The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments: The Honourable Geneviève Marcotte, a puisne judge of the Superior Court of Quebec in Montreal, is appointed a puisne judge of the Court of Appeal of Quebec to replace Mr. Justice J.R. […]

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is pleased to announce that a group of 12 leading labour and employment lawyers will be joining the Montréal office. In addition to doubling the size of the practice group for the Montréal office, the addition of this group will also expand the scope of labour and employment practice for […]

In Ottawa, Sébastien Lorquet and Claire Vachon join the Labour, Employment & Human Rights Group as partners, while Judith Parisien and Marie-Andrée Richard join the group as associates. In Montréal, Robert Dupont Stéphane Fillion, Simon Laberge, Rhéaume Perreault and Yves Turgeon join the firm’s Labour, Employment & Human Rights Group in Montréal as partners, while […]

A lawyer and physician, Mr. Johnson is recognized for his expertise in the areas of international trade negotiations, environnemental law and health law. Since 2009, he has acted as chief negotiator for the Government of Quebec in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. He also acted as personal […]

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright today announces the expansion of its Latin America practice through the opening of an office in Brazil. Norton Rose Fulbright’s Brazil practice, based initially in Rio de Janeiro, will be its 55th office worldwide and its third office in Latin America, complementing existing offices in Venezuela (Caracas) and Colombia […]

Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today the addition of seven new lawyers to the firm’s Montréal office. Robert Dupont, Stéphane Fillion, Rhéaume Perreault and Simon Laberge will join the firm as partners, while Alexis Charpentier, Alexandra Meunier and Valérie Gareau-Dalpé will join as associates. Robert Dupont’s practice focuses all […]

Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, proudly announced today that it is supporting the Goldcorp Research and Innovation Chair in Natural Resources and Energy Law. Université Laval is creating the first-ever Chair devoted to the study of natural resources and energy law from a domestic and international perspective. The new Chair […]

Ralph Lean was enjoying his time at Heenan Blaikie. It was a cosy perch that kept him busy, enabling him to work his Rolodex and, more importantly to him, stick it to anyone who thinks that 68-year-old lawyers are past their best-before date. He aimed to work well into his 70s. He had arrived at […]

So a giant has fallen. Last week, the remaining partners of the law firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP voted to dissolve the partnership and to wind up the business. Practice groups have decamped to firms that, until a short time ago, were rivals. A rump tried to become the Canadian bridgehead of global firm DLA […]

 The Faculty of Law of McGill University invites you to a Symposium entitled « The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonald’s Legal Imagination, » held in honour of Professor Roderick A. Macdonald, OC, F.R. Scott Chair of Constitutional and Public Law. Taking place on the 7th and 8th of February 2014 at McGill’s Faculty of Law, […]