Headquarters:
Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières
Year founded:
1913
Number of employees:
97 partners, 510 employees
Phone:
514 871 1522
Email:
info@lavery.ca
Website:
lavery.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/lavery-avocats
“PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
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Édith Jacques
Partner in Business Law Group
Josianne Beaudry
Partner, Leader of Business Law Group
Myriam Brixi
Partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group
Leadership
Édith Jacques is a partner in Montréal’s Business Law group and is the Quebec legal counsel in international transactions. She is responsible for the corporate services of the firm. She specializes in mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, as well as international law and acts as business and strategic consultant to mid- and large-size companies.
Ms Jacques regularly represents private companies in a wide range of transactions, including the acquisition and sale of businesses and the negotiation of distribution, supply, and manufacturing agreements for both the domestic and international markets. She also represents businesses in the implementation of structures and commercial agreements, enabling them to expand into other countries.
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Édith Jacques
Josianne Beaudry is the leader of Lavery’s Business Law group. Her practice is primarily focused on securities law as well as mining law. She advises financial sector participants on the application of regulations relating to securities and corporate governance. She also assists clients carrying out public and private financing, corporate reorganizations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and helps publicly traded companies maintain their reporting issuer status. Furthermore, she advises investment fund managers, dealers, and portfolio managers in matters related to their registration and activities. She also assists in growing mining companies from the development to the production stage and negotiates joint venture, partnership, and all kinds of financing agreements.
Partner, Leader of Business Law Group
Josianne Beaudry
Myriam Brixi possesses considerable experience in litigation and dispute resolution. She counsels and represents medium and large companies in all aspects of this field. The extensive expertise she has developed over the years in the field of class actions and in the management of large-scale cases has earned her several
industry awards.
She intervenes in disputes involving a variety of areas of expertise,
in particular product liability, construction, franchising, consumer affairs and contractual disputes. She regularly pleads before all Quebec courts.
Partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group
Myriam Brixi
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Brittany Carson
Partner in Labour and Employment Law Group
Josianne Beaudry
Partner, Leader of Business
Law Group
Édith Jacques
Partner in Business
Law Group
Leadership
Headquarters:
Montréal, Québec,
Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières
Year founded:
1913
Number of employees:
97 partners,
510 employees
Phone:
514 871 1522
Email:
info@lavery.ca
Website:
lavery.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/lavery-avocats
Édith Jacques is a partner in Montréal’s Business Law group and is the Quebec legal counsel in international transactions. She is responsible for the corporate services of the firm. She specializes in mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, as well as international law and acts as business and strategic consultant to mid- and large-size companies.
Ms Jacques regularly represents private companies in a wide range of transactions, including the acquisition and sale of businesses and the negotiation of distribution, supply, and manufacturing agreements for both the domestic and international markets. She also represents businesses in the implementation of structures and commercial agreements, enabling them to expand into other countries.
Partner in Business Law Group
Édith Jacques
Josianne Beaudry is the leader of Lavery’s Business Law group. Her practice is primarily focused on securities law as well as mining law. She advises financial sector participants on the application of regulations relating to securities and corporate governance. She also assists clients carrying out public and private financing, corporate reorganizations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and helps publicly traded companies maintain their reporting issuer status. Furthermore, she advises investment fund managers, dealers, and portfolio managers in matters related to their registration and activities. She also assists in growing mining companies from the development to the production stage and negotiates joint venture, partnership, and all kinds of financing agreements.
Partner, Leader of Business Law Group
Josianne Beaudry
Brittany Carson advises her clients on all aspects of employment law, including employment standards litigation and the review of employment contracts and company policies. She regularly represents employers in human rights matters and complex actions before the civil courts, including injunctive proceedings. She also practices in the area of labour relations, including grievance arbitration and certification disputes, and represents clients before Quebec’s administrative tribunals and civil courts. Ms. Carson also practises in the area of workers’ compensation litigation. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
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Brittany Carson
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability”
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Markel Canada
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Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Josianne Beaudry
Partner, Leader of Business Law Group
Édith Jacques
Partner in Business Law Group
Leadership
Headquarters:
Montréal, Québec, Sherbrooke and
Trois-Rivières
Year founded:
1913
Number of employees:
97 partners,
510 employees
Phone:
514 871 1522
Email:
info@lavery.ca
Website:
lavery.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/
lavery-avocats
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Bio
Édith Jacques is a partner in Montréal’s Business Law group and is the Quebec legal counsel in international transactions. She is responsible for the corporate services of the firm. She specializes in mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, as well as international law and acts as business and strategic consultant to mid- and large-size companies.
Ms Jacques regularly represents private companies in a wide range of transactions, including the acquisition and sale of businesses and the negotiation of distribution, supply, and manufacturing agreements for both the domestic and international markets. She also represents businesses in the implementation of structures and commercial agreements, enabling them to expand into other countries.
Partner in Business Law Group
Édith Jacques
Josianne Beaudry is the leader of Lavery’s Business Law group. Her practice is primarily focused on securities law as well as mining law. She advises financial sector participants on the application of regulations relating to securities and corporate governance. She also assists clients carrying out public and private financing, corporate reorganizations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and helps publicly traded companies maintain their reporting issuer status. Furthermore, she advises investment fund managers, dealers, and portfolio managers in matters related to their registration and activities. She also assists in growing mining companies from the development to the production stage and negotiates joint venture, partnership, and all kinds of financing agreements.
Partner, Leader of Business Law Group
Josianne Beaudry
Brittany Carson advises her clients on all aspects of employment law, including employment standards litigation and the review of employment contracts and company policies. She regularly represents employers in human rights matters and complex actions before the civil courts, including injunctive proceedings. She also practices in the area of labour relations, including grievance arbitration and certification disputes, and represents clients before Quebec’s administrative tribunals and civil courts. Ms. Carson also practises in the area of workers’ compensation litigation. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
Partner in Labour and Employment Law Group
Brittany Carson
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Brittany Carson
Partner in Labour and Employment Law Group
Brittany Carson advises her clients on all aspects of employment law, including employment standards litigation and the review of employment contracts and company policies. She regularly represents employers in human rights matters and complex actions before the civil courts, including injunctive proceedings. She also practices in the area of labour relations, including grievance arbitration and certification disputes, and represents clients before Quebec’s administrative tribunals and civil courts. Ms. Carson also practises in the area of workers’ compensation litigation. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
Partner in Labour and Employment Law Group
Brittany Carson
Myriam Brixi
Partner in Litigation and
Dispute Resolution Group
Myriam Brixi possesses considerable experience in litigation and dispute resolution. She counsels and represents medium and large companies in all aspects of this field. The extensive expertise she has developed over the years in the field of class actions and in the management of large-scale cases has earned her several industry awards.
She intervenes in disputes involving a variety of areas of expertise, in particular product liability, construction, franchising, consumer affairs and contractual disputes. She regularly pleads before all Quebec courts.
Partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group
Myriam Brixi
Myriam Brixi
Partner in Litigation and
Dispute Resolution Group
Myriam Brixi possesses considerable experience in litigation and dispute resolution. She counsels and represents medium and large companies in all aspects of this field. The extensive expertise she has developed over the years in the field of class actions and in the management of large-scale cases has earned her several industry awards.
She intervenes in disputes involving a variety of areas of expertise, in particular product liability, construction, franchising, consumer affairs and contractual disputes. She regularly pleads before all Quebec courts.
Partner in Litigation and
Dispute Resolution Group
Myriam Brixi
Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
Brittany Carson
Partner in Labour and Employment Law Group
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative
conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
As a leading regional firm offering a full range of legal services, Lavery has a long-standing reputation for assisting Canadian and foreign law firms with no footprint in Québec for their clients’ needs. With a team of over 200 professionals —including lawyers, notaries, trademark agents, patent agents and paralegals — based in Montréal, Québec City, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, Lavery is committed to delivering a one-stop legal shop. This is known as the firm’s 360° approach, which focuses on providing personalized and innovative solutions in corporate law, labour and employment, litigation and conflict resolution, public and administrative law, and intellectual property. A distinctive strength of the firm is its reputation for uncompromisingly applying the highest industry standards.
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Paul Mayer
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French,
and German, and has an understanding
of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential
lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Furthermore, growth has empowered the PFR team to acquire some of the best and brightest underwriting talent in Canada.
Kelen heads the PFR team and has underwriting representation and authority across all provinces and territories. With domestic capacity and claims handling being one of the strongest benefits of choosing to bind business with Markel Canada, they’re equally backed and supported by Markel International, their professional indemnity team, and have access to knowledge and resources from experts in the PFR landscape. This allows Markel Canada to seamlessly integrate and enhance new products, policyholder services and underwriting practices into their offering with confidence. This enables Markel Canada’s brokers and clients to feel informed, protected and supported from the moment they approach them for a quote.
What’s in the near future for the Markel PFR team? “PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability,” Kelen says. “Part of this change includes underwriters and leadership dedicated to professional liability, which includes fintech, tech E&O and cyber, as well as a similar structure dedicated to management liability and financial institutions.”
Chris McDonald was promoted to AVP, professional liability in 2021 and manages 4 underwriters as part of that team. The team is also hiring for the AVP, management liability and FI position.
“Our ultimate goal is to add products to our PFR repertoire that make sense and that we can offer a truly unique perspective and value to. However, our ambitions do not merely lay in expansion, and the PFR team is more committed to bettering the service and underwriting we currently offer. By remaining agile and on top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing broker force – that is the plan now and forever,” says Kelen.
“By remaining agile and on top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
Markel Canada is a leading P&C insurer that operates as a syndicate of Lloyd’s. The company is a leader in liability, with developing specialty sectors and user-friendly online business solutions. Markel’s three Canadian offices house market-leading underwriters who work with clients to offer optimal risk management solutions, while their dedicated claims team ensures each claim is handled promptly, professionally and fairly. Their parent company, Markel International, is a subsidiary of Markel Corporation, a
US-based holding company for insurance and investment operations around the world.
Professional and financial risks (PFR) is a significant business area for Markel both in Canada and across their global operations. PFR in Canada covers their extensive professional liability and management liability appetite, and also includes their Cyber 360, fintech and financial institutions products.
What distinguishes the PFR team from the competition? “At Markel Canada, we have seen a surplus of sustainable growth in our PFR department, and it’s due to a few different factors,” says Christopher Kelen, vice president of PFR. “Firstly, our product suite; historically, Markel’s MGA-based roots placed us as a specialty market with the ability to write a lot of very niche risks. Although this is still true, our team has done a lot of work to help redefine our appetite and rolled out clearer products and underwriting practices to help establish who we are in the PFR landscape.”
An example of this is their fintech product. As one of the only providers, Markel was able to position itself as a leader in the field. Other offerings and examples include providing an internal Canadian claims team, offering the Markel Connect product that delivers online solutions for small business
E&O and D&O, as well as the ability to deploy excess limit capacity on the D&O and E&O towers of some of Canada’s larger companies.
“By remaining agile and on
top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
Furthermore, growth has empowered the PFR team to acquire some of the best and brightest underwriting talent
in Canada.
Kelen heads the PFR team and has underwriting representation and authority across all provinces and territories. With domestic capacity and claims handling being one of the strongest benefits of choosing to bind business with Markel Canada, they’re equally backed and supported by Markel International, their professional indemnity team, and have access to knowledge and resources from experts in the PFR landscape. This allows Markel Canada to seamlessly integrate and enhance new products, policyholder services and underwriting practices into their offering with confidence. This enables Markel Canada’s brokers and clients to feel informed, protected and supported from the moment they approach them for a quote.
What’s in the near future for the Markel PFR team? “PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability,” Kelen says. “Part of this change includes underwriters and leadership dedicated to professional liability, which includes fintech, tech E&O and cyber, as well as a similar structure dedicated to management liability and financial institutions.”
Markel Canada is a leading P&C insurer that operates as a syndicate of Lloyd’s. The company is a leader in liability, with developing specialty sectors and user-friendly online business solutions. Markel’s three Canadian offices house market-leading underwriters who work with clients to offer optimal risk management solutions, while their dedicated claims team ensures each claim is handled promptly, professionally and fairly. Their parent company, Markel International, is a subsidiary of Markel Corporation, a US-based holding company for insurance and investment operations around the world.
Professional and financial risks (PFR) is a significant business area for Markel both in Canada and across their global operations. PFR in Canada covers their extensive professional liability and management liability appetite, and also includes their Cyber 360, fintech and financial institutions products.
What distinguishes the PFR team from the competition? “At Markel Canada, we have seen a surplus of sustainable growth in our PFR department, and it’s due to a few different factors,” says Christopher Kelen, vice president of PFR. “Firstly, our product suite; historically, Markel’s MGA-based roots placed us as a specialty market with the ability to write a lot of very niche risks. Although this is still true, our team has done a lot of work to help redefine our appetite and rolled out clearer products and underwriting practices to help establish who we are in the PFR landscape.”
An example of this is their fintech product. As one of the only providers, Markel was able to position itself as a leader in the field. Other offerings and examples include providing an internal Canadian claims team, offering the Markel Connect product that delivers online solutions for small business E&O and D&O, as well as the ability to deploy excess limit capacity on the D&O
and E&O towers of some of Canada’s
larger companies.
“By remaining agile and
on top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing
broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
Furthermore, growth has empowered the PFR team to acquire some of the best and brightest underwriting talent in Canada.
Kelen heads the PFR team and has underwriting representation and authority across all provinces and territories. With domestic capacity and claims handling being one of the strongest benefits of choosing to bind business with Markel Canada, they’re equally backed and supported by Markel International, their professional indemnity team, and have access to knowledge and resources from experts in the PFR landscape. This allows Markel Canada to seamlessly integrate and enhance new products, policyholder services and underwriting practices into their offering with confidence. This enables Markel Canada’s brokers and clients to feel informed, protected and supported from the moment they approach them for a quote.
What’s in the near future for the Markel
PFR team? “PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability,” Kelen says.
“Part of this change includes underwriters and leadership dedicated to professional liability, which includes fintech, tech E&O and cyber, as well as a similar structure dedicated to management liability and financial institutions.”
Lavery was named Québec Law Firm of the Year at the Canadian Law Awards in 2020 and 2021 and is consistently among the leading independent law firms in the province, according to Canadian Lawyer’s list of Top 10 Québec Regional Law Firms. Strategically located in four offices across Québec,
the firm has an advanced understanding of local particularities, issues
and opportunities.
As a leading regional firm offering a full range of legal services, Lavery has a long-standing reputation for assisting Canadian and foreign law firms with no footprint in Québec for their clients’ needs. With a team of over 200 professionals —including lawyers, notaries, trademark agents, patent agents and paralegals — based in Montréal, Québec City, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, Lavery is committed to delivering a one-stop legal shop. This is known as the firm’s 360° approach, which focuses on providing personalized and innovative solutions in corporate law, labour and employment, litigation and conflict resolution, public and administrative law, and intellectual property. A distinctive strength of the firm is its reputation for uncompromisingly applying the highest industry standards.
As a leading regional firm offering a full range of legal services, Lavery has a long-standing reputation for assisting Canadian and foreign law firms with no footprint in Québec for their clients’ needs. With a team of over 200 professionals —including lawyers, notaries, trademark agents, patent agents and paralegals — based in Montréal, Québec City, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières, Lavery is committed to delivering a one-stop legal shop. This is known as the firm’s 360° approach, which focuses on providing personalized and innovative solutions in corporate law, labour and employment, litigation and conflict resolution, public and administrative law, and intellectual property. A distinctive strength of the firm is its reputation for uncompromisingly applying the highest industry standards.