Lawyer
Chloé Lépine
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Chloé Lépine is a member of our litigation group and she focuses her practice on municipal law, commercial litigation and environmental law.
Both analytical and pragmatic, Chloé intervenes on matters of disguised expropriation and nullity of municipal by-laws for our clients in the real estate and construction industries.
Her in-depth understanding of the business industry enables her to clearly envision the litigation strategy to be adopted and to handle complex, large-scale cases. Chloé’s empathy and reliability are greatly appreciated by our clients whose files she thoroughly monitors. A member of the Barreau du Québec since 2014, she has pleaded before all of Québec’s judicial bodies. She also holds a master’s degree in international commercial law from the London School of Economics.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Masters, International Business Law, London School of Economics, London (2017)
- Barreau du Québec (2014)
- LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke (2012)
Recognition(s)
- Barreau du Québec (2012-2013) - Featured on the School’s Honour Roll of Excellence for having tied for second place in the Barreau du Québec’s exam
Representative Work
- Acted on behalf of a Québec-based company operating in the management of contaminated soils in a commercial dispute involving the professional liability of the engineers it had retained and involving the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act;
- Acted on behalf of real estate developers in cases of disguised expropriation and nullity of municipal by-laws passed by cities and RCM’s/agglomerations before the Superior Court of Québec and in recognition of acquired rights in a real-estate project;
- Acted on behalf of a construction company in a penal claim regarding the determination of a flow bed;
- Acted on behalf of a real estate developer in an action against a city to compel the signing of a developer's agreement and the issuance of a building permit;
- Acted on behalf of a real estate developer in the negotiation and adoption of a city’s by-law to acquire their lots;
- Acted on behalf of a real estate developer seeking a legal opinion against an RCM's decision to impose new requirements for the development of their land, which ended the dispute.
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Barreau du Québec
- Young Bar Association of Montreal
Involvement
- Pro Bono Students Canada, supervising lawyer