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)