The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 recognize 68 lawyers of Lavery

August 24, 2023

Lavery is pleased to announce that 68 of its lawyers have been recognized as leaders in their respective fields of expertise by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024.

The following lawyers also received the Lawyer of the Year award in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada:

Josianne Beaudry : Mining Law
Jules Brière : Administrative and Public Law
Bernard Larocque : Professional Malpractice Law
Carl Lessard : Workers' Compensation Law

Consult the complete list of Lavery's lawyers and their fields of expertise:

Josianne Beaudry : Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Mining Law
Laurence Bich-Carrière : Class Action Litigation / Contruction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Product Liability Law
Dominic Boivert : Insurance Law
Luc R. Borduas : Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Daniel Bouchard : Environmental Law
Elizabeth Bourgeois : Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch)
René Branchaud : Mining Law / Natural Resources Law / Securities Law
Étienne Brassard : Equipment Finance Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Real Estate Law
Jules Brière : Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice / Administrative and Public Law / Health Care Law
Myriam Brixi : Class Action Litigation
Benoit Brouillette : Labour and Employment Law
Richard Burgos : Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Corporate Law / Commercial Leasing Law / Real Estate Law
Marie-Claude Cantin : Insurance Law / Construction Law
Brittany Carson : Labour and Employment Law
Karl Chabot : Construction Law (Ones To Watch)
Chantal Desjardins : Intellectual Property Law
Jean-Sébastien Desroches : Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Raymond Doray : Privacy and Data Security Law / Administrative and Public Law / Defamation and Media Law
Christian Dumoulin : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Alain Y. Dussault : Intellectual Property Law
Isabelle Duval : Family 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 : Intellectual Property Law / Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Audrey Gibeault : Trusts and Estates
Caroline Harnois : Family Law / Family Law Mediation / Trusts and Estates
Marie-Josée Hétu : Labour and Employment Law
Édith Jacques : Energy Law / Corporate Law / Natural Resources Law
Marie-Hélène Jolicoeur : Labour and Employment Law
Isabelle Jomphe : Advertising and Marketing Law / Intellectual Property Law
Guillaume Laberge : Administrative and Public Law
Jonathan Lacoste-Jobin : Insurance Law
Awatif Lakhdar : Family Law
Bernard Larocque : Professional Malpractice Law / Class Action Litigation / Insurance Law / Legal Malpractice Law
Éric Lavallée : 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 : Workers' Compensation Law / Labour and Employment Law
Josiane L'Heureux : Labour and Employment Law
Despina Mandilaras : Construction Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch)
Hugh Mansfield : Intellectual Property Law
Zeïneb Mellouli : Labour and Employment Law / Workers' Compensation Law
Isabelle P. Mercure : Trusts and Estates
Patrick A. Molinari : Health Care Law
Jessica Parent : Labour and Employment Law (Ones To Watch)
Luc Pariseau : Tax Law / Trusts and Estates
Ariane Pasquier : Labour and Employment Law
Jacques Paul-Hus : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Audrey Pelletier : Tax Law (Ones To Watch)
Hubert Pepin : Labour and Employment Law
Martin Pichette : Insurance Law / Professional Malpractice Law / Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Élisabeth Pinard : Family Law
François Renaud : Banking and Finance Law / Structured Finance Law
Judith Rochette : Insurance Law / Professional Malpractice Law
Ian Rose FCIArb : Director and Officer Liability Practice / Insurance Law / Class Action Litigation
Sophie Roy : Insurance Law (Ones To Watch)
Chantal Saint-Onge : Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Ones To Watch)
Ouassim Tadlaoui : Construction Law / Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Bernard Trang : Banking and Finance Law / Project Finance Law (Ones To Watch)
Mylène Vallières : Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Securities Law (Ones To Watch)
André Vautour : Corporate Governance Practice / Corporate Law / Information Technology Law / Intellectual Property Law / Technology Law / Energy Law
Bruno Verdon : Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Sébastien Vézina : Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Mining Law
Yanick Vlasak : Corporate and Commercial Litigation / Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law
Jonathan Warin : Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law

These recognitions are further demonstration of the expertise and quality of legal services that characterize Lavery’s professionals.

About Lavery

Lavery is the leading independent law firm in Quebec. Its more than 200 professionals, based in Montréal, Quebec, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, work every day to offer a full range of legal services to organizations doing business in Quebec. Recognized by the most prestigious legal directories, Lavery professionals are at the heart of what is happening in the business world and are actively involved in their communities. The firm’s expertise is frequently sought after by numerous national and international partners to provide support in cases under Quebec jurisdiction.

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