Lavery represented Quaze Technologies in its sale to Red Cat Holdings, a U.S.-based company specializing in advanced drones and robotics for the defense and national security sectors. About Quaze Technologies Founded in Quebec, Quaze Technologies develops wireless power transmission technology for autonomous systems, such as drones, ground robots, unmanned underwater vehicles and other robotic platforms. Quaze’s technology makes autonomous charging possible, without the need for physical contact, connectors or precise alignment, prolonging the operational autonomy of systems deployed in complex environments. About the transaction This transaction represents a significant step in Quaze’s growth. By joining Red Cat Holdings, Quaze will be able to fast-track the development of its technology and its integration into the international autonomous platform ecosystem, while continuing to advance its open model with third-party manufacturers. The transaction also comes at a time when energy autonomy is becoming a strategic issue for the future of robotic systems. Expertise at the service of growth Lavery acted as legal counsel to Quaze Technologies in this cross-border transaction, drawing on its expertise in mergers and acquisitions and business law, as well as its experience in advising tech companies on growth-oriented transactions. The Lavery team, led by Alexandre Hébert, included Luc Pariseau, Joseph Gualdieri, Jessy Menard and Michael Debay.

Lavery is pleased to announce that 86 of its lawyers have been recognized as leaders in 42 areas of expertise in the 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in 2026. This ranking is based entirely on peer recognition and rewards the professional achievements of the country's top lawyers. Three partners from the firm were named Lawyer of the Year in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada directory: Josianne Beaudry: Mining Law  Marie-Josée Hétu: Labour and Employment Law  Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin: Insurance Law See below for a complete list of Lavery lawyers and their areas of expertise. Please note that the practices reflect those of Best Lawyers. Geneviève Beaudin: Employee Benefits Law / Labour and Employment Law  Josianne Beaudry: Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Mining Law / Securities Law  Geneviève Bergeron: Intellectual Property Law  Laurence Bich-Carrière: Administrative and Public Law / Class Action Litigation/ Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Product Liability Law  Dominic Boisvert: Insurance Law  Luc R. Borduas: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law  René Branchaud: Mining Law / Natural Resources Law / Securities Law  Étienne Brassard: Equipment Finance Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Project Finance Law / Real Estate Law / Structured Finance Law / Venture Capital Law  Jules Brière: Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice / Administrative and Public Law / Health Care Law  Myriam Brixi: Class Action Litigation / Product Liability Law  Benoit Brouillette: Labour and Employment Law  Marie-Claude Cantin: Construction Law / Insurance Law  Brittany Carson: Labour and Employment Law  André Champagne: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law  Chantal Desjardins: Advertising and Marketing Law / Intellectual Property Law  Jean-Sébastien Desroches: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law  Raymond Doray: Administrative and Public Law / Defamation and Media Law / Privacy and Data Security Law  Christian Dumoulin: Mergers and Acquisitions Law  Alain Y. Dussault: Intellectual Property Law  Isabelle Duval: Family Law / Trusts andEstates  Ali El Haskouri: Banking and Finance Law / Venture Capital Law  Philippe Frère: Administrative and Public Law  Simon Gagné: Labour and Employment Law  Nicolas Gagnon: Construction Law  Richard Gaudreault: Labour and Employment Law  Julie Gauvreau: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice / Intellectual Property Law  Marc-André Godin: Commercial Leasing Law / Real Estate Law  Caroline Harnois: Family Law / Family Law Mediation / Trusts and Estates  Alexandre Hébert: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Venture Capital Law  Marie-Josée Hétu: Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law  Édith Jacques: Corporate Law / Energy Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Natural Resources Law  Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur: Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law  Isabelle Jomphe : Advertising and Marketing Law / IntellectualProperty Law  Nicolas Joubert: Labour and Employment Law  Guillaume Laberge: Administrative and Public Law  Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin: Insurance Law  Awatif Lakhdar: Family Law / Family Law Mediation  Marc-André Landry: Alternative Dispute Resolution / Class Action Litigation / Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Product Liability Law  Éric Lavallée: Privacy and Data Security Law / Technology Law  Myriam Lavallée: Labour and Employment Law  Guy Lavoie: Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law  Jean Legault: Banking and Finance Law / Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law  Carl Lessard: Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law  Josiane L'Heureux: Labour and Employment Law   Paul Martel: Corporate Law  Zeïneb Mellouli: Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law  Isabelle P. Mercure: Tax Law / Trusts and Estates  Patrick A. Molinari: Health Care Law  Marc Ouellet: Labour and Employment Law  Luc Pariseau: Tax Law / Trusts and Estates  Ariane Pasquier: Labour and Employment Law  Martin Pichette: Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Insurance Law / Professional Malpractice Law  Élisabeth Pinard: Family Law / Family Law Mediation  François Renaud: Banking and Finance Law / Structured Finance Law  Marc Rochefort: Securities Law  Judith Rochette: Alternative Dispute Resolution / Insurance Law / Professional Malpractice Law  Ouassim Tadlaoui: Construction Law / Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law  David Tournier: Banking and Finance Law  Vincent Towner: Commercial Leasing Law  André Vautour: CorporateGovernance Practice / Corporate Law / Energy Law / Information Technology Law / Intellectual Property Law / Private Funds Law / Technology Law / Venture Capital Law  Bruno Verdon: Corporate and Commercial Litigation  Sébastien Vézina: Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Mining Law / Sports Law  Yanick Vlasak: Banking and Finance Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law  Jonathan Warin: Insolvency and Financialanick Vlasak: Banking and Finance Law / Corporate  We are pleased to highlight our next generation, who also distinguished themselves in this directory in the Ones To Watch category: Anne-Marie Asselin: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) Rosemarie Bhérer Bouffard: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) Frédéric Bolduc: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) Marc-André Bouchard: Construction Law (Ones To Watch) Céleste Brouillard-Ross: Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch) Karl Chabot: Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Medical Negligence (Ones To Watch) Justine Chaput: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) James Duffy: Intellectual Property Law (Ones To Watch) Francis Dumoulin: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Ones To Watch) Joseph Gualdieri: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Ones To Watch) Katerina Kostopoulos: Banking and Finance Law / Corporate Law (Ones To Watch) Joël Larouche: Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch) Despina Mandilaras: Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch) Jean-François Maurice: Corporate Law (Ones To Watch) Jessica Parent: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) Audrey Pelletier: Tax Law (Ones To Watch) Alexandre Pinard: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch Camille Rioux: Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch) Sophie Roy: Insurance Law (Ones To Watch) Chantal Saint-Onge: Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch) Bernard Trang: Banking and Finance Law / Project Finance Law (Ones To Watch) Mylène Vallières: Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Securities Law (Ones To Watch) 

Lavery is pleased to advise Newmont Corporation in one of Canada's largest mining transactions, valued at US$795 million. Completion of this transaction is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. Our mining law team is acting as Quebec Legal counsel to Newmont Corporation in connection with the sale of the Éléonore gold mine, located in the Eeyou Istchee Baie-James territory region of northern Quebec, to a private mining company based in the United Kingdom. This sale is part of Newmont Corporation's strategy to refocus its portfolio of mining assets.As part of the transaction, our team reviewed and analyzed all assets associated with the Éléonore gold mine. This included mining titles such as mining leases, as well as the transfer and evaluation of government and environmental permits, to ensure compliance with mining laws and regulations. The Lavery team was led by our Business Law partner, Sébastien Vézina, with support from Valérie Belle-Isle, Carole Gélinas, Éric Gélinas, Jean-Paul Timothée, William Bolduc, Joseph Gualdieri, Radia Amina Djouhaer, Charlotte Dangoisse, Salim Ben Abdessalem, Annie Groleau, Joëlle Montpetit and Nadine Giguère. About NewmontNewmont is the world's leading gold company and a producer of copper, zinc, lead, and silver. The corporation's world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social, and governance practices. Newmont is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution, and technical expertise. Founded in 1921, the Company has been publicly traded since 1925. About LaveryLavery is the leading independent law firm in Québec. Its more than 200 professionals, based in Montréal, Québec City, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, work every day to offer a full range of legal services to organizations doing business in Québec. Recognized by the most prestigious legal directories, Lavery professionals are at the heart of what is happening in the business world and are actively involved in their communities. The firm's expertise is frequently sought after by numerous national and international partners to provide support in cases under Québec jurisdiction.

Following a qualification process, the Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec (MTMD) issued a call for tenders in 2022 for the construction of the new Île-aux-Tourtes bridge pursuant to the project delivery method known as design-build-finance (DBF). Since this was a DBF, the financing of this project had to be included in the proposals made by the selected candidates. Lavery represented the successful consortium made up of Dragados Canada Inc., Roxboro Excavation Inc. and Construction Demathieu & Bard Inc. Our role required expertise in the following areas: (a)   Governance and corporate law  (b)  Project financing (banking and securities)  (c)   Public procurement (d)  Construction law (e)   Commercial agreements (f)    Taxation  Lavery represented the consortium from the call for proposals to the financial close, including the drafting phase leading up to the awarding of the contract to the consortium. The financing was the most complex part of this transaction. Under the hybrid approach retained for that project, a major credit facility to be granted by a bank syndicate had to be set up, as well the private placement of two tranches of bonds. This involved adjusting the rights and obligations of creditors on both sides within a sophisticated intercreditor agreement. The financing also required parent company guarantees, including from French and Spanish corporations, which required us to find common ground to accommodate the typical requirements of a North American financing and the specific corporate and commercial features applicable in France and Spain. To meet this challenge, we put together a multidisciplinary team, divided up the work in accordance with our professionals’ diverse expertises, and dedicated a team member exclusively to interactions with the MTMD, its lawyers and the issuers of performance bonds typical for this kind of projects. Sound project management practices were essential to the success of this team effort. It is a privilege for Lavery to have participated in this essential project allowing the people of Quebec to obtain a new bridge linking the regions of Montérégie and Montréal. The Lavery team was led by Josianne Beaudry, Nicolas Gagnon, Édith Jacques, David Tournier and André Vautour, and included Véronik Bonneville-Pesant, Katerina Kostopoulos, Jean-François Maurice, Joseph Gualdieri, Siddhartha Borissov-Beausoleil, Alexandre Turcotte, Luc Pariseau, Charles Hugo Gagné, Mickaël Pageau, Jean-Vincent Prévost-Bérubé and Yohann Lévy.