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  1. Jessica Akué becomes Vice President of African Business Network private financing committee

    Jessica Akué, a lawyer at Lavery who specializes in coporate law and taxation, recently was recently appointed Vice President of the Private Financing committee of the African Business Network (Réseau des Entrepreneurs & Professionnels Africains – REPAF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to networking and collaboration to create a business network made up mostly of professionals, students and entrepreneurs of African origin. To learn more about the REPAF, click here.

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  2. Lavery welcomes three new lawyers!

    Lavery is proud to announce that Jessica Akué (Taxation, 2015), Maude St-Georges (Litigation, 2015) et Sibylle Ferreira (Financing, 2015) have recently joined the firm. Jessica Akué worked as a tax specialist in a prominent tax audit firm in France. She has a Masters in Business Law and another in Corporate Taxation. Maude St-Georges has a Bachelor in Civil Law from Université de Montréal and took part in a summer program at the China University of Political Science and Law. She is currently finishing her Comparative Law Master’s thesis at McGill University. Sibylle Ferreira has a Licentiate of Laws from the University of Geneva and practised as a lawyer in Geneva, primarily in civil litigation and family law, before moving to Quebec to complete a Master of Laws at McGill University. “The addition of these lawyers shows Lavery’s willingness to attract young talent who will reinforce our practice groups and the firm’s commitment to hiring young lawyers who were previously articling students with the firm," said Don McCarty, the firm’s Managing Partner. The year of call to the Quebec Bar appears in parentheses. Jessica Akué Maude St-Georges Sibylle Ferreira

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