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CIVIL LAW AND LITIGATION

• Disputes involving parties in contractual relations
• Disputes involving parties with no contract
• Legal opinion on the merits of the case
• Evaluation of damages suffered
• Preparing formal letters
• Drafting judicial proceedings
• Representations before courts and tribunals
• Negotiation of settlements
• Collection of accounts receivable
• Seizure of movable and real properties, bank accounts, etc.
• Litigating dismissal and collective agreement disputes
• Defamation and libel claims
• Estate and wills disputes 

COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE LAW

Business start-up 

• Guidance in the choice of a business form (sole proprietorship, partnership or company)
• Acquisition or sale of business
• Preparation and review of letter of intent or offer
• Due diligence in relation to acquisition or sale of business
• Negotiating, drafting and reviewing contracts and agreements

Relationships with governmental authorities

• Business registration
• Incorporation of companies and non-profit corporations
• Organization of companies and non-profit corporations
• Preparation and update of minutes books (By-laws, resolutions, registers, etc.)
• Annual reports, annual declarations, notices, etc.

Relationship with partners or with the business entity

• Partnership agreements (general partnership, limited partnership or undeclared partnership)
• Shareholders agreements
• Disputes between partners and shareholders
• Directors’ and officers’ liability
• Winding-up and dissolutions (voluntary or by order of the court)
• Agreements with suppliers, employees and clients
• Litigating dismissal and collective agreement disputes

Protection of the business assets 

• Protection of the business name
• Protection of copyrights and trademarks
• Litigating actions for infringement
• Trademarks oppositions
• Drafting assignment and licence agreements
• Litigation related to unfair competition
• Litigation related to the interpretation, the execution or the cancellation of commercial agreements

FAMILY LAW

Married couples

• Divorce
• Child custody and access rights
• Parental authority
• Child support or alimony
• Spousal support or alimony
• Separation
• Adoption
• Estate and will disputes
• Homologation of foreign judgments

Common law partners

• Child custody and access rights
• Parental authority
• Child support or alimony
• Dispute related to family residence
• Partition of assets
• Preparation of agreements
• Homologation of agreements

REAL ESTATE LAW

Commercial lease

• Advising on the relationships between landlords and tenants
• Negotiating, reviewing and drafting commercial leases
• Institution or defence of actions for unpaid rent
• Institution or defence of actions for cancellation of leases
• Injunctions
• Seizure before judgement
• Execution of judgements

Residential lease

• Advising on the relationships between landlords and tenants
• Representations before the Rental Board and the Court of Quebec
• Applications for unpaid rent
• Applications for cancellation of leases and evictions
• Applications to fix the amount of the rent
• Applications to repossess the rented dwellings
• Applications to convert the rented dwellings into condominiums
• Applications for damages
• Execution of judgements

Construction and sale of property

• Reviewing and drafting contracts
• Interpretation of contracts
• Actions related to hypothecs
• Actions related to latent defects

 

IMMIGRATION LAW

• Assessment of admissibility of applications
• Applications for permanent residence
• Applications for work permit
• Applications for student visas
• Representations before the Immigration Appeal Division