On July 4, 2023, Cultures Gen V, one of Quebec’s leading greenhouse growers, announced the acquisition of Serres Royales. The acquisition furthers Cultures Gen V’s business strategy, which aims to improve Quebec’s food self-sufficiency by expanding sustainable greenhouse growing and offering consumers a wider variety of superior quality products. This transaction makes Cultures Gen V the largest diversified greenhouse grower in Quebec, adding 9 hectares of tomatoes to its current acreage, for a total of 36 hectares. Lavery was privileged to represent Cultures Gen V in the transaction. Not only did the firm implement the group’s pre-transaction refinancing, it also negotiated and closed the transaction. The Lavery team was led by Étienne Brassard with the assistance of Gabrielle Ahélo and France Camille De Mers and the collaboration of Béatrice Bull, Pamela Cifola, Éric Gélinas, Jessica Parent, Chantal Desjardins, James Duffy, Valérie Belle-Isle, Sonia Guérin, Joseph Lauzon-Potts, Arielle Supino, Bernard Trang, Katerina Kostopoulos, Charlotte Dangoisse, David Tournier, Ana Cristina Nascimento, Joëlle Montpetit and Nadine Giguère.

Lavery is pleased to announce the arrival of four new professionals. Jérémie Beltrame, associate Jérémie Beltrame is a lawyer with the Labour and Employment Law group. His main area of practice is occupational health and safety. He has particular experience in matters relating to the funding of compensation plans. David Chun, Associate David Chun is a lawyer with the Family, Personal and Estate Law group. He focuses his practice on family law, particularly divorce, separation, child custody, provision for costs, division of property, and child and spousal support. Charlotte Dangoisse, Notary Charlotte Dangoisse is a notary in Lavery’s Business Law group, where she practises real estate law. She focuses her practice on the search and review of real estate and mining titles.   Janet Dell'Orto, Trademark Agent Janet Dell’Orto trademark agent in Lavery’s Intellectual Property group. She focuses her practice on management and protection of trademarks, copyrights and industrial designs.