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LAPOINTE ROSENSTEIN MARCHAND MELANÇON LLP (4) LRMM.COM 7 Total Lawyers: 76 Lawyers By Office: Montreal, 76 Core Practice Areas: Corporate-commercial and financing; commercial and civil litigation; taxation and estate planning; insurance; intellectual property; real estate. Key Clients: Insurance companies; manufacturers; financial institutions; major retailers; aviation companies; computer and software companies; shipping and transportation companies. Notable Mandates: Counsel to clients involved in national and international mid- market transactions; involved in a leading case relating to oppression reme- dies available to shareholders of Quebec companies; class action suits relating to breast cancer and contaminated blood. Star Alumni: Quebec Superior Court Justice Pierre Jasmin, Former Barreau du Québec president Yvon Jasmin. Affiliations: TerraLex Inc. The Firm: This new firm was spawned in 2010 through the merger of Lapointe Rosenstein and Marchand Melançon Forget. Two of the four founding mem- bers of Lapointe Rosenstein — Brahm Gelfand and Mark Rosenstein — con- tinue to practise law with the merged firm. So too do a pair of Marchand Melançon Forget's founding members, Paul Melançon and Michel Marchand. "LRMM is traditional, yes, but they hire exceptional people who are first and foremost smart and human, and then lawyerly," said one voter who gave the firm top marks. STEIN MONAST LLP (8) STEINMONAST.CA Total Lawyers: 54 Office: Quebec City, 54 Core Practice Areas: Corporate law and financing; commercial law; securities; civil and professional liability insurance; labour and employment law; real estate. Key Clients: Autorité des marchés financiers, Bridgestone Canada Inc., Chartis, Génome Québec and Genome Canada, National Bank of Canada, Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Barreau du Québec, Investissement Québec, Cominar, Groupe Le Massif, Greif Brothers Canada, Roynat Inc., Desjardins Venture Capital. Notable Mandates: Acts as counsel for Quebec in the financ- ing of its sovereign debt; represented National Bank of Canada at the Supreme Court of Canada in Quebec (Revenue) v. Caisse populaire Desjardins de Montmagny regarding provincial legislatures' ability to modify the order of priority in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act; acted as counsel for Investissement Québec in the mat- ter of the plan of compromise or arrangement of Davie Yards Inc.; represented the vendors in the $44-million 8 sale of Norref Fisheries to Groupe Colabor Inc. Star Alumni: Quebec Superior Court justices Bruno Bernard, Jean-Francois Émond, and Alicia Soldevila; Paule Gauthier, former CBA president; former Quebec premier Jean Lesage; former prime minister Louis St. Laurent. Affiliations: Risk Management Counsel of Canada The Firm: It is the successor of Stein Monast Pratte & Marseille, a Quebec City firm that was founded in 1957. It merged with Montreal's Desjardins Ducharme from 1992 to 2007. One voter said Stein Monast stands out thanks to the " quality of its lawyers, calling the firm a "strong commer- cial presence in Quebec City. 42 M AY 2012 www. CANADIAN Lawyermag.com