Academic Partner, Lawyer
Marie-Pier Baril, TEP
Contact
Quebec
Complexe Jules-Dallaire, T12828 Laurier Blvd., 12th Floor
Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0B9
CANADA 418 266-4500 418 266-4515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
A lawyer with exceptional leadership skills, Marie-Pier Baril stands out for her entrepreneurial spirit and her intimate knowledge of the Quebec SME community. She advises an impressive portfolio of clients in the Greater Quebec City area and the Centre-du-Québec region in corporate and business law. When faced with complex situations, she works tirelessly to unite the forces of multiple shareholders to achieve a common objective.
With a particular focus on corporate governance, Marie-Pier regularly participates in the negotiation and drafting of shareholder agreements and various types of commercial contracts. She has been involved in many tax and estate plannings, corporate restructurings, succession and business transfer matters.
A graduate of the Université de Sherbrooke, she received the Barreau du Québec award and the prix du Doyen of the Facutlé de droit award for her academic excellence and involvement in university life. Since then, she has given several conferences on shareholder relations and estate planning. She has also served on several boards, including early childhood and health. Marie-Pier is conducting research as part of a doctoral program in Law on the exercise of discretionary powers by the trustees of Québec trusts.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- LL.M., Université Laval (2021)
- Barreau du Québec (2009)
- LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke (2008)
Recognition(s)
- Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) - Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers in Canada (2024-2025) - Corporate Law
- Joseph-Armand-Bombardier scholarship of the Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2021);
- Bourse de conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada (2019)
- Bourse du Fonds de recherche du Québec: Société et Culture (2019)
- Bourse de rédaction de la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval – maîtrise avec mémoire (2019)
- Bourse de rédaction du Fonds Jacques-Deslauriers en droit civil – maîtrise avec mémoire (2019)
- Bourse d’excellence à l’admission de la Faculté de droit – maîtrise avec mémoire (2018)
- Bourse d’excellence du Fonds Thérèse-Rousseau-Houle en droit civil (2018)
- Bourse d’excellence de la Chaire de recherche Antoine-Turmel sur la protection juridique des aînés – maîtrise avec mémoire (2018)
- Prix de la magistrature du Barreau de St-François (2008)
- Prix Carswell (2008)
- Prix du Barreau du Québec (2008)
- Prix du doyen de la Faculté de droit à l’Université de Sherbrooke (2008)
- Bourse Fournier Demers (2006)
- Prix Jean-Martineau (2006)
Publications
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« La relève de l’entreprise et la planification successorale : gérer le risque… ou gérer la crise »
Marie-Pier Baril and Pierre Lamontagne, Droit des PME, 2e éd. Collection Centre d’études en droit économique (Charlaine Bouchard, Dir.), Cowansville, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2011 et 2021
Conferences
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September 24, 2021
"Fiducies testamentaires au bénéfice d’enfants : quel est l’impact possible sur l’obligation des parents?" (in collaboration with Mireille Pellisier-Simard); conference Les développements récents en droit de la famille 2021;
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February 15, 2019
"Développements récents dans le domaine des fiducies ", Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) Luncheon Conference;
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January 27, 2019
"L’acquisition d’une entreprise technologique par une société russe. Mais... les vendeurs ont-ils perdu la tête?”, FEDQ (Fédération des étudiants et étudiantes en droit du Québec) Symposium;
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May 2, 2018
"Six histoires à faire mourir de peur", private presentation in estate law;
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May 18, 2017
"Les fiducies et le droit matrimonial, un mélange explosif", Luncheon conference of the Association de planification fiscal et financière (APFF), Quebec
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2016
"Les conventions entre actionnaires, ce que la jurisprudence nous apprend!”;
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2016
"La loi sur la concurrence : une présentation adaptée à votre entreprise";
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November 26, 2015
"Planification financière : Tendances et astuces en gestion de patrimoine" (in collaboration with Serge Lessard and Alain Bertrand), Retirement and Investment Seminar (and Asset Management), Cercle Finance Québec;
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November 5, 2014
"La convention entre actionnaires : Aspects pratiques" (in collaboration with Émilie Nadeau), 2014 Corporate Growth Symposium, Colloquium Business Events;
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January 31, 2013
"L’enfer est dans les détails" (in collaboration with Julie Loranger), APFF Estate Planning Symposium, Québec
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2012
"Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur les règlements de succession" (in collaboration with Julie Loranger), accounting firms in the Québec City region
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Presentations given to more than a dozen accounting firms in the Quebec City area on the new Quebec Business Corporations Act;
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November 28, 2010
Conference on the accountability of directors of cooperatives.
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Member of the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF)
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association
Involvement
- Member of the committee Dons planifiés de la Fondation CERVO
- Member of the committee Activités régionales de Québec de L’APFF (2019);
- Member of the organizing committee Organisation des Homardises au profit de Cité Joie (2019);
- Vice-president and member of the Board of Directors of the CPE La Petite Cité (2015-2019);
- Member of the Board of Directors of the CSSS de la Vieille-Capitale (2014-2015);
- Member of the Association de planification fiscale et financière's committee on estate settlement conference 2015, Québec;
- Member of the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF) succession committee 2009-2014;
- Member of the organizing committee for the 2013 APFF _Colloque sur la planification successorale;
- Member of the organizing committee for the 2013 APFF Colloque sur les fiducies.
