STEIN MONAST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Manègre practises as a trial lawyer in the fields of civil and commercial litigation, as well as in labour and employment law. He has particular knowledge in the areas of construction law, professional liability and in matters relating to contract breach, injunction and other urgent remedies.
He acts as legal counsel for a broad clientele in contractual matters for the benefit of whom he drafts, interprets and negotiates employment contracts and services agreements including non-competition and non-solicitation clauses as well as severance pay attached thereto.
He successfully puts his skills and creativity to prevent his client from being entangled in in disputes or to settle them in an advantageous fashion weather through negotiation, mediation or arbitration, or by arguing the matter before the courts.
Job Titles:
- Paralegal
- Paralegal / Professional Career
Andrea Flores is a paralegal in the transportation law group.
She started as a student at the Director of Civil Status, in the death sector, while completing her D.E.C. in legal techniques. This experience marked her first steps into civil law. After completing her internship at the Courthouse in December 2018, she held the position of legal technician at the civil registry, small claims division, for 3 years. She then worked in the field of family law for approximately 3 years.
Throughout her career, Andrea had the opportunity to collaborate with judges from the Court of Quebec, clerks, private practice lawyers, various government agencies, and citizens. These diverse professional experiences allowed her to enhance her skills in legal writing, research, and analysis in civil and family law.
Passionate about law and learning, she joined the transportation law team at Stein in December 2023.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Ms. Lapointe has a particular knowledge in the negotiation and drafting of purchase and sale of business agreements, shareholders' agreement, mergers and corporate and tax reorganizations. She acts in corporate financing, whether in traditional, private, public or venture capital financing. She also practices in real estate law.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
During his legal training at Université Laval's Faculty of Law, Mr. Pelletier held research and teaching assistant positions for three professors on multiple projects related to agri-food law, as well as natural resources, energy and environmental law. He also gained an understanding of the judicial and quasi-judicial systems by articling with the Civil Division of the Court of Quebec and by working for an administrative tribunal specializing in the reconsideration of decisions rendered by various federal agencies responsible for the enforcement of agri-food regulations.
Passionate about research and writing, Mr. Pelletier was granted the jury's honourable mention for a text he co-authored and submitted to the Quebec Society of Comparative Law's 2021 contest.
Job Titles:
- Paralegal / Professional Career
Ms Savard joined Stein Monast with the merger with the firm Huot Laflamme in 2003. She worked as paralegal in the field of securities law at iA Financial Group from 2016 to 2018, and then came back with us in 2019.
She works particularly on private and public financings, acquisitions and mergers. She supports the professionals of her team on all of the aspects relating to corporate governance and continuous disclosure of the reporting issuers and in matters such as drafting corporate and regulatory documents. She is involved in the preparation and the drafting of all the legal documentation for these files. She also conducts due diligence reviews for corporations with respect to financing activities and the purchase and sale of corporations.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Gagnon acts on behalf of companies, lenders, investors and business people in various transactions and financings involving businesses and projects of all sizes, in a number of economic sectors. He regularly represents venture capital funds.
More particularly, Mr. Gagnon acts in transactions and financing agreements involving purchase or sale of businesses or assets, incorporation, organization and reorganization of companies, general or limited partnerships and trusts, private equity and debt financing, portfolio acquisitions and divestitures, as well as in business successions.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
Ms. Harvey focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, particularly in the fields of civil liability, breach of contract and construction law.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
During her bachelor's degree, Me Cloé Gélinas completed a one-year internship with a judge at the Court of Quebec. She also participated in the 2021 edition of the Coupe de la doyenne, a simulated court competition of the Université Laval School Tribunal, in which she was the recipient of the prize for best litigator.
During her university studies, Me Gélinas was also involved with the Legal Information Office of Université Laval, with the aim of offering citizens of the Capitale-Nationale an accessible and free legal information service.
Me Cloé Gélinas joined the firm in May 2021 as a law student, then continued her career as an intern. Me Gélinas officially joined the insurance law, civil and professional liability team following the success of her internship.
Job Titles:
- Paralegal / Professional Career
Danielle O'Leary completed the Paralegal Technology program at Cégep Garneau in 1996 and joined the firm the same year after completing a fifteen-week internship. She works primarily in labor and employment law.
As such, she conducts research on case law, doctrine, laws and regulations. She analyzes the content of documents and seeks solutions to various issues in labor relations, occupational health and safety and labor standards.
Ms. O'Leary also assists in the administration of the firm's library. She indexes the volumes, manages the subscriptions, in paper or electronic format, access to the various legal databases and processes the invoicing related to the subscriptions.
At the end of her Paralegal Technology program, Ms. O'Leary was awarded the Academic Medal of the Governor General of Canada, which is awarded to the student who obtains the best results in a college program.
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- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
During her career, Ms. Gagné has represented financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate brokers and agents, engineers, lawyers, notaries, corporate directors, dentists, physicians, nurses, social workers, technicians and other health-care workers before all courts.
In addition, she acts in files involving protective supervision, trust amendment and termination and in estate litigation.
She has extensive experience in the management of complex litigious cases, whether in a long-term trial context, class actions or in settlement conferences.
Before entering law school, Ms. Gagné worked as a registered nurse on the Lower North Shore and in private clinics.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Eric Laplante's practice focuses primarily in corporate and commercial law.
Native of Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick, Eric Laplante is active in the fields of commercial and corporate law. He advises his clients in the purchase, sale and merger, incorporation, organization and reorganization of business corporations, general or limited partnerships. In this capacity, he negotiates and drafts various types of commercial contracts and assists his clients in the drafting of shareholder agreements in both French and English languages.
He represents different financial institutions, business corporations, general, undeclared or limited partnerships.
In parallel to his career in law, Mr. Laplante had the opportunity to hold several positions with a major junior hockey team for five seasons.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
Mr. Gabriel C. Robitaille's practice is mainly focused on transportation law.
He represents and advises a clientele consisting mainly of actors in the passenger and goods transportation industry in various matters before the Commission des transports du Québec, including permit applications and conduct review hearings resulting from the deterioration of records under conduct review policies regarding owners, operators and drivers of heavy vehicles.
He is also called upon to make representations before the courts of penal jurisdiction regarding penal and regulatory offences, participates in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, advises actors in the transportation industry on the management of their regulatory obligations and intervenes with the regulatory enforcement authorities, such as the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec and Contrôle routier Québec.
He is frequently involved in multidisciplinary teams, including lawyers specializing in business, immigration and labor and employment law.
He participated in the writing of books and publications on transportation law, and has given numerous training courses to various actors in the transportation industry.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Lemieux has been involved in numerous professional liability matters concerning notably architects and engineers.
He advises clients on a regular basis, assists them with the amicable settlement, or appears on their behalf before judicial and administrative instances.
Mr. Lemieux also holds a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology from Université de Sherbrooke. His extensive knowledge in the fields of fundamental and applied science leads him to represent health care professionals, including chiropractors, before judicial and disciplinary instances.
Me Lemieux is recognized by the prestigious legal directory Best Lawyers 2024 - Ones to Watch for his practice in construction law.
Job Titles:
- Paralegal / Professional Career
Marie-Claude Comtois joined the Transport law team in September 2016, first as a legal assistant then as a paralegal in 2023, with a specialization in penal law, mainly in the management of offenses relating to heavy vehicles under the laws and regulations applicable in Canada and the United States.
With more than 8 years of experience on the team, Marie-Claude has acquired extraordinary working methodologies. In particular, she participates in the drafting of various procedures, ensures hearings follow-up, collaborates in the preparation of files and frequently deals with the courts, clients and any other agent part of the legal process.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. André Johnson practises mainly in the field of labour and employment law. He advises and represents various organizations in the private sector as well as in the public and parapublic sectors.
Mr. Johnson has considerable experience as a litigant before several courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He also acts on a regular basis as spokesman or strategic advisor in connection with the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.
Mr. Johnson is a frequent conference speaker and training instructor. His submissions featured different topics dealing namely with psychological harassment, absenteeism management, the obligation to provide reasonable accommodation and the due diligence concept in criminal matters.
He was selected several times by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers list, namely in 2012 and 2014, as best lawyer of Quebec City, in the area of work-related injuries and in the year 2015, in again in the area of work-related injuries and as Lawyer of the Year in the field of Employment Law. Me Johnson also received the title of Lawyer of the Year in the field of Employment Law for 2024. Furthermore, Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Mr. Johnson an AV Peer Review Rating. This rating, which identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability, is a reflection of the experience and integrity of whom it is awarded.
Mr. Johnson was recognized in the prestigious legal directory The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for work in Labour and Employement Law; Workers` Compensation Law.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Leclerc focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, private financing and on commercial agreements negotiation and drafting. Mr. Leclerc acts on behalf of companies, lenders, investors and business people in projects of all sizes, in a number of economic sectors.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Beaudoin is a trial lawyer who practices in civil and commercial litigation, notably in matters relating to breach of contract, injunction and other special proceedings. In addition, Mr. Beaudoin's area of practice includes all aspects of professional liability (with regards to lawyers, notaries, architects and engineers) as well as litigation in construction law, insolvency and bankruptcy. He has appeared on a regular basis before various Courts and his practice covers all aspects of litigation, from counselling clients to dispute resolution as well as representation before the Courts.
Mr. Beaudoin was named Lawyers to Watch by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
He has advised employers for many years in these areas of law and has represented them before various administrative tribunals and civil courts. He also has knowledge in expropriation, particularly in connection with agricultural matters and with fish and game lands. Mr. Rochon has given numerous lectures at labour and employment law symposiums. He was a teacher at the Quebec Bar School from 1989 to 2002, primarily on the subject of negotiation.
Mr. Rochon furthermore practices in the fields of real estate law, personal property and successions. He also acts as legal counsel for the Archdiocese of Quebec City.
Mr. Daniel Morin works as a notary and he practises mainly in the field of commercial and transactional law.
In the corporate field, he particularly focuses on small and medium businesses financing, and on purchase, sale or roll-over of shares agreements. In the real estate field, his work is mostly dedicated to the establishment and enforcement of real rights and of dismemberment of property rights, superficies and real property management agreements. He also deals with the drafting and negotiation of purchase or sale of real estate agreements, commercial leases and private financing deeds. He also practice in the field of mining rights publication and in the field of agricultural law. He finally provides his support to estate planning and liquidation of succession.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
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- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mr. Gino Cillis's practice focuses primarily on business law and transactional. He has a particular knowledge in business mergers and acquisitions, sale of enterprises and in corporate reorganisation.
He acts for his clientele in connection with real estate projects implementation and participates in the drafting and negotiation of various commercial agreements, namely shareholders' agreement, commercial leases, licencing and supply agreements.
Most active in the fields of generational business transfers and trust constitution, he has given several lectures to contractors on those topics. He represents different financial institutions and private investors in the setting up of financing of various nature.
Mr. Cillis is also involved in the negotiation of a variety of agreements with various stakeholders of the health care field.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Mrs. Caroline Tardif works mainly in the fields of Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring, Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
Mrs. Tardif practices mainly in civil and commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of civil liability, breach of contract, disputes between shareholders and all emergency procedures, such as obtaining injunction orders and protective measures. She also devotes a significant part of her activities to banking law and restructuring-insolvency, particularly in terms of financing, collection, realization, recovery and insolvency. She mostly represents secured creditors, trustees, and monitors. She is also involved in professional liability cases, in particular for accountants, architects and engineers.
Mrs. Tardif regularly pleads before the courts and her practice covers all areas of litigation, whether in terms of advice, conflict resolution and representation before the courts.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
During her law studies, Ms. Welsh completed a trade mission to Colombia to represent a Quebec company in its international development. This experience has given her the opportunity to develop her negotiation skills in a Spanish-speaking context. She was also involved in various organizations during her studies, in particular as a Vice President - Finance in the organization of a Seminar held by the Quebec Federation of Law Students.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career
She completed her studies at Université Laval and worked nearly three years as a judicial clerk for the Quebec Court of Appeal. During her time at the Court of Appeal, Ms. Iorio had the opportunity to work on large-scale cases involving various areas of law such as civil liability, construction law, municipal law, constitutional law, insolvency and insurance.
Before joining our team, Ms. Iorio practiced in a Quebec law firm working mainly with small and medium-sized Quebec businesses.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Ms. Cloutier's areas of practice include all aspects of litigation, from counselling clients to dispute resolution, and representations before the Courts. She has represented clients as Plaintiff as well as Defendant, before various Courts of civil and administrative jurisdiction.
Ms. Cloutier also supports different clients in the update of their respective files with the Registry of lobbyists.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Florence Goulet acquired the knowledge in tax compliance as well as in corporate reorganization. During the last few years, notably, she worked for an accounting firm in collaboration with many interveners to realize acquisition and sell transactions, liquidation and corporate mergers, succession planning and business transfers and for asset protection.
Her practice in taxation allows her to identify the inherent issues of corporate reorganizations and to make every effort to achieve them.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Ms. Frédérique Lessard practises mainly in the fields of civil and commercial litigation and insurance law. She also devotes a significant part of her activities to civil and professional liability files, including in health law.
She is interested in environmental litigation, including files dealing with soil and groundwater contamination issues. She also works in construction law and in class action cases in defense.
As part of her practice, she is called upon to assist and advise clients on a regular basis or to defend their interests before the judicial and administrative bodies.
Me Lessard is recognized by the prestigious Best Lawyers 2024 - Ones to Watch legal directory for her practice in civil and commercial litigation.
Job Titles:
- Head
- Lawyer / Professional Career / Partner
Ms. Jennifer Dumetz is the head of the immigration law department.
Native of France, where she studied law until obtaining a master's degree mainly in Business Law, Ms. Dumetz completed her studies in Quebec, including the Bar. Since being admitted to the Bar, Ms. Dumetz practises in the areas of Immigration law and she has practised business law during more than nine years.
She accompanies many employers in their international mobility process and works with them to ensure their compliance with the temporary foreign worker program and the international mobility program.
She assists our clients in various immigration procedures in Canada, both temporary (work permit, study permit, visitor visa, international experience Canada, etc.) and permanent (skilled workers, investors, entrepreneurs, self-employed, family reunification and sponsorship) concerning individuals or companies.