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DELEGATUS SERVICES JURIDIQUES INC. (-) DELEGATUS.CA Total Lawyers: 18 Office: Montreal, 18 Core Practice Areas: Corporate and commercial law; commercial and civil litigation; real estate; 9 financing; intellectual property. Key Clients: Yellow Pages Group, Pharmascience, ABB, La Coop fédérée, Société en commandite Gaz Métro, Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec. Notable Mandates: Acted for Vantrix Inc. in private placements of convertible notes and shares issued to different investors; helped Accedian Networks to build a legal department in their company; acted for Quebec City on the occasion of the leasing of the Coliseum of Quebec City; represented Yellow Pages Group in its acquisition of assets from an Ontario company. Affiliations: Collaborates with like-minded firms in other provinces. The Firm: Delegatus was founded in 2005 by Pascale Pageau, who aimed to create a law firm that provides lawyers with a more flexible practice and enables busi- nesses to substantially reduce their legal service costs. In the last two years alone, the firm has grown from six lawyers to 18 and tripled its revenue. Voters were struck by the firm's business model, which has shaken up the Quebec market in its short life. "The business model is interesting," said one voter who was impressed by the "very high quality of the lawyers." "A completely different vision, and for a firm of this size, a tremendous leader, " said another. JOLI-COEUR LACASSE AVOCATS (9) JOLICOEURLACASSE.COM Total Lawyers: 94 Lawyers By Office: Quebec City, 61; Montreal, 28; Trois-Rivières, 5 Core Practice Areas: Commercial and international business; 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 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 justices Clément Samson and Marc St-Pierre, Tribunal administratif du Québec Judge Marie Charest, and former Tribunal du tra- vail 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' partners of Quebec City's Grondin Poudrier Bernier SENCRL also recently came aboard. "Excellent client service, emphasizes Africain of Montreal. Four responsiveness, and top-notch legal exper- tise, " said one voter who was also struck by the firm's "reasonable rates." 10 www.CANADIAN Lawyermag.com M AY 2012 43

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