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Lavery is pleased to announce the return of Carole Gélinas as a partner. Carole, who practiced law at Lavery from 2012 to 2019 on the real estate team, is returning to her roots. She has more than 30 years of experience in this field and is known for assisting corporations with mandates relating to the leasing, acquisition, sale and financing of real estate assets. She also has extensive experience in mining law. “I am delighted to be back with the Lavery family. The firm’s strength lies in its ability to offer a complete range of services, to manage major cases and to maintain a proximity to the business reality of its clients. I am pleased to once again be able to put my expertise in real estate and mining law,” says Carole Gélinas.

Lavery has been recognized in the following fields as a leader in the 2021 edition of the Chambers Canada guide: Corporate/Commercial (Québec Band 1, Highly Regarded) Employment and Labour (Québec Band 2) Energy and Natural Resources: Mining (Nationwide Band 5) The lawyers and law firms profiled in Chambers Canada are selected following through a rigorous process of research and interviews with a broad spectrum of lawyers and their clients. The final selection is based on clearly defined criteria such as the quality of client service, legal expertise, and commercial astuteness. Learn more about our professionals who have once again been recognized in Chambers Canada Guide 2021.. 

René Branchaud, Guy Lavoie, Jean-Philippe Turgeon and Sébastien Vézina have been recognized as leaders in their respective areas of practice in the 2021 edition of the Chambers Canada guide. Areas of expertise in which they are recognized: René Branchaud: Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Guy Lavoie: Labour and Employment Law Jean-Philippe Turgeon: Franchising Sébastien Vézina: Energy and Natural Resources: Mining The lawyers and law firms profiled in Chambers Canada are selected following through a rigorous process of research and interviews with a broad spectrum of lawyers and their clients. The final selection is based on clearly defined criteria such as the quality of client service, legal expertise, and commercial astuteness. Learn more about the areas of expertise that Lavery has been recognized by Chambers Canada 2021.. 

Lavery is pleased to announce that René Branchaud’s expertise in Natural Resources Law was recognized with the Lawyer of the Year award as part of The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021. René Branchaud, partner and member of the Board of Directors of the firm, practises in the fields of securities, mergers and acquisitions, as well as in corporate law. He advises companies on matters such as incorporation and organization, the drafting of shareholder agreements, private placements, public issues, going public, dispositions and takeovers. Mr. Branchaud is the head of the firm’s Mining group. With more than 30 years of experience in this field, he has greatly contributed to Lavery’s reputation in this sector. He sits on the Board of Directors of several publicly traded mining companies, serving as secretary. Learn more about our 64 talents recognized as leaders by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2021.

René Branchaud and Sébastien Vézina, partners of the Business Law group, have been recognized as leading lawyers in mining law in the 2017-2018 edition of Lexpert Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining. This recognition is the product of an extensive peer survey process conducted in Canada and throughout the world.   Please click here to access the electronic version of this publication.

Lavery is proud to highlights that the expertise of René Branchaud, partner and chairman of the board of directors, is recognized in the 2017 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers as a leader in the field of mining law.

Mes  René Branchaud and Sébastien Vézina, partners with Lavery, have been recognized as leading lawyers in mining law in the 2016 edition ofLexpert Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining. This prestigious recognition is the product of an extensive peer survey process conducted in Canada and throughout the world. Please click here to access the electronic version of this publication.

A team of lawyers comprised of Josianne Beaudry and Isabelle Richard acted on behalf of Osisko Gold Royalties Ltdin connection with a bought deal offering of 11,431,000 units for gross proceeds of approximately $173 million. The units issued under the offering were offered by way of a short form prospectus filed in all provinces of Canada. The financing closed at the end of February 2016. The units were sold through a syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets and included National Bank Financial Inc., Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., CIBC World Markets, Haywood Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd. and Paradigm Capital Inc.