On October 28, 2015, André Paquette, a partner and member of the Business Law Group, presented a conference entitled “Vous envisagez acheter un bloc d’affaires? Parlons de gestion de risques!” (“Thinking of buying a block of business? Let’s talk risk management!”) at the Symposium sur la conformité au Québec 2015 (Quebec 2015 Compliance Symposium) organized by Freedom 55 Financial and held at Centre Mont-Royal in Montreal.
Mr. Paquette’s presentation reviewed the block of business acquisition process and the main legal, tax and ethical issues the buyer must take into account and discussedpossible solutions to adequately manage risksinvolved.