This section keeps you up-to-date on the latest news and upcoming public appearances of Lavery professionals.
News
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26 partners from Lavery ranked in the 2020 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Lavery is proud to announce that 26 partners are ranked among the leading practitioners in Canada in their respective practice areas in the 2020 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. The following Lavery partners are listed in the 2020 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing Pierre Denis Aviation (Regulation & Liability) Louis Charette Banking & Financial Institutions Louis Payette, Ad.E. Class Actions *Myriam Brixi Louis Charette Construction law Nicolas Gagnon Corporate Commercial law André Vautour Corporate Finance & Securities Josianne Beaudry René Branchaud Employment Law Marie-Josée Hétu, CIRC Guy Lavoie, CIRC Family Law Caroline Harnois Elisabeth Pinard Franchise law Jean-Philippe Turgeon Intellectual Property Chantal Desjardins *Isabelle Jomphe Labour Relations Pierre-L. Baribeau Michel Desrosiers Richard Gaudreault Danielle Gauthier, CHRP Michel Gélinas Marie-Josée Hétu, CIRC *Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur Guy Lavoie, CIRC Litigation - Corporate Commercial *Emil Vidrascu Litigation - Commercial Insurance Marie-Claude Cantin Bernard Larocque Litigation - Product Liability Louis Charette Mining Josianne Beaudry René Branchaud Sébastien Vézina Property Leasing Richard Burgos Workers' Compensation Guy Lavoie, CIRC *New posting The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive publication to legal talent in the country and it identifies leading practitioners in over 60 separate practice areas and leading law firms in over 40 practice areas. It is a reference guide for Canadian and foreign corporate counsels and law firms in need of specialized legal services in Canada. For more information, please visit Lexpert’s website at: http://www.lexpert.ca/directory.
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Over one hundred participants attend Lavery construction law conferences
Lavery held two conferences, at its Montréal and Québec City offices respectively on June 1 and 8, 2017, on the latest developments, trends, and issues in construction law. Over one hundred participants attended the conferences. Marie-Claude Cantin moderated the Montréal conference, during which construction arbitration (Emil Vidrascu), the principle of fair treatment of bidders (Julie Grondin), and certain types of construction project financing (Étienne Brassard) were discussed. Marie Cossette moderated the Québec City conference, during which the legal distinction between the principal contract and sub-contract (François Bélanger), the decision in Buesco c. Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement (Simon Rainville), and the essential due diligence principles with respect to licences, regulations, and authorization certificates (Pier-Olivier Fradette) were addressed.
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Julie Cousineau and Emil Vidrascu review the recent jurisprudence on civil procedure with corporate in-house counsel
On March 30, Julie Cousineau and Emil Vidrascu, partners of the Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group, discussed the jurisprudential trends since the coming into force of the new Code of Civil Procedure with corporate counsel. The seminar was held in Lavery’s Conference Centre in Montréal. Entitled Le nouveau code de procédure civile a un an : album de jurisprudence de sa première année de vie, the seminar was intended to inform in-house counsel about the impact of the new Code of Civil Procedure on their practice.
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Conference by Julie Cousineau and Emil Vidrascu on the New Code of Civil Procedure to in-house counsel
On November 25, 2015, Julie Cousineau and Emil Vidrascu, litigation partners at Lavery, gave a conference on the New Code of civil procedure in Montreal and via video conferencing in Quebec. Organized by the Canadian Bar Association (ACCJE division), the conference entitled “Le Nouveau Code de procédure civile changera-t-il votre vie comme conseiller juridique d’entreprise?” (Will the new Code of civil procedure change your life as an in-house counsel?) provided an overview of the practical implications of the new Code of civil procedure on the management of litigation files by in-house counsel.
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Emil Vidrascu publishes an article on the Romanian Civil Code
Emil Vidrascu, a Litigation partner at Lavery, is the author of an article entitled “Développements jurisprudentiels québécois en matière d’enrichissement injustifié” (Quebec case law developments on unjust enrichment) contained in the book “Le nouveau Code civil roumain : Vu de l’intérieur – Vu de l’extérieur” (The new Romanian Civil Code: seen from the inside – seen from the outside), published this fall. This book gathers the lectures given at an international conference on new Romanian Civil Code which took place in Bucharest in 2013.
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Louis Charette and Emil Vidrascu of Lavery speakers at Les journéés de l’ABQ on November 6
On November 6th, Messrs. Louis Charette and Emil Vidrascu, partners in Lavery’s Commercial Litigation group, gave conferences at the Journées de l’ABQ (Association Béton Québec). This conference doubled as technical training on granulates and on the responsibilities of concrete producers. Mr. Charette spoke about the ‘Responsibilities and Obligations of Concrete Producers’ (Responsabilités et obligations des producteurs de béton), while Mr. Vidrascu gave a conference on ‘Everything You Need To Know about the Competition Act’ (Tout sur la loi sur la concurrence). In the wake of the Charbonneau Commission and its allusions to collusion, this training day provided practical insights and best practices tools for the participating producers. For more details about this event, please click here.