile

Partner

Selena Lu is a partner in the Business Law group and focuses her practice on cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Education

  • Administratrice de sociétés certifié (ASC), Collège des administrateurs de sociétés
  • "Next-Generation Directors", Université Laval's Continuing Education General Directorate and the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés, 2014
  • LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2009
  • B.Comm., McGill University, 2005

Areas of Practice

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Commercial
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Life Sciences
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology and Entertainment

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments

Over the years, she has developed a diverse practice that led her to represent companies operating in a variety of interconnected sectors, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity

As a true legal partner and trusted business advisor, her clients entrust her with their most important transactions, including acquisitions, sales and mergers. Her extensive experience in managing complex, large-scale files, combined with her strategic leadership in engaging various expertise in the firm, makes her a key asset for her clients. Her comprehensive vision of every company's corporate and commercial structure enables her to offer advice tailored to her clients' objectives and business needs.

Selena also has extensive experience in governance. With her ASC designation-Quebec's recognized equivalent to the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) title-she has served on several boards of directors, including those of the Caisse Desjardins De Lorimier-Villeray, the Fashion & Design Festival, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal and the Société du parc Jean-Drapeau. She currently serves on the boards of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés. In addition, she plays an active role in the Emerging Leaders Group of WSG (World Services Group), an international network of law firms and other professional service providers in 145 countries.

Lastly, Selena is regularly invited as a guest speaker on topics related to leadership, governance, diversity and inclusion. She is a leader for The A Effect's Ambition Challenge, a 100-day training program for women to accelerate their professional development.





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  • A False Sense of Cybersecurity?
  • Cybersecurity and the dangers of the Internet of Things

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