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Joli-Coeur Lacasse Avocats Total Lawyers: 98 Lawyers By Office: Quebec City, 63; Montreal, 30; Trois- Rivières, 5 Core Practice Areas: commercial and international busi- ness; insolvency and enforcement of security; real estate; administrative law; civil litigation Key Clients: entities involved in fields such as engineering, transport, manufacturing, finances, and real estate Notable Mandates: the acquisition of York Fire & Casualty 9 Insurance Co. by La Capitale Financial Group; the acquisition of a major bus transportation group; the reorganization of the North American activities of a major group of European investors Star Alumni: Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc St-Pierre, Tribunal administratif du Québec Judge Marie Charest, and former Tribunal du travail du Québec judge Gilles Plante Affiliations: Pannone Law Group, Lawyers Associated Worldwide The Firm: Founded in 1983, and in 2007 merged with Pouliot L'Ecuyer, a Quebec City firm, and Lozeau L'Africain of Montreal. Four partners of Quebec City's Grondin Poudrier Bernier Avocats S.E.N.C.R.L. also recently came aboard. Pierre Chauvette, managing partner of the firm's real estate 10 Spiegel Sohmer Avocats Total Lawyers: 45 Office: Montreal Core Practice Areas: personal and corporate tax plan- ning; corporate law; litigation; real estate Key Clients: Ultramar Ltd., Broccolini Construction Inc., Aéroports de Montréal, Bariatrix Nutrition Notable Mandates: acted for a consortium of media outlets at the Supreme Court of Canada in Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Attorney General of Quebec, a free- dom of speech case; worked on a limited partnership offering for Broccolini Construction, which raised more than $75 million Star Alumni: Liberal MP and former federal justice min- ister Irwin Cotler Affiliations: Law Firm Alliance The Firm: Spiegel Sohmer was established in 1967, and has developed a strong concentration of expertise in tax law which one-third of its lawyers practise. David Sohmer, a founding partner and leading tax law expert, continues to practise. Managing partner Robert Raich says one of the firm's main strengths is its continued ability to attract "super- star" lawyers to its stable. He believes the future of the firm rests on its ability to continue that trend of offering clients the best lawyers, rather than expanding the size of its bench strength. One voter said this firm stands above the rest because of the "quality of its litigation partners and strong busi- ness group." 70 Dalhousie Street, Suite 300, Quebec QC G1K 4B2 CANADA www.steinmonast.ca/en Stein Monast Building www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com JULY 2010 43 ntitled-3 1 6/10/10 10:06:13 AM department, says Joli-Coeur Lacasse has found success in showing its clients the potential benefit of expanding their businesses into emerging economies. "We try to show our Quebec province companies that they have to expand their services into new markets," says Chauvette. "I have used several firms for agency work in all branches of law, including large Montreal firms," said one voter. "The Joli-Coeur firm surpasses them all in quality and reasonable- ness of billings." PROUD OF OUR PAST, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE! (jolicoeurlacasse.com) (spiegelsohmer .com)