This section keeps you up-to-date on the latest news and upcoming public appearances of Lavery professionals.
News
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Jean Boulet of Lavery receives the Solange-Dupuis-Lamothe Award
Lavery is proud to announce that Mr. Jean Boulet, a Labour and Employment partner and manager of the Lavery Trois-Rivières office, received the Solange-Dupuis-Lamothe Award during Centraide Mauricie’s Annual General Meeting on May 27, 2015. Mr. Boulet is very active in the community. He is often called upon to manage business or philanthropic initiatives. Following his arrival at Centraide in 2009, he became chairman of the 2010 campaign and is presently president of the board of directors of Centraide Mauricie Mr. Boulet is involved in a variety of projects such as lac à l’épaule, social delegates committee, Assemblée des Centraide du Québec representative, press conferences, campaign launches and more. He also animated the first philanthropic diner organized by Centraide Mauricie, which Mr. Andrew Molson attended. The Solange Dupuis-Lamothe Award is given annually to an individual who made a difference through his volunteer work with Centraide, on various levels.
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Two Lavery partners sign Maccabi Haifa on behalf of IBMG L.P.
Benjamin David Gross and Sébastien Vézina, partners at Lavery, counseled IBMG L.P. (International Basketball Marketing Group) for the signature of a promotions and services agreement with Maccabi Haifa (2014 finalist in the Israel Basketball Super League). Maccabi Haifa will play two much anticipated basketball games on American soil, one against the Memphis Grizzlies at Fedex Forum in Memphis on Thursday October 8th, 2015 , and one against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday October 11th, 2015.
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Lavery’s Pierre Marc Johnson, panelist at an international conference
On May 28th 2015 at Université Laval, Mr. Pierre Marc Johnson, of Counsel at Lavery and Québec’s Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, spoke on a distinguished panel whose members were invited to examine the relationship between the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions and international trade agreements. The International Conference, which was organized by the Faculty of Law of Université Laval, the Fernand-Dumont Chair on Culture at INRS and the Coalition for Cultural Diversity, was attended by over a hundred participants from around the world. The importance of this anniversary and of the role played by MLAs, researchers and artists from Quebec in the inception and implementation of this agreement was highlighted at an evening reception held at the Legislative Assembly.
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The Lavery GO inc. Program exclusive legal partner of the M2Day Conference on social entrepreneurship
It’s during C2 Montreal on May 28, 2015, that the Lavery GO inc. Program team took part in the M2DAY Conference which gathered close to 300 participants. Mr. Étienne Brassard, Mr. Raphaël Bacal and Ms. Brittany Carson were part of Lavery’s official delegation for this event. This was a great opportunity to meet young entrepreneurs with a shared desire to develop a more social economy within a more engaged population. The Lavery GO inc. Program team is proud to be the exclusive legal partner of the M2DAY Conference and happy to encourage a new generation of entrepreneurs.
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Simon Gagné takes part in an expert roundtable at AEPC’s Annual General Meeting
On May 28, 2015, Simon Gagné, a partner practicing health law and labour law at Lavery, took part in an expert roundtable before almost 50 participants during the Annual General Meeting of the Association des établissements privés conventionnés (AEPC). Entitled « Le rôle de la direction générale en marge d’une plainte logée auprès du Commissaire local aux plaintes et à la qualité des services » (The general management’s role when a complaint is filed to the Local Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner), this conference discussed the general management’s role upstream and downstream of a complaint, the various immunities and protections found in the Act respecting Health Services and Social Services, as well as access to a user’s complaint record.
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Louis Rochette takes part in Leucan’s Shaved Head Challenge in Quebec City
On May 24, 2015, Louis Rochette, a Business Law and Life Sciences partner at Lavery, co-chaired the 15th edition of the Leucan Shaved Head Challenge in Quebec City with Mr. Germain Lamonde, president of Exfo. On this occasion, Mr. Rochette took on this challenge and had his head shaved as a show of solidarity towards the children who, following chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, have lost their hair, which allowed him to collect over $22,000. With more than 580 participants in Quebec City, this event was deemed a great success, with a gathered total amount of $465,000 in donations. Louis Rochette takes part in Leucan’s Shaved Head Challenge in Quebec City
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Evelyne Verrier, co-lecturer of the CLHIA
On May 7, 2015, Evelyne Verrier, a Litigation partner at Lavery, was co-lecturer at the 2015 Claims Section Annual Conference of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) held at Niagara Falls from May 6 to May 8, 2015. This conference discussed various subjects of interest relating to the life and health insurance industry, such as a review of recent case law.
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Evelyne Verrier takes part in a conference on legal file processes
On April 23, 2015, Evelyne Verrier, a Litigation partner at Lavery, presented a conference entitled «Les divers recours judiciaires: comment vous y retrouver et comme vous y préparer!» (The various legal proceedings: how to find your way through it and be prepared!) during a private event organized by a group of insurers and claims adjusters in damage insurance. This conference discussed the process of legal cases, the new Code of Civil Procedure, and how to properly prepare files and testimonies presented in contentious cases.
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Lavery hosts a conference on entrepreneurship in South Korea
On May 20, 2015, Lavery hosted a breakfast-conference on the subject of entrepreneurship in South Korea, organized by the Quebec-Asia Law & Business Association (QALBA) and presented by Mr. Michael Lee, founding member of G20 YEA (Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance) and YES Korea (Young Entrepreneurs’ Society of Korea), and CEO of CreBiz Factory, a consulting firm. This conference, designed to be an introduction to the business culture and strategic areas of economic development in South Korea, was presented to 15 young entrepreneurs and professionals. Mr. Jin Hur, Consul General and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, also attended the conference. QALBA is a forum for young professionals and entrepreneurs wanting to strengthen economic ties between Quebec and Asia and is presided by Guillaume Synnott, lawyer in Lavery’s Business Law Group.
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Benjamin D. Gross and Sébastien Vézina represent IBMG L.P.
Benjamin David Gross and Sébastien Vézina, partners at Lavery, counseled IBMG L.P. (International Basketball Marketing Group), and its unit holders and all-star leadership team, from the inception of the business idea, to the start-up process and its recent culmination in the signature of a promotions and services agreement with Maccabi Tel Aviv (2014 Euroleague Champions) and Olimpia Milano (2014 Italian League champions), in respect of their much anticipated, and first ever, professional foreign champions basketball games scheduled on American soil at United Center in Chicago (October 1, 2015) and Madison Square Garden in New York (October 4, 2015).
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Lavery’s Pierre Marc Johnson delivers an address at Public Relations Without Borders fundraiser
On May 14, 2015, Me Pierre Marc Johnson, of counsel at Lavery and Quebec’s Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, delivered an address at the Mount Royal Centre as part of a special breakfast conference titled “The Challenges of Quebec and Canada in Europe, Africa and Asia”. Three hundred participants gathered in support of Public Relations Without Borders, whose mission is to help its partner organizations that work with populations facing development challenges by reinforcing their ability to use public relations to leverage social and economic progress.
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Victory for Lavery’s client, the Chambre de la sécurité financière, before the Superior Court
In a decision rendered on May 4, 2015 (2015 QCCS 1890), the Superior Court of Quebec confirmed the prerogative of the syndic of the Chambre de la sécurité financière (CSF), in demanding and obtaining the information it deems necessary in order to investigate the activities of Mutual Fund Dealer Representatives (MFDR) registered with a bank’s brokerage subsidiary. Mr. Raymond Doray, Ad. E., and Mr. Loïc Berdnikoff, Administrative Law partners at Lavery, argued the case for the CSF. According to justice Louis Lacoursière, the Act respecting the Distribution of Financial Products and Services (ADFPS) allows the CSF’s syndic to obtain documents and information from anyone in the course of an investigation, without regard to the fact that this person is a bank whose employees work part-time as MFDR. That applies, all the more so, when the bank, not its brokerage subsidiary, is in sole possession of the documents and information. Furthermore, the Court found that when circumstances where the integrity, honor and dignity of the bank’s MFDR are concerned, the syndic has the right to have produced confidential documents and information, even if they’re related to core banking activities, as opposed to activities regarding collective investment. The CSF’s role of protecting the public requires, according to the tribunal, a flexible interpretation of the syndic’s powers under the ADFPS. This represents an important victory for the self-regulation of an industry which has many important Lavery clients.