François Joli-coeur

With more than 35 years of experience in the field and a sought-after expertise in negotiating working conditions, Michel Brisebois advises large companies on major strategic issues, whether governed by provincial or federal labour laws. Michel assists major clients in negotiating collective agreements with workers’ unions. He also represents private and semi-public companies at arbitration hearings before tribunals at all levels. He advises and acts as an attorney for grievances or com...

Nicolas Simard-Lafontaine is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Immigration Law. Nicolas, 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 Nicolas is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eric Lefebvre's litigation practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including competition law, class actions, banking, consumer law, corporate disputes and commercial contracts. He has particular experience in urgent remedies such as seizures and injunctions of various kinds. He has been retained both by petitioners and respondents in many high-stakes shareholder oppression cases and has defended parties facing cartel and bid-rigging accusations before criminal courts...

Stéphanie Thurber holds a bachelor's degree in law from Université de Sherbrooke and a master's degree in information technology law from Université de Montréal. She began her career in business law and quickly became interested in intellectual property and technology, fields that fuel her curiosity for innovation and correspond to her artistic interests and her thirst for discovery. She daily develops strategies to protect copyrights, trademarks, industrial design...

Considered one of the best real estate lawyers in the country, Marc J. Rubin is a leader in his practice. Marc J. Rubin is a true pillar in commercial real estate law. He is the top lawyer in Montréal and Québec when it comes to major real estate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, financing, restructuring, real estate development and leasing. He has a diversified portfolio and represents institutional, private and public clients. Marc J. Rubin understands how precious ...

Vanessa Coiteux is a partner in the Corporate and Privacy & Data Protection Groups. Her practice focuses on securities, public and private mergers & acquisitions and corporate financing. She frequently advises issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private offerings in Canada and abroad, as well as TSX-listed securities issuers on regulatory compliance, corporate governance and continuous disclosure requirements matters. Vanessa specializes in cybersecurity and advises...

Chantal Desjardins is a partner, lawyer and trade-mark agent in Lavery’s intellectual property group. She contributes actively to the development of her clients’ rights in this field, which includes the protection of trade-marks, industrial designs, copyright, trade secrets, domain names and other related forms of intellectual property, in order to promote her clients’ business goals. Me Desjardins provides legal advice and expertise with respect to protecting and managing I...

Catherine Dubé is a member of the Montreal tax team. As part of her tax litigation practice, she represents clients at all stages of the tax dispute process with Revenu Québec and the Canada Revenue Agency, including audits, objections and appeals. She also intervenes regularly before the Quebec and Canadian courts. Catherine uses her tax skills, both in the areas of income tax and consumption taxes, and advises clients on legal issues related to tax litigation and negotiations....

David is a partner in the Business Law group, and his practice focuses on corporate finance. He has extensive experience in private practice, in particular, bank financing, project financing, insolvency and private equity. He also acted as vice-president and corporate secretary of a large industrial project and advised many entities on governance issues. More recently, he has represented start-up companies, multinationals and investors involved in engineering, green industrial projects and in...

Nick Krnjevic is a Partner in our Insurance Law Group. His practice focuses on insurance law and private international law. His insurance practice includes advising on, and litigating, insurance and reinsurance issues pertaining to primary and excess CGL, E&O, D&O, EPLI, Cyber, Property, Business Interruption and Fidelity coverage. He also acts as monitoring coverage counsel in domestic and international litigation. He also advises insurance carriers on drafting issues and provides in...