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| | Address | | 615 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Suite 1010 | | Montreal, Quebec H3B 1P9 | | (Montreal Dist.) | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 514-871-3838 | | Telecopier: 514-876-4217 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.lette.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Lette & Associates practices in the following areas of law:
International and General Practice, Corporate and Commercial Law, Taxation, Banking and Finance Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Trademark Agents. | | Year Established: 1898 | | Firm Size: 22 | Languages:
French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian. |
Other Office Locations of Lette & Associates
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paris, France
| | MEMBERS | | Raymond Lette, Q.C. (1920-1995). | | Jean-Pierre Sutto, Q.C. (1944-1998). | | Philippe J. Lette (Member) admitted to bar, 1969, Quebec and France. Education: Stanislas College; McGill University (B.C.L., 1968); University of Bordeaux, France (LL.B., 1969); University of Paris (D.E.S. de Droit Privé Comparé, 1969); International Faculty of Comparative Law (LL.M., 1970). Certified by the Bar of Paris as a specialist in tax and economic law. Canada Council Scholar. Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France (Appointed by Government Decree, 1982). Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France, 1990). Recipient of Distinguished Service Award - McGill University, 1993. Legal Counsel: Canadian Embassy in Paris; Swiss Embassy in Paris. Member of Board of Directors, Past President of France-Canada Chamber of Commerce, 1990, 1996. Member of Board of Directors, Swiss Chamber of Commerce. Visiting Professor, University of Florida College of Law. Professor of International Business Law, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France. Lecturer, Meredith Memorial Lecturers (2002), Faculty of Law, McGill University. Member, Canadian Council for International Business, International Arbitrator appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce. Member: Paris (France), Montreal, Quebec and Canadian Bar Associations; Canadian Tax Foundation; French Tax Lawyers' Association; I.F.A. (Also at Paris, France and Geneva, Switzerland Offices) (Also Of Counsel, Castaldi Mourre Sprague & Partners, Paris, France). Languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Email: Philippe J. Lette | | William G. Whittaker, Q.C. (Member) born Montreal, Canada; admitted to bar, 1971, Quebec; 1972, Ontario; 1984, Queen's Counsel; 1986, England and Wales. Education: Concordia University (B.A., 1965); McGill University (B.C.L., 1968; LL.B.,1969; M.B.A., 1970). Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1984. Recipient, City of Toronto Medal for Community Service. President, Toronto Lawyers Association. Past President, The Empire Club of Canada, 2005-2006. Honorary Solicitor, The Good Neighbors Club. Member: Law Society of Upper Canada; Law Society of England and Wales; Quebec Bar Association; Toronto Lawyers Association; Canadian Tax Foundation; British Canadian Chamber of Trade and Commerce; Danish Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Swedish Canadian Chamber of Commerce. (Resident in Toronto, Ontario). Languages: English. Email: William G. Whittaker, Q.C. | | Jean G. Robert (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Quebec. Education: Collège Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (D.E.C., 1970); University of Montreal (LL.L ., 1973). Director, Canadian German Lawyers Association. Speaker at the Canadian German Lawyer's Association conferences in Seeon, Germany, May 1997, in Frankfurt, June 2001, and Dresden, June 2003. World Trade Center Montreal (President, Foreign Traders Greeting Committee, 1987-1989). Legal Adviser: British Consulate General in Montreal. Member: Montreal and Quebec Bar Associations. Languages: French, English. Email: Jean G. Robert | | Bernard Lette (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Quebec and France; 1984, Ontario. Education: Stanislas College (B.A., 1974); McGill University (B.C.L, 1978; LL.B., 1981 ); University of Bordeaux, France (LL.M., 1979). Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France). Honorary Consul of Monaco. President, The French Chamber of Commerce in Canada (Ontario), 1988-1992, 2003 (Director, 1986—). President (1993-1994), (Director, 1987-1996), Legal Counsel (2004—), Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Ontario) Inc. President, 1991-1992 and Director, 1987-1993, The Ontario Club. Chairperson, 1987-1988, International Law Section, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario. Member, Legal Committee, Canadian Exporters Association, 1987-1988. Co-Founder, Acting President (1995), Secretary (1995-1996) and Legal Advisor (1996—), European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto. Secretary (1995-2003), Consular Corps Association of Toronto. Director (1996-1999; 2000-2003; 2004—) and Secretary (1996—), Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Inc. Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France, (Appointed by Government Decree, 1989). Certified by the Bar of Paris as a Specialist in Fiscal and Economic Law. Author of numerous articles on international business law. Member: Paris, France, Montreal, Quebec and Canadian Bar Associations; Law Society of Upper Canada; German Bar Association (Ausserordenliches Mitglied des Deutschen Anwaltvereins); Ontario Club; Canadian Tax Foundation; International Fiscal Association; Consular Corps Association Toronto. (Also at Toronto, Ontario and Paris, France Offices). Languages: English, French, German, Italian. Email: Bernard Lette | | André Bégin (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Quebec. Education: Laval University (LL.B., 1979); McGill University (LL.M., 1986). Former Chairman of the International Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec Division). Speaker on: The New Canadian Immigration Regulations, Newport, Vermont, July 1989; Key Legal Issues of International Business Agreements, Rendez-Vous International 1990, Montreal Board of Trade, April, 1990; Pharmaceutical Industry and Research and Development related Partnering Arrangements, Pharma Partnering '96 Day, Paris, an event Sponsored by the Canadian Embassy; Canada Biopharma, Paris, March 2000 and other Biotechnology and Investment Seminars in Canada and in Europe. Member: Montreal, Quebec and Canadian Bar Associations. Languages: French, English, Spanish, German. Email: André Bégin | | Francois Crépeau (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Quebec. Education: Stanislas College; McGill University (B.C.L., 1982; LL.B., 1982); University of Bordeaux, France (LL.M., 1982); University of Paris 1 (LL.D., 1990). Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal. Canada Research Chair in International Migration Law. Scientific Director, Centre for International Studies of University of Montreal (CÉRIUM). Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Law, University of Quebec at Montreal, 1990-2001. Guest Professor and Lecturer York University (Toronto, Canada), Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), University of Oxford (UK), Université d'Auvergne-Clermont 1 (France), Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Paris, France), Fondazione Internazionale Lelio Basso (Napoli, Italy), Institut International des Droits de l'Homme (Strasbourg, France), Université de Paris II (France), Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva). Numerous research grants, articles and conferences. Member: Montreal and Quebec Bar Associations. Languages: French, English. Email: Francois Crépeau | | Esther Krauze (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Québec. Education: University of Montreal (LL.B., 1995). Trade-Mark Agent, 1999. Member: Montreal, Quebec and Canadian Bar Associations; Young Bar Association of Montreal; Jewish Chamber of Commerce. Languages: French, English, Spanish, Hebrew. Email: Esther Krauze | | Marie Habre (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, Quebec. Education: University of Montreal (LL.B., 1996); Bar School (1997). Member: Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Montreal and Quebec Bar Associations; Young Bar Association of Montreal. Languages: French, English, Arabic, German. Email: Marie Habre | | Monica Christa Schirdewahn (Member) admitted to bar, 2001, Quebec. Education: McGill University (LL.B., B.C.L., Distinction, 1999). Member: Montreal and Quebec Bar Associations; Young Bar Association; Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce; German-Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Austrian Society of Montreal; German Society of Montreal. Languages: English, French and German. Email: Monica Christa Schirdewahn | | Eleonore D. Lette (Member) born Paris, France, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Quebec; 2006, Paris, France. Education: EAB Paris (1992-1996); McGill University (B.A., 1999); Université de Paris Panthéon-Assas (D.E.U.G. Droit civil, 2001); University of Montreal (LL.B., 2004). Member: Young Bar Association of Montreal; Union des Jeunes Avocats de Paris. (Resident). Languages: English, French, German, Spanish. Email: Eleonore D. Lette | | Luise Bauer (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Québec. Education: University of Sherbrooke (LL.B., 1988; Diploma of Notarial Studies, 1989; Bar School, 1993). Former practising Member, Quebec Chamber of Notaries (Chambre des Notaires), 1989-1993. Member: Montréal and Québec Bar Associations. Languages: French, English and German. Email: Luise Bauer | | Marie-Christine Meyer (Member) born Paris, France; admitted to bar, 2005, Québec. Education: University of Paris XII (DEA de Droit des affaires, with honours, 1979; DEA de Droit fiscal, 1979; Maîtrise Droit privé, 1977; Maîtrise Droit public, 1978); Certificat d'aptitude à la profession d'avocat (C.A.P.A., 1978); University of Paris II (Institute of Comparative Law) (Brevets de Droit et de traduction juridique in English, with honours and Italian, with honours, 1980). Certified by the Bar of Paris as a Specialist in Tax and Company Law. Former Member, Paris Bar, 1981-1995. Member: Québec Bar Association; Young Lawyers Bar Association. Languages: French and English. Email: Marie-Christine Meyer | | OF COUNSEL | | Paul A. Crépeau, C.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad. E. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1950, Quebec. Education: University of Ottawa (L.Ph., 1947); University of Montreal (LL.L., 1950); Oxford University, England (B.C.L., 1952); Paris University (LL.D., 1955). Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1969. Companion, Order of Canada, 1992, Officer, National Order of Québec, 2001. Awarded Hon. LL.D. University of Ottawa, 1971, York University, 1984 Dalhousie University, 1989, Université de Strasbourg, 1990, Université de Montréal, 1994, Université de Paris, 2001, Université Laval, 2004. Rhodes Scholar, University College, Oxford, 1950-1952. Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France), 1984, Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (France), 2004. Wainwright Professor Emeritus of Civil Law, McGill University, 1994—. President, Civil Code Revision Office, 1965-1977. Member, International Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1971—. Honorary President, International Academy of Comparative Law, 1998—. Member: Montreal and Quebec Bar Associations. Languages: English, French. Email: Paul A. Crépeau, C.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad. E. | | Enrico Castaldi (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1987, Rome, Italy; 1992, Paris; registered with the Law Society as a Foreign Lawyer, London. Education: University of Rome (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983); McGill University Institute of Comparative Law (1985). Professional Academic Experience: Chargé de Cours, Law Faculty, University of Paris X, Nanterre. Co-Author: "Doing Business in Canada (I.C.E.)"; "Doing Business in France (I.C.E.)". Appointments: Former Vice President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in France; Member, Conciliation's Committee of International Organisation Unione Latina. Vice President, Dante Alighieri, Paris. President, Association des Juristes Français et Italiens. Member: International Bar Association. (Also Senior Partner Castaldi Mourre Sprague & Partners) (Resident in Paris, France). Languages: Italian, French, English. Email: Enrico Castaldi | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Toronto, Ontario Office: Lette Whittaker LLP, 20 Queen Street West, Suite 3300, Box 33, M5H 3R3. Telephone: 416-971-4848. Telefax: 416-971-4849. Email: toronto@lette.com.
Paris, France Office: Lette Lette & Partners, 3, Rue du Boccador, 75008. Telephone: 33-140 73 16 00. Telefax: 33-140 73 16 11. Email: paris@lette.fr.
Geneva, Switzerland Office: 20, rue du Marché, P.O. Box 3482, 1211 Geneva 3. Telephone: 41-22-317-79-67. Telefax: 41-22-317-10-00. Email: geneva@lette.com.
Munich, Germany Office: Lette & Knorr, Tal 12, D-80331, Munchen. Telephone: +49 (0) 89-290-03-70. Fax: +49 (0) 89-290-03-756. Email: munich@lette.com.
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