Québec has passed and enacted Bill 96, also known as An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, a major reform to its Charter of the French Language. Here are 10 reasons why you should be aware of the changes to come, which will impose substantial obligations on businesses: Starting June 1, 2025, businesses employing more than 25 individuals (currently, the threshold is 50) for at least six months will be required to comply with various obligations regarding ?francization1...
Lavery Lawyers
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André Vautour
Partner
René Branchaud
PartnerOffices
Overview
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 Established: 1913
Lawyers Worldwide: 318
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Lawyer

Romeo Aguilar Perez
Senior Associate
Gabrielle Ahélo
Avocate
Josianne Beaudry
Partner
Anne Bélanger
Partner
Loïc Berdnikoff
Lawyer and Chief, Legal Operations and Conformity
Rosemarie Bhérer Bouffard
Avocate
Laurence Bich-Carrière
Partner
Marc-Antoine Bigras
Lawyer
Béatrice Bilodeau
Avocate
Dominic Boisvert
Partner
Caroline Bourbonnais
Avocate principale
Elizabeth Bourgeois
Avocate
Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto
Partner
René Branchaud
Partner
Étienne Brassard
Partner
Myriam Brixi
Partner
Céleste Brouillard-Ross
Avocate
Benoit Brouillette
Partner
Béatrice Bull
Avocate
Richard Burgos
Partner
Marie-Claude Cantin
Partner
Brittany Carson
Partner
Maxime Chabot
Lawyer
André Champagne
Partner
Christian Chidiac
Lawyer
David Chun
Lawyer
Catherine Cloutier
Avocate
Maude Colpron
Avocate
Marie-Claude Côté
Avocate
Eugene Czolij
Partner
France Camille De Mers
Partner
Sylvie Demers
Avocate principale
Chantal Desjardins
Partner and Agent de marques de commerce
Catherine Deslauriers
Partner
Jean-Sébastien Desroches
Partner
Raymond Doray
Partner
Stéphanie Dubois
Avocate
James Duffy
Patent Agent and Senior Associate
Alain Y. Dussault
Partner and Trademark Agent
Isabelle Duval
Partner
Ali El Haskouri
Partner
Eva Fog
Avocate
Florence Forest
Avocate principale
Roxane Fortin Lecompte
Avocate
Philippe Frère
Partner
Léonie Gagné
Avocate principale
Simon Gagné
Partner
Charles-Hugo Gagné
Lawyer
Nicolas Gagnon
Partner
Richard Gaudreault
Partner
Brigitte Gauthier
Partner
Julie Gauvreau
Partner and Agent de brevets and Agent de marques de commerce
Michel Gélinas
Partner
Carole Gélinas
Partner
Audrey Gibeault
Partner
Joseph Gualdieri
Lawyer
Emma-Sophie Hall
Avocate
Nadia Hanine
Avocate
Caroline Harnois
Partner
Marie-Josée Hétu
Partner and Associé directrice (bureau de Trois-Rivières)
Édith Jacques
Partner
Lindsay Jean
Avocate
Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur
Partner
Isabelle Jomphe
Partner and Agent de marques de commerce
Nicolas Joubert
Partner
Katerina Kostopoulos
Avocate
Josiane L'Heureux
Partner
Guillaume Laberge
Partner
Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin
Partner
Maude Lafortune-Bélair
Avocate principale
Gabrielle Lagarde Le Chasseur
Avocate and Partenaire d’affaires, talent et développement professionnel
Awatif Lakhdar
Partner
Etienne C. Laplante
Lawyer
Bernard Larocque
Partner
Guy Lavoie
Partner
Jean Legault
Partner
Carl Lessard
Partner
Selena Lu
Partner
Despina Mandilaras
Avocate principale
Hugh Mansfield
Partner and Patent Agent and Trademark Agent
Élizabeth Martin-Chartrand
Avocate
Gabrielle Mathieu
Avocate
Jean-François Maurice
Lawyer
Zeïneb Mellouli
Partner
Isabelle P. Mercure
Partner
Catherine Méthot
Avocate principale
Stephanie-Ann Morgan
Avocate
Eve-Lyne Morin
Avocate principale
Véronique Morin
Avocate principale
Béatrice T Ngatcha
Partner and Agent de brevets
Camille Ouellet
Avocate
Michaël Pageau
Senior Associate
André Paquette
Partner
Jessica Parent
Avocate principale
Luc Pariseau
Partner
Catherine Pariseault
Avocate principale
Ariane Pasquier
Partner
Audrey Pelletier
Avocate
Martin Pichette
Partner
Marie-Eve Pomerleau
Partner
Mathias Rancourt
Partner
François Renaud
Partner
Camille Rioux
Avocate principale
Marc Rochefort
Partner
Ian Rose
Partner
Sophie Roy
Avocate principale
Chantal Saint-Onge
Avocate
Gabriella Settino
Avocate
Ouassim Tadlaoui
Partner
Éric Thibaudeau
Partner
Charles Olivier Thibeault
Partner
Jean-Paul Timothée
Senior Associate
Bernard Trang
Lawyer
Philippe Tremblay
Partner
Mylène Vallières
Avocate principale
Dominique Vallières
Senior Associate
André Vautour
Partner
Bruno Verdon
Partner
Sébastien Vézina
Partner
Jonathan Warin
Partner
Adnana Zbona
Avocate principaleLinguistic Services

Danielle Bureau
Services linguistiques
Michèle Gamache
Services linguistiques
Stefan Gillian
Linguistic services
Jean-François Lauzon
Linguistic services
Mathieu Legris
Linguistic services
Joanne Martin
Services linguistiques
Jean-Pierre Nadeau
Linguistic services
Sofie Peers
Services linguistiques
Yannick Pourbaix
Linguistic servicesLegal Counsel

Michel Desrosiers
Counsel
Éric Gélinas
Counsel
Pierre Marc Johnson
Counsel
Patrick A. Molinari
Counsel
Jacques Paul-Hus
CounselOther

Laura Bassal
Parajuriste
Maxym Bédard
Étudiante
Dolaine Béland
Parajuriste
Yasmine Belrachid
Étudiante
Laurence Bernard
Étudiante
Gwendoline Bruneau
Agent de brevets
Chanel Calabro
Stagiaire
Manar Choukair
Étudiante
Sophie Crevier
Étudiante
Charlotte Dangoisse
Notaire principale
Janet Dell’Orto
Agent de marques de commerce
Karine Dos Santos Neves
Parajuriste
Marianne Duboy
Étudiante
Sylvain Dubuc
Chief, Finance and Administration
Alain Dumont
Patent Agent
Ayman El Alamy
Student
Éloïse Fortin
Étudiante
Florence Fournier
Parajuriste
Mireille Francoeur
Chargée de projets spéciaux, soutien à la direction
Dardia Garcelle Joseph
Étudiante
Cinthia Gauvreau
Parajuriste
Nadine Giguère
Parajuriste
Line Grandmaison
Parajuriste
Annie Groleau
Parajuriste
Sonia Guérin
Parajuriste
Ghiles Helli
Articling Student
Amélie Journet
Chef, talents et développement professionnel
Sofia Khan
Étudiante
Martin Laprade
Paralegal
Gonzalo Lavin
Patent Agent
Jean-Francois Lemieux
Business Development Manager
Jean-François Lévesque
Chief Client Officer
Gabrielle Manion Tinkler
Parajuriste
Eleftheria Manioudakis
Director, Business Development
Sandrine Masri
Étudiante
Nicole Messier
Notaire principale
Joëlle Montpetit
Parajuriste
Renaud Murphy
Student
Ana Cristina Nascimento
Parajuriste
Isabelle Normand
Parajuriste
Anne-Sophie Paradis
Étudiante
Isabelle Pelletier
Agent de brevets
Kabrina Péron
Stagiaire
Jean-Vincent Prévost-Bérubé
Articling Student
Belinda Rigon
Parajuriste
Erwin Schultz
Patent Agent
El Hadji Alioune Seck
Student
Serge Shahinian
Patent Agent
Madeleine Stringer
Étudiante
Zoe Sukster
Étudiante
Sarah Thiboutot
Étudiante
Anik Trudel
Cheffe de la direction
Marie-Denise Vane
Étudiante
Alexandra Yazbeck
Étudiante
Brandon Yin
Paralegal
Jennifer Younes
ÉtudianteArticles
Confinement in an institution: a judge must intervene where evidence is insufficient
In a judgement rendered on June 3, 2022,1 the Court of Appeal of Quebec reiterated that a judge who has an application for confinement in an institution before them must inform the parties when they consider that the psychiatric reports filed are insufficiently detailed. In these circumstances, the Court must allow the parties to remedy deficiencies in the evidence rather than dismissing the application. The Court of Appeal based its reasoning on the following articles: Article 268 of the C.C.P...
Press
Lavery Helps to Establish an Affordable Housing Fund Worth $151 Million
On May 4, 2021, the Government of Canada, the Government of Québec, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Ivanhoé Cambridge announced the formation of a consortium of investors that will make $120 million available to co-ops, non-profit organizations (NPOs) and housing agencies for the construction or renovation of affordable housing. The Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, Fondaction, the Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation and the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation collectively added $31 million to the sum. The strategic partnership will be managed by the Association des groupes de ressources techniques du Québec (AGRTQ) starting in the fall of 2021...
Lavery Represents Walter Innovations Inc. in its Acquisition by Golo Mobile Inc.
On July 7, 2020, Golo Mobile Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange that specializes in eco-delivery in large business centres, announced the acquisition of Walter Innovations Inc., a building automation technology start-up that has created a solution to connect property managers and residents of condominiums and apartment buildings. A Lavery team composed of Étienne Brassard, Éric Lavallée and Jean-François Maurice represented the selling shareholders of Walter Innovations Inc. in an exit context, allowing Walter's initial investors and entrepreneurs to successfully sell the company and its underlying technology...