Lavery is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized as leaders in 44 areas of expertise in the 21th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in 2027.
This ranking is based entirely on peer recognition and rewards the professional achievements of the country's top lawyers.
Two partners from the firm were named Lawyer of the Year in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada directory:
Jean Legault : Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Judith Rochette : 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 and Labour and Employment Law
Josianne Beaudry : Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law and Securities Law
Geneviève Bergeron : Intellectual Property Law
Laurence Bich-Carrière : Administrative and Public Law, Class Action Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate, Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law
Dominic Boisvert : Insurance Law
Étienne Brassard : Aviation Law, Corporate Law, Equipment Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law and Venture Capital Law
Myriam Brixi : Class Action Litigation and Product Liability Law
Benoit Brouillette : Labour and Employment Law
Marie-Claude Cantin : Construction Law and Insurance Law
Brittany Carson : Labour and Employment Law
André Champagne : Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Chantal Desjardins : Advertising and Marketing Law and Intellectual Property Law
Frédéric Desmarais : Employee Benefits Law and Labour and Employment Law
Jean-Sébastien Desroches : Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Raymond Doray : Administrative and Public Law, Defamation and Media Law and Privacy and Data Security Law
Alain Y. Dussault : Intellectual Property Law
Isabelle Duval : Family Law and Trusts and Estates
Philippe Frère : Administrative and Public Law and Professional Malpractice Law
Simon Gagné : Labour and Employment Law
Nicolas Gagnon : Construction Law and Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Richard Gaudreault : Labour and Employment Law
Julie Gauvreau : Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Intellectual Property Law
Caroline Harnois : Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Trusts and Estates
Ali El Haskouri : Banking and Finance Law and Venture Capital Law
Alexandre Hébert : Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law
Édith Jacques : Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Natural Resources Law
Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur : Labour and Employment Law and Workers' Compensation Law
Isabelle Jomphe : Advertising and Marketing Law and Intellectual Property Law
Nicolas Joubert : Labour and Employment Law
Josiane L'Heureux : Labour and Employment Law
Guillaume Laberge : Administrative and Public Law
Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin : Insurance Law
Awatif Lakhdar : Family Law
Jean Legault : Banking and Finance Law and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Carl Lessard : Labour and Employment Law and Workers' Compensation Law
Paul Martel : Corporate Law
Zeïneb Mellouli : Labour and Employment Law and Workers' Compensation Law
Marc Ouellet : Labour and Employment Law
Luc Pariseau : Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
Ariane Pasquier : Labour and Employment Law
Martin Pichette : Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Law
François Renaud : Banking and Finance Law and Structured Finance Law
Marc Rochefort : Securities Law
Ouassim Tadlaoui : Construction Law and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
David Tournier : Banking and Finance Law
André Vautour : Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Private Funds Law, Technology Law, Transportation Law and Venture Capital Law
Bruno Verdon : Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jonathan Warin : Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Québec, QC
Jules Brière : Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice, Administrative and Public Law and Health Care Law
Élisabeth Pinard : Family Law and Family Law Mediation
Judith Rochette : Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Law
Sherbrooke, QC
Luc R. Borduas : Corporate Law et Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Christian Dumoulin : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Éric Lavallée : Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law
Isabelle P. Mercure : Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
Vincent Towner : Commercial Leasing Law
Yanick Vlasak : Banking and Finance Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Marie-Josée Hétu : Labour and Employment Law and Workers' Compensation Law
We are pleased to highlight our next generation, who also distinguished themselves in this directory in the Ones To Watch category:
Montréal, QC
Frédéric Bolduc : Labour and Employment Law
Rosemarie Bhérer Bouffard : Labour and Employment Law
Céleste Brouillard-Ross : Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation et Insurance Law
Karl Chabot : Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Litigation
David Choinière : Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Marie-Claude Côté : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James Duffy : Intellectual Property Law
Francis Dumoulin : Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Joseph Gualdieri : Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Katerina Kostopoulos : Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
Despina Mandilaras : Construction Law et Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jean-François Maurice : Corporate Law
Jessica Parent : Labour and Employment Law
Audrey Pelletier : Tax Law
Camille Rioux : Labour and Employment Law
Chantal Saint-Onge : Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Bernard Trang : Banking and Finance Law and Project Finance Law
Mylène Vallières : Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities Law
Québec, QC
Jean-Philippe Abraham : Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Marc-André Bouchard : Construction Law et Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Trois-Rivieres, QC
Justine Chaput : Labour and Employment Law
Alexandre Pinard : Labour and Employment Law
