Partner, Lawyer, Head of the Labour and Employment Group
Kevin Vincelette
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Kevin Vincelette is a partner and head of our Labour and Employment group and practices in every aspect of employment and labour relations.
Kevin focuses his practice on negotiation strategies, drafting and interpreting collective agreements and handles many other aspects of the employment relationship such as hiring, terminations, labour standards and occupational health and safety. He is particularly skilled at drafting corporate policies, including clauses relating to absenteeism, use of alcohol in the workplace and last-chance agreements.
Kevin also advises companies on corporate reorganization, termination of employment and human rights. As a seasoned litigator, Kevin is regularly called upon to plead before the courts of general jurisdiction, and is proficient in litigation involving termination of employment or obtaining injunctions in a non-competition or non-solicitation context.
An excellent popularizer of legal concepts applicable to employment law, Kevin gives several lectures each year to various organization. With a Master’s in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Université de Sherbrooke, he advises our clients with a 360 degrees vision.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Barreau du Québec (2011)
- M.B.A., Université de Sherbrooke (2010)
- LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke (2010)
Recognition(s)
- Best Lawyers (2025) - Labour and Employment Law
Representative Work
- Acted as counsel to the shareholders of Groupe ABS Inc. and its subsidiaries, a Quebec-based consulting engineering firm offering services in materials monitoring and engineering, metallurgy, geotechnics, environment, geophysics, building science and rock mechanics, in the sale of the majority of their shares to Groupe Ginger, a French company specializing in engineering;
- Acted on behalf of Groupe Champagne, a door and window sales and installation company, in its acquisition of the assets of A&D Prévost, a company specializing in architectural aluminum systems, in the context of an investment solicitation and sale process implemented by Restructuration Deloitte Inc. following the filing of a notice of intention by A&D Prévost, under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act;
- Acted on behalf of Epitopea Inc., a Canadian corporation, and Epitopea Limited, a U.K. corporation, in connection with the USD$31M (£24M) cross-border, pre-Series-A preferred share extension financing round of these companies, with an exchangeable share structure, led by a syndicate of international investors including Advent Life Sciences, CTI Life Sciences, Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec (FTQ), Investissement Québec, adMare BioInnovations (NEOMED Institute) and IRICoR. These companies are transatlantic biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of off-the-shelf RNA-based cancer immunotherapeutics;
- Acted on behalf of Polara, a Quebec-based company of the Girardin group specializing in the electrification of transportation, in its acquisition of shares in Cléo Innovations inc., a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec specializing in charging stations;
- Acted on behalf of KSH Solutions Inc., a Montréal-based consulting, engineering, and EPC/EPCM services company specializing in the pulp and paper, chemicals, biorefinery, energy, water and environment and chemical sectors, and its shareholders in the sale of the shares of KSH Solutions Inc. to AFRY Group Finland OY.
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Montreal Young Bar Association
- Barreau du Québec
