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News of the Firm Aug 29, 2024

77 Professionals from BCF Stand Out with 150 Nominations in the 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers in Canada and Ones to Watch

BCF once again distinguishes itself this year as a leader in 38 different practice areas, thanks to an impressive number of professionals recognized for the excellence of their work.  

In addition to being recognized once again in corporate and commercial litigation and construction law, Nicolas Gosselin, our partner in charge of the Quebec City office, has been honored with the title “Lawyer of the Year 2025” in the Corporate and Commercial Litigation category.

BCF Lawyers Named in the 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada

Discover the 20 lawyers from BCF’s Quebec City office who have been named Best Lawyers in Canada:

 

BCF’s lawyers Quebec City office  

  • Éric Amyot, Real Estate Law (since 2021) and Corporate Law (since 2022);
  • Marie-Pier Baril, Corporate Law (since 2024) and Trusts and Estates (new ranking);
  • Jean-François Bienjonetti, Insurance Law (since 2022);
  • Stéphan Charles-Grenon, Construction Law (new ranking) and Corporate and Commercial Litigation (new ranking);
  • Frédéric Dorion, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024), Banking and Finance Law (new ranking) and Corporate Law (new ranking);
  • Julie Dorion, Construction Law (new ranking), Corporate and Commercial Litigation (new ranking)
  • Yves Gonthier, Labour and Employment Law (since 2023) 
  • Simon-Pierre Hébert, Labour and Employment Law (since 2021) 
  • Marie-Julie Lafleur, Administrative and Public Law (since 2022); 
  • Isabelle Landry, Administrative and Public Law (new ranking); 
  • Serge LeBel, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Corporate Governance Practice (new rankings);
  • François Lefebvre, Corporate Law (since 2022) and Venture Capital Law (since 2024);
  • André Lepage, Entertainment Law (since 2021), Labour and Employment Law (since 2016) and Sports Law (since 2020); 
  • Éric Orlup, Construction Law (since 2021); 
  • Jean Piette, Administrative and Public Law (since 2021), Energy Regulatory Law (since 2022) and Environmental Law (since 2006); 
  • Audrey St-Pierre, Corporate Law (since 2024), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024) and Venture Capital Law (new ranking); 
  • Nicolas St-Sauveur, Technology Law (since 2022); 
  • Julien Tricart, Construction Law and Corporate and Commercial Litigation (new rankings);
  • Jules Turcotte, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2021);
  • Mario Welsh, Class Action Litigation (new ranking), Construction Law (since 2008), Corporate and Commercial Litigation (since 2024), Insurance Law (since 2024) and Professional Malpractice Law (since 2022). 

BCF’s lawyers in the Montréal office

Discover the list of 37 lawyers from BCF’s Montréal office who have been named in the Best Lawyers in Canada:

  • Elsa Agostinho, Immigration Law (since 2018);
  • Pierre T. Allard, Tax Law (since 2017), Trusts and Estates (since 2020) and Corporate Law (since 2022);
  • Dominique Babin, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (since 2021), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2022), International Trade and Finance Law (since 2023) and Public Procurement Law (new ranking);
  • Vicky Berthiaume, Administrative and Public Law (new ranking)
  • Michel Brisebois, Labour and Employment Law (since 2020);
  • Janie Chaloux, Real Estate Law (since 2024);
  • Mario Charpentier, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2020), Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law (since 2022);
  • Frédéric Côté, Administrative and Public Law, Construction Law and Expropriation Law (new rankings); 
  • Fabrice L. Coulombe, Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation (new rankings);  
  • Michel Décary Ad. E., Corporate and Commercial Litigation (since 2006), Corporate Governance Practice (since 2008), Labour and Employment Law (since 2021) and Administrative and Public Law (since 2022); 
  • Julie Doré, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024), Project Finance Law (since 2024), Real Estate Law (new ranking); 
  • Pierre Dozois, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (new ranking); 
  • Caroline Émond, Real Estate Law (new ranking); 
  • Richard Epstein, Corporate Law (since 2021), Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Competition/Antitrust Law (new rankings); 
  • Nathalie Gagnon, Venture Capital Law (since 2019), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2021) and Corporate Law (since 2022); 
  • Marc-André Godard, Tax Law (since 2020), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024) and Private Funds Law (new ranking); 
  • Marc-André Groulx, Labour and Employment Law (new ranking); 
  • Pascal Lauzon, Entertainment Law (since 2022); 
  • Jean-Philippe Leduc, Corporate Law (since 2024); 
  • Julien Lefebvre, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024), Corporate Law (new ranking);
  • Julie Lessard, Immigration Law (since 2014);
  • Gino Martel, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2022); 
  • Geneviève Martin, Corporate Law (since 2024);
  •  André Morrissette, Corporate Governance Practice (since 2024), Corporate Law (since 2024) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (new ranking); 
  • Antonio Nadaira, Trusts and Estates (since 2022) and Tax Law (new ranking); 
  • Éric J. Ouimet, Alternative Dispute Resolution (since 2021), Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law (new rankings); 
  • Simon Pelletier, Construction Law (since 2020), Municipal Law (since 2023), Administrative and Public Law (new ranking); 
  • Gary Rivard, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law (new ranking); 
  • Michel Rochefort, Corporate Law (since 2024); 
  • Laurent Roy, Real Estate Law (since 2016) and Commercial Leasing Law (since 2021); 
  • André Ryan, Corporate and Commercial Litigation (since 2020), Class Action Litigation (since 2021), Corporate Governance Practice (since 2021), Alternative Dispute Resolution (since 2022), Director and Officer Liability Practice (since 2023); 
  • Martin Sills, Equipment Finance Law (since 2009), Asset-Based Lending Practice (since 2021), Banking and Finance Law (since 2022) and Project Finance Law (since 2024);
  • Pierre-Philippe Taché, Corporate Law (since 2024), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (new ranking);
  • Éric Thibaudeau, Workers’ Compensation Law (since 2019);
  • Guy Tremblay Ad. E., Labour and Employment Law (since 2006) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (since 2021); 
  • Geneviève Vigneault, Corporate Law (since 2022), Corporate Governance Practice and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (since 2024); 
  • Kevin Vincelette, Labour and Employment Law (since 2024) 

BCF lawyers featured in Ones to Watch

Here are the 19 emerging BCF lawyers named in Ones to Watch 2025 edition of Best Lawyers Canada. 

 

About Best Lawyers

 

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Media contact

For additional information on the news release or to request an interview, please contact:

Alexandra Leclerc
Chief Marketing and Client Strategy Officer
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alexandra.leclerc@bcf.ca