This section keeps you up-to-date on the latest news and upcoming public appearances of Lavery professionals.
News
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In the wake of its outstanding growth in 2014 Lavery launches a new advertising campaign - “Powerful Allies”
In the wake of its outstanding growth since the beginning of 2014, Lavery is launching a new advertising campaign in support of its commitment to becoming the leading legal reference to the business world. With 100 years’ invested in providing services to businesses in every field, today Lavery draws on the expertise of more than 200 lawyers in various specialties. “Powerful Allies” is the motto for the advertising campaign and the leading message ties together the values, skills and commitment of athletes competing in various sports with the needs of the business world. The word “allies” highlights the privileged relationship that Lavery builds with each of its clients, while “powerful” speaks to goals being reached through skills and experience combined with hard work. Each ad draws parallels between clients’ needs and the strong determination of the athletes pictured. Athletes are shown in action wearing Lavery’s official green to connect with the specific “Powerful Allies” tagline. The campaign also introduces the new “Lavery Lawyers” signature that targets corporate leaders directly. The campaign consists of a series of institutional and practice sector messages that illustrate the wide range of expertise at Lavery. Some messages will also be developed to support articling students recruitment efforts, and announce new hires or events sponsored by Lavery. The ad campaign will be posted on Lavery’s website and all its social media platforms as well as across a wide range of print and digital media. It will be accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device. Click here to see the video “The legal skills and expertise offered to clients by our business lawyers, based in five network offices, allow them to take the lead and succeed in attaining their business objectives,” says Don McCarty, the firm’s Managing Partner. “This strong and distinctive new advertising campaign shows that Lavery has the power and the strength of a law firm of international stature as well as the agility and resourcefulness that allow it to provide each client with the most practical solutions to meet their needs”.
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Lavery launches GO inc. program - Legal services tailored to the needs of start-up businesses
Lavery is pleased to announce the creation of its GO inc. Program, whose mission is to provide affordable, quality legal services to qualifying start-up businesses. This personalized program offers a wide-range of legal services, often required in the start-up phase of businesses, namely incorporation, trademark and domain name registration, employment agreements, as well as workplace policies. The legal services will be provided at a fixed rate to accommodate the budget of young entrepreneurs. Each business selected for the GO inc. Program will be supported and receive legal advice from Lavery’s professionals who have both the experience and expertise required. Moreover, the businesses selected will benefit from multiple hours of legal advice. “With the launch of the GO inc. Program, Lavery is capturing a promising niche market characterized by its dynamism and sense of innovation. This initiative will also consolidate the firm’s position in the business world, by concretely reaching out to start-up businesses which present an important growth potential”, said the Managing Partner, Don McCarty.
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The Lavery Quebec City office renews a pro bono partnership agreement with the YWCA
As part of this agreement, Lavery will present five legal conferences or roundtable discussions on various topics of interest for the beneficiaries of the YWCA and will provide legal services to the association. This partnership agreement, which was negotiated by Ms. Marie-Hélène Riverin, associate at the Lavery Quebec City office, is part of the firm’s long-standing tradition of involvement in its community. Ms. Riverin is a volunteer trainer for the program Leader et décisionnelle of the YWCA Québec.
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Lavery acts for Keurig Canada Inc. in the sale of its Van Houtte Cafés-Bistros Franchise System to MTY
Lavery is pleased to announce it acted as legal counsel to Keurig Canada Inc. (“Keurig Canada”), a subsidiary of the giant coffee roaster and distributor Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), in the sale of its Van Houtte Cafés-Bistros Franchise System to MTY Food Group, Inc. (“MTY”) (TSX: MTY). Under the terms of the agreement, Keurig Canada will maintain ownership of the Van Houtte brand, while MTY will own all of the Franchise System related assets. This sale does not include any of the manufacturing and distribution operations of the Canadian roaster. Lavery’s transactional team was led by Mr. Jean-Philippe Turgeon (Franchise Law) and included Ms. Valérie Boucher (M&A), Ms. Stéphanie Destrempes (Franchise Law), Mr. Guillaume Synnott (Franchise Law and M&A) and Ms. Sonia Guerin (M&A).
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Yvan Biron of Lavery recognized by Lexpert for his expertise in the field of energy
The November 2014 issue of the Globe and Mails’s Report on Business includes an insert entitled 2014 Lexpert/Report on Business Special Edition – Energy in which Mr. Yvan Biron Environmental Energy and Natural Resources law partner at Lavery, is recognized as leading lawyer in Canada in the field of energy law. To view this publication, please click here.
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Pierre Marc Johnson of Lavery, speaker at the International Summit of cooperatives, Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 in Quebec City
Pierre Marc Johnson, G.O.Q, MSRC, legal counsel at Lavery, was speaker at the International Summit of cooperatives, 2014 edition, which was recently held at the Centre des Congrès de Québec. Mr. Johnson’s conference discussed the challenges and opportunities of free-trade agreements.
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GO inc. Program Launch | November 12th, 2014
Lavery is pleased to announce the creation of its GO inc. Program, whose mission is to provide affordable, quality legal services to qualifying start-up businesses. The breakfast presentation marking the official launch of this initiative will take place Wednesday, November 12th, from 7:30 A.M – 9:00 A.M., at our Montreal conference centre. For additional information, kindly click below or visit our page Starting a business - GO inc. program.
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Daniel Des Aulniers of Lavery, speaker at the annual general meeting of the Fondation québécoise pour le credit
Mr. Des Aulniers, commercial litigation partner at Lavery, acted as speakers at the annual general meeting of the Fondation québécoise pour le credit, which was recently held in Drummondville. Mr. Des Aulniers’s conference was entitled “Annual review of insolvency case law: 2013 and 2014” (translation: « Revue de la jurisprudence 2013 et 2014 en matière d’insolvabilité »). This event drew many credit professionals interested in case law developments and trends that impacted the industry in 2013 and 2014.
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Katia Opalka of Lavery, speaker at an ECO Canada Webinar
Ms. Katia Opalka, an environmental and aboriginal law partner at Lavery, recently hosted a Webinar for Eco Canada entitled “Environmental Law: The Basics”. Participants included environmental professionals from all over Canada. For additional information., kindly click here.
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Daniel Bouchard of Lavery speaker at the seminar of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités
Mr. Daniel Bouchard, Managing Partner of the Quebec City office, recently gave a conference entitled « Équipe maire / Directeur Général, une formule gagnante dans l’administration d’une municipalité » (Translation: Mayor and General Director : a winning combination in municipal administration ) at the Fédération québécoise des municipalities seminar. Ms.. Valérie Belle-Isle and Ms. Chloé Fauchon, administrative law associates, presented the same conference in English. The conference discussed the respective roles of the mayor and director general.
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Appointment of Ms. Elise Poisson of Lavery to the Superior Court of Quebec
Lavery is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Élise Poisson as Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, as of October 9th, 2014. Ms. Poisson graduated from the Université de Montréal Faculty of Law in 1985. She was an articling student with the firm in 1986 and was hired as an associate the same year. Ms. Poisson became a partner at Lavery in 1994 and practised civil and commercial litigation for more than twenty-five years. During her career, Ms. Poisson advised and represented a wide breadth of clients issued from the private and public sector, operating in multiple spheres of activities and with diverse commercial challenges. She contributed to the training and professional development of many young lawyers at Lavery. Devoted and involved, Ms. Poisson sat on the firm’s board of directors from 2004 to 2012. She oversaw major projects for the development and growth of the firm. Ms. Poisson held the position of managing partner at Lavery between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2012. She resumed the practise of civil and commercial litigation as of January 1st, 2013 and continued to pursue her professional activities within the firm. With this new nomination, Lavery’s tradition of contributing judges to the legal community lives on.
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Lavery’s presence significant at the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers annual conference
It is in Montreal that the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE) recently held its 11th annual Conference. CACE is comprised of approximately 800 management-side lawyers acting in various labour-related fields, such as Employment Law, Occupational Health and Safety, Human Rights, Pensions and Privacy law. CACE’s objectives are notably to provide input on policy and legislative reform from a legal perspective and to promote excellence in the specialized field of labour and employment law. Mr. Guy Lavoie, a partner in Lavery’s Labour and Employment practice group, was acting as Co-Chair of the Conference, which hosted a record number of participants with 240 attorneys in attendance. Ms. Catherine Maheu and Ms. Josiane L’Heureux, partners in Lavery’s Labour and Employment practice group each acted as speakers. Ms. Maheu’s conference focused on the highlights in Federal Labour Law, while Ms. L’Heureux’s discussed OHS developments. In 2015, the CACE conference will be held in Halifax. For additional information, kindly click here.