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| | Address | | 1100, René-Lévesque West Blvd, 25th Floor | | Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9 | | (Montreal Dist.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 514-397-8500 | | Fax: 514-397-8515 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bcf.ca | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| BCF LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Litigation, Tax Planning (Canadian and International), Securities Law, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trade Marks, Venture Capital Financing, Dispute Resolution, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Commercial and Corporate Law, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Corporate Finance, Asset Based Lending, Real Estate Law, Business Immigration, Certification, Banking and Finance, Wealth Management, Transfers of Businesses, Construction, Labor Law. | Firm Profile:
BCF is a firm of more than 120 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents whose business law practice has been keeping pace with the changing needs of the business world. In response to complex needs of clients, BCF offers a unique multidisciplinary team approach as a solution. The firm's principal areas of expertise are in buying and selling businesses, corporate finance, taxation, intellectual property, securities law, real estate, litigation and restructuring and insolvency. In addition, BCF is a member of the Meritas international legal network. BCF has a growth rate of 1600% over the past 12 years - evidence of its emerging status as a leader in the practice of business law in Québec. | | Firm Size: 120 | Law Firm Affiliations:
Law Firms Worldwide | | PARTNERS | | Pierre T. Allard (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Québec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1995); CICA (In-Depth Tax Course, 1999). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Association de planification fiscal et financiére (APPFF); International Fiscal Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Business; Taxation of Financial Products; Transfer of Business; Trust Administration; Wealth Management. Email: Pierre T. Allard | | Jocelyn Auger (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Quebec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1995); European Academy of Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium (LL.M., 1997). Member: Licensing Executives Society; Canadian IT Law Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Commercial Contracts; Intellectual Property; Outsourcing; Sale and Acquisition of Business; Technology Transfers; Telecommunications; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Jocelyn Auger | | Babak Barin (Partner) born Tehran, Iran, February 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Ontario; 2001, England and Wales; 2002, Quebec; 2006, Alberta. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1988); McGill University (LL.B., 1992); University of Montreal (Civil Law Program, 2001). Co-Author: "Osler's Guide to Commercial Arbitration in Canada," The Hague, The Netherlands, Kluwer Law International, 2006. Editor, "Carswell's Handbook of International Dispute Resolution Rules," Toronto, Carswell, 1999. President, Board of Directors of ICCA Montreal, 2006. Host of the ICCA 2006 Congress in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Member: Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario); Quebec Bar; Canadian Bar Association (Past Member at-large, Executive of the International Law Section; Chair, Annual CLE on International Commercial Arbitration); London Court of International Arbitration; International Chamber of Commerce (Member, Canadian National Committee); International Bar Association (Editor, Newsletter); Swiss Arbitration Association; Young Swiss Arbitration Practioner's Group (Past Co-Chair); Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre (Member, Experts Council and Dispute Management Committee); ADR Chambers International (Member, Board of Directors); ICCA (Past Host Committee Chair in Montreal). Languages: English, French and Farsi (Persian). Practice Areas: International Arbitration; Arbitration; International Oil and Gas Law; Technology Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Contracts. Email: Babak Barin | | Nancy Boyle (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1984). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Arbitration and Mediation; Entertainment; Profit-Sharing Plans. Email: Nancy Boyle | | Michel A. Brisebois (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (LL.B., Civil Law, 1978). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Michel A. Brisebois | | Stephan Charles-Grenon (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Québec. Education: Laval University (LL.B., 1989); Maine, Le Mans France (D.E.S.S, 1992). Practice Areas: Arbitration and Mediation; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Civil and Commercial Litigation; Commercial Contracts; Construction Law; Intellectual Property. | | P. Mario Charpentier (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Québec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke, (LL.B., 1985). Member: BCF Executive Committee; Co-Managing Partner, Board of Directors of Export Development Canada (EDC). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Technology Law; Business Start-Ups; Canadian Taxation; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transactions; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Equity Financing; Management Buyout; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing; Sale and Acqusitions of Businesses; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing; Wealth Management. Email: P. Mario Charpentier | | Jean-François Dagenais (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Quebec. Education: Bois de Boulogne (CEGEP, 1990). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Bankruptcy; Arbitration; Mediation; Business Law; Executive Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; bankruptcy and insolvency. Email: Jean-François Dagenais | | Pascal de Guise (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Québec. Education: University of Montreal (LL.B., 1999; Graduate Diploma, North-American Common Law, 2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganizations; Cross-Border Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Securities Law; Public Financing. | | Jean-Nicolas Delage (Partner, Trademark Agent) admitted to bar, 1994, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1993). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Technology Transfers; Telecommunications; Trademarks. Email: Jean-Nicolas Delage | | Jacques Des Marais (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Québec. Education: Hautes Études Commerciales (M.Com., 1968; M.Acct., 1969); McGill University (B.C.L., 1973). Member: Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec (Québec Order of Chartered Accountants); Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants; Canadian Bar Association; Canadian Tax Foundation; Association de planification fiscal et financiére (APFF). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Reorganization; Equity Financing; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Transfer of Businesses. Email: Jacques Des Marais | | Julie Doré (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1997). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Equity Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing; Public Financing; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Securities Law; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Julie Doré | | Pierre Dozois (Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, Québec. Education: University of Montréal (LL.L., 1967); Harvard Business School (M.B.A., 1970);. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Finance; Equity Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plans; Public Financing; Sale and Acquisition of Business; Securities Law; Trusts. Email: Pierre Dozois | | Richard B. Epstein (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Québec and New York; 1988, Ontario. Education: École des Hautes Études Commerciales (B.B.A., 1982); McGill University (B.C.L., LL.B., 1986). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Finance; Cross Border Transactions; Equity Financing; International Law; Management Buyout; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Technology Transfers; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Richard B. Epstein | | Jean-Yves Fortin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Québec. Education: University of Montréal (B.A., 1966; LL.L., 1969). Founding Member, International Insolvency Institute. BCF Board of Director. Fellow and Member: American College of Bankruptcy (FACB); Insolvency Institute of Canadian (FIIC). Member: Union of Internationale des Avocats; Insol International; Canada; Canadian Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America; Montreal Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy (FACB). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Reconstruction; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Reorganization; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Jean-Yves Fortin | | Serge Fournier (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Québec. Education: University of Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1981). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Tax Litigation. Email: Serge Fournier | | Nathalie Gagnon (Partner, Trademark Agent) admitted to bar, 1998, Québec. Education: University of Laval (LL.B., 1997). Member: Réseau Capital. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Reorganization; Management Buyout; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit-Sharing; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Trademark; Venture Capital; Financing. Email: Nathalie Gagnon | | Daniel Garant (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1984). Jury Member, Annual Business Plan Competition, Entrepreneurship Centre of H.E.C., École Polytechnique and Université de Montréal ("Entrepreneurship Centre"). Member: Canadian Bar Association; International Technology Law Association (formerly known as Computer Law Association); Réseau-Capital (Venture Capital Association). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Restructuring; Business Start-Ups; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transactions; Equity Financing; Franchising; Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outsourcing; Profit Sharing Plans; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Securities Law; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Daniel Garant | | Bertrand Giroux (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Québec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1985). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Reorganization; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Executive Employment Law. Email: Bertrand Giroux | | François Giroux (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1994). Member: Canadian Tax Foundation; Association de planification fiscale et financiére (APFF). Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Reorganization; Domestic taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Profit Sharing Plans; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Taxation of Financial Products; Transfer of Businesses; Trusts. Email: François Giroux | | Jean-Pierre Huard (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (1987); University of London, London School of Economics (LL.M., 1992). Member, Board of Directors and Secretary, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Québec Division). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Equity Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plan; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Securities Law. Email: Jean-Pierre Huard | | Jean-François Hudon (Partner) admitted to bar, 1970, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (B.A., 1966; B.C.L., 1969). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Asset Based Lending; Banking; Finance; Business Law; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Jean-François Hudon | | Timothé R. Huot (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.L., 1979). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transactions; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plans; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Tax Litigation; Taxation of Financial Products; Trusts. Email: Timothé R. Huot | | Robert Korne (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Québec. Education: McGill University (B. Comm., Finance, 1992; B.C.L. and LL.B., with Distinction, 1996); CICA In-Depth Tax Course, Part 1, II and III (1997-2000); McGill University, Department of Continuing Education (Certificate in Taxation, 2002). Member, Canadian Tax Foundation. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transactions; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisitions of Businesses; Taxation of Financial Products; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Trusts; Wealth Management. Email: Robert Korne | | Catherine Lapointe (Partner) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1982, Quebec. Education: Petit Seminaire de Quebec (D.E.C., 1978); Laval University (LL.B., 1981); Ecole du Barreau (Certificate, 1982); McGill University (LL.M., 1989). Member: Canadian Corporate Counsel; Canadian Bar Association; Réseau Capital. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Corporate; Venture Capital Financing; Commercial Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Business Reorganization. Email: Catherine Lapointe | | Serge LeBel (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Québec. Education: Dalhousie University, Halifax (Common Law, 1981); Université Laval (LL.B., 1982). Member of Board and President, Corporate Governance Committee, Société des Loteries et Courses du Québec. Member, Board, and Member, Audit Committee, Quebec Port Authority. Member, Board, Foundation de la Maison de l'Harmonie, Lions Club, 1988. Member, Board of Directors, Governor's Board as President of the Statute and Regulations Committee for the District U-2. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Restructuring; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Contracts; Construction Law; Franchising; Intellectual Property Litigation; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Serge LeBel | | François Lefebvre (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Québec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1993). Member, Counselor and Speaker, Board of Directors, Entrepreneuriat. Counselor for Centre de Formation et de création d' entreprises, Capitale-nationale School board. Jury Member for a number of Competition, including the Quebec Entrepreneurship Competition. Member, Board of Directors, Secretary and Secretary for a Venture Capital Fund, Association des Directeurs de crédit du Québec. Director, Productions Les Gros Becs. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Reorganization; Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: François Lefebvre | | Julie Lessard (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Québec. Education: University of Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1994). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Québec Immigration Lawyers Association (AQAADI); American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); American Chamber of Commerce; Quebec Manufacturer and Exporters. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Immigration. Email: Julie Lessard | | Louis-Paul Marin (Partner, Engineer) admitted to bar, 1997, Québec. Education: École Polytechnique de Montréal (B.Sc.A., 1992); Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1996; LL.M., Biotechnology and Environment Law, 2000). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Certification; Commercial Contracts; Intellectual Property. Email: Louis-Paul Marin | | André Morrissette (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1983). Member, BCF Executive Committee, Co-Managing Partner. Member: Canadian Bar Association; Association de Planification Fiscale et Financiére (APFF). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Reorganization; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Management Buyout; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plans; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Taxation of Financial Products; Transfer of Businesses; Trusts; Wealth Management. Email: André Morrissette | | Keyvan Nassiry (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (LL.L., 1990); London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., International Business Law, 1992). Member: Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys (ACFA); Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Asset Based Lending; Banking; Finance; Business Law; Corporate Finance; Cross Border Transactions; Leasing. Email: Keyvan Nassiry | | Éric Ouimet (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1985). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; International Law Association; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow, 1999; Member, Executive Committee, North American Branch). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Air Law; Space Law; Arbitration; Media Law; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; International Law; Patents; Real Estate Law; Trusts; Wealth Management. Email: Éric Ouimet | | Marc Philibert (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Québec. Education: University of Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1996). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transaction; Equity Financing; Management Buyout; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Marc Philibert | | Patrice Picard (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Québec. Education: Université de Québec à Montreal (LL.B., 1991). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Asset Based Lending; Banking; Finance; Business Law; Corporate Finance; Cross Border Transactions; Lending; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Patrice Picard | | Roger D. Pothier (Partner) admitted to bar, 1965, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.L., 1964); Université Laval (Diploma in Graduate Studies in Law, 1966). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Mediation; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Restructuring; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Municipal Law. Email: Roger D. Pothier | | Christian Racicot (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1983); University of Western Ontario (M.B.A., 1989). Member, President and Co-Founder, Boston Law Firm, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. Member, North American venture Capital Summit. Vice President, Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Secretary and Member, Executive Committee, Sovar LP. Secretary, Pôle Quebec and Chaudiére-Appalaches. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganizations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plans; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing. Email: Christian Racicot | | Michel Rochefort (Partner) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Québec. Education: Canadian Securities Institute (Canadian Securities Course); Université de Montréal (B.A., Political Science, 1989); University of Ottawa (LL.L., Civil Law, 1993). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Equity Finance; Securities; Public Financing. Email: Michel Rochefort | | Jean Rodrigue (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (LL.L., 1988). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Equity Financing; Franchising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acqusistions for Businesses; Technology Transfers; Transfer of Businesses; Venture Capital Financing; Wealth Management. Email: Jean Rodrigue | | Guy Rouleau (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Québec. Education: Université Laval (B.A., Political Science, 1992); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1995). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Commercial Contracts; Franchising; Outsourcing; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Guy Rouleau | | André Ryan (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (B.Sc., 1990; LL.B., 1993). Contact for BCF LLP. Committeé Liaison de la Cour Supérieure (2000-2003). Member, International Board of Directors and President, Canadian Management Committee, Meritas. Member: Canadian Bar Association; Meritas Law Firms Worldwide. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Mediation; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Executive Employment Law; Real Estate Law. Email: André Ryan | | Pierre D. Saint-Aubin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Sc., Political and Public Administration, 1986; LL.L., 1989); Universitéde Sherbrooke (Master Degree in Taxation, 1991). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Reorganization; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Tax Litigation; Transfer of Businesses; Trusts; Wealth Management. Email: Pierre D. Saint-Aubin | | Gilles Seguin (Partner) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1982, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1981). Member: Canadian Bar Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions; Equity Finance; Securities; Public Financing. Email: Gilles Seguin | | Hubert Sibre (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.B., 1992). Member: Insol International; Turnaround Management Association; Foundation Canadienne de l'Insolvabilité; National Association of Credit Management (Canada). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Restructuring; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Reorganization; Franchising; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Hubert Sibre | | Martin Sills (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Québec. Education: McGill University (B.C.L., Civil Law, 1997; LL.B., Common Law, 1997). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Asset Based Lending; Banking; Finance; Business Law; Corporate Finance; Cross Border Transactions; Leasing. Email: Martin Sills | | Charles-André Tessier (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Québec. Education: University of Ottawa (B.Admin., 1976; LL.L., 1979). Member: Canadian Bar Association; Association des Secrétaries et Chefs de Contentieux du Québec; Association of Canadian General Counsel; Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Cross Border Transactions; Intellectual Property; Outsourcing; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Technology Transfers. Email: Charles-André Tessier | | Bernard Tremblay (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Québec. Education: Universié Laval (LL.B., 1984). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Mediation; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business Law; Business Restructuring; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Intellectual Property Litigation. | | Jules Turcotte (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Québec. Education: Université Laval (LL.B., 1979); Université de Sherbrooke (Master in Tax Law, 1982). Member, BCF Executive Committee and Managing Partner, Quebec City Office. Member: Quebec (Member, Tax Legislative and Administration Committee; Member, Business Law Section Executive Committee); Fiscal and Financial Planning Association (Member, Board of Directors). Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Domestic Taxation; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Equity Financing; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Profit Sharing Plan; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses; Tax Litigation; Taxation of Financial Products; Transfer of Businesses; Trusts; Venture Capital Financing; Wealth Management. Email: Jules Turcotte | | Genevive Vigneault (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Québec. Education: Université de Sherbrooke (B.A.A., Finance, 1992; LL.B., 1995). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Company Acquisitions and Sales; Corporate Finance; Corporate Reorganization; Business Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Venture Capital; Profit-Sharing Plans. Email: Genevive Vigneault | | Tom Vouloumanos (Patent Agent) admitted to bar, 1998, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (Studies in Microbiology and Immunology, 1993); University of Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1996). Practice Areas: Business Law; Industrial Designs; Intellectual Property; Patents. | | David Waddell (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Quebec. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.L., 1998); Ottawa University (LL.B.,1999). Member, Real Estate Law Group. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate Law; Arbitration and Mediation; Business Start-Ups; Commercial Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Sale and Acquisition. | | | Johnanne Auger (Partner, Trademark Agent) Education: Université de Montréal (Certificate in Industrial Relations, 1985; Certificate in Law, 1991); ICE-HEC (Certificate Electronic Business, 2001). Member: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC); International Trademark Association (INTA); Association Marketing de Montréal (AMM); Association of E-Business Professionals (APAE). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Intellectual Property; Trademark. Email: Johnanne Auger | | Janique Forget (Partner, Patent Agent) Education: Université de Montréal (Bsc., Biochemistry, 1992; Ph.D. Molecular Biology, 1998). Member: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Intellectual Property; Patents. Email: Janique Forget | | Natasha Girouard (Partner, Notary) Education: Université de Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1994); Université de Montréal (LL.M., Masters in Law, Specialization in Notarial Studies, 1996); McGill University (Diploma in Advances Studies, Taxation, 2004). Member: Chambre des Notaires du Québec; Association de Planification Fiscale et Financiére (APPF); Canadian Bar Association (CBA); Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Canadian Taxation; Corporate Reorganization; Estate Planning; Planned Charitable Giving; Transfer of businesses; Trust Administration; Wealth Management. Email: Natasha Girouard | | Gaétan Prince (Partner, Engineer, Patent Agent) Education: Université du Québec à Trois-Riviéres (1981). Member: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada; Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Intellectual Property; Telecommunications. Email: Gaétan Prince | | Michel Sofia (Partner, Engineer, Patent Agent) Education: École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal (1985). Member: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC); Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ); Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI); Quebec Industrial Research Association (ADRIQ). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Industrial Designs; Intellectual Property; Patents. Email: Michel Sofia | | COUNSEL | | Christian Drapeau (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1985, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.L., 1980); Chambre des Notaries du Québec (1982). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Sale and Acquisition of Businesses. Email: Christian Drapeau | | Guy Dubé (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1972, Québec. Education: Université Laval (B.A., 1968; LL.L., 1971); University of Toronto (LL.M., 1974). Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Reorganization; Cross Border Transactions; Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Estate Planning; Taxation of Financial Products; Wealth Management. Email: Guy Dubé | | Michèle Gouin (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, Québec. Education: Université de Montréal (LL.L., 1972). Member, Executive Committee, Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. Member, Board of Directors, Aéroports de Montréal Audit Committee, Montreal Port Authority. Member: Institute of Corporate Directors. Languages: French and English. Practice Areas: Business Law; Environmental Law; Transportation Law. Email: Michèle Gouin | | Ronald S. Kosie (Lawyer, Patent and Trade Mark Agent) admitted to bar, 1977, Ontario. (Not admitted in Quebec). Education: University of Toronto (B.A.Sc., 1970); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1975). Registered Patent and Trademark Agent. Practice Areas: Patents; Business Law; Intellectual Property. | | Nicolas Mateesco Matte (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1955, Quebec. Education: University of Bucharest (LL.L., 1937; LL.D., 1939); Université de Paris (Docteur en droit international, 1947); Institut des hautes études internationales de Paris (1948). Professor at l'Institut international d'études et de recherches diplomatiques de Paris, 1948-1950. Professor of Law, Université de Montréal, 1951-1969. Visiting Professor at the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, 1962-1975. Director, same, 1975-1989. Director Emeritus, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University. Founding Director, Centre for Research in Air and Space Law and of the Annals of Air and Space Law/Annales de droit aérien et spatial, 1976. Director, International Institute of Space Law. Named First Citizen of Honour, Ville de Brossard, Quebec. Knight Grand Priory Canadian Military & Hospitaller Order St. Lazarus Jerusalem. Named Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur. World President International Law Association, 1982-1984. Life Vice President, International Law Association, 1984 (President, Canadian Branch, 1976-1982; Life Honourable President, Canadian Branch, 1982). Vice-President, Association Lawyers, Jurists and Experts in Air Law. Member: International Academy of Astronautics. Practice Areas: Business Law; Air Law; Space Law; International Law. Email: Nicolas Mateesco Matte | | Jacqueline Sanderson (Senior Counsel) born Deep River, Ontario; admitted to bar, 1998, Québec. Education: Concordia University (B.Comm., 1994); University of Ottawa (LL.B., 1997). Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Jacqueline Sanderson | Other Office Addresses:
Québec City Office, Québec, Canada: 800 Place d'Youvlle, 19th Floor, G1R 3P4.
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