Jean-Sébastien Dupont

Managing Partner at BCF, Julie’s vision, drive, and boldness enable her to seize every window of opportunity, however small, for our clients’ benefit. Since joining BCF more than 25 years ago, she has successfully advised hundreds of companies on mergers and acquisitions and major equity financing deals, particularly in the food, retail, engineering, construction, and real estate development sectors. Her dedication to BCF and excellent work led to her appointment as Managing Partn...

Marianne Plamondon, MBA, CHRP, is a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois Lawyers and is also a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. She specializes in labour and employment law, particularly in the interpretation and application of collective agreements, occupational health and safety, psychological harassment, the protection of personal information, pay equity, employment insurance and human rights. She has been active in several files involving individual and collecti...

Isabelle Casavant specializes in civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance, civil liability, and product liability. An experienced litigator, she also regularly participates in settlement conferences, which leads her to seek creative and proactive solutions to promote quick and cost-effective dispute resolution. In the insurance field, in addition to defending insureds, she has developed an expertise in insurance contracts, frequently advising and representing insurers on questions of i...

Rafael Ferraro is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Rafael, 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 Rafael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael Shortt is a partner at Fasken’s Montreal office, where he practices as a lawyer and trademark agent. His practice focuses on both litigation and transactional work, with an emphasis on the videogame and life science industries. A member of the Québec and Ontario bars, he advises clients on common-law, civil-law, and federal matters. As a litigator, Michael represents clients in intellectual property, commercial, and public law disputes. He has represented clients before t...

Me Frédéric Bérard holds a Doctorate in Law (LL.D., Université de Montréal, Unanimous Mention of Excellence and Dean’s Honour List), a Master’s Degree in Political Science (M.A., McGill University), and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B., Université de Montréal, Dean’s Excellence List). He also pursued postdoctoral studies in Philosophy at Université Laval. After working at Stikeman Elliott and Woods, he founded, in 2025, Fr&eac...

David Massé is a partner and Head of the Montréal office’s Securities and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. David has extensive experience focused primarily on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and corporate governance. He has been counsel to strategic purchasers, financial sponsors, private equity funds, pension funds and boards of directors in several complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including going ...

Richard Gaudreault is a partner in the Labour and Employment Law Group. He frequently acts as a negotiator in the negotiation of collective agreements and a strategic advisor in the planning and reorganization of human resources for large private corporations, as well as public and parapublic institutions. In his practice, Mr. Gaudreault has developed specific skills in managing complex cases involving crisis management issues and developing internal communication plans. An experienced litiga...

Nathaniel Lacasse is a partner in the Tax Group. His main areas of practice include domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, cross-border financings, corporate restructurings and estate planning.

Michel La Roche is a senior commercial lawyer with many years of experience. He has developed a particular expertise in restructuring, financing, winding-up, bankruptcy and commercial fraud matters, and regularly works on major asset purchases and sale transactions involving corporations in the real estate, construction, manufacturing, distribution and service industries. His clientele includes financial institutions, business corporations, trustees and the corporate counsels of financial ins...