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René Branchaud practices in the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. He assists the companies on their incorporation, corporate structure, shareholders' agreements, private placements, public offerings, stock exchange listings as well as dispositions and takeovers.
René Branchaud practices in the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. He assists the companies on their incorporation, corporate structure, shareholders' agreements, private placements, public offerings, stock exchange listings as well as dispositions and takeovers.
Mr. Branchaud serves on the board of directors and is corporate secretary of several public companies and non-profit organizations. He also serves on several committees of the board of public companies, including audit committees, corporate governance committees and ad hoc committees created for specific transactions (mergers, takeovers). In addition, he advises directors who sit on ad hoc committees.
He is also listed in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT® Directory in the field of Mining.
Representative work
- Legal advice to issuers respecting the preparation of public offering and private placement documentation
- Strategic advice to senior management in mergers and acquisitions situations
- Coordination of due diligence reviews in connection with financings and mergers
- Legal advice to securities dealers in connection with financings, mergers and stock exchange listings
- Legal advice to start-up businesses and to clients who wish to create capital pool companies
- Legal advice to capital pool companies as well as private companies who wish to merge with capital pool companies in the context of a "Qualifying Transaction", and also to securities dealers who work with capital pool companies
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LAVERY AT A GLANCE
An independent law firm, offering the full range of legal services to business. 175 lawyers in Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa. Member of the World Services Group, an international network of service firms with offices in 120 countries.






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