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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m M A R C H 2 0 1 8 37 TOP 10 QUEBEC REGIONAL FIRMS Total lawyers: 125 Lawyers by office: Montreal, 73; Quebec City and Lévis, 52 Key clients: Bombardier Aerospace, Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec, Intact Insurance, Maritime Employers Association, Bell Canada, Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Ordre des archi- tectes du Québec, Metso Minerals Canada Inc. Core practice areas and notable mandates: business law (M&A transactions, construction, real estate, leasing, insolvency, including mining, energy, environment and cannabis); litigation, arbitration, class action and dispute resolution; employment and labour law (including cannabis and artificial intelligence); insurance; aboriginal law; intellec- tual property, computer and IT law; corporate governance Langlois represented one of the concrete suppliers involved in a major manufacturer's liability case. The case involved defects in concrete foun- dations in residential and commercial buildings due to the presence of pyrrhotite. The 77-day trial covered approximately 815 buildings and has been appealed. In another case, the firm acted for Iron Ore Co. of Canada and its affiliates in defence of their interests in the CCAA insolvency fil- ing of Cliffs Quebec with respect to the Bloom Lake and Wabush iron ore mines. It also represented Jien Canada Mining Ltd., a Chinese mining company with assets in Quebec, in connection with the negotiation and securing of a $100-million credit facility granted by Ressources Québec Inc. Last May, the Quebec Court of Appeal agreed with Langlois' client Yellow Pages Digital & Media Solutions Ltd. that certain changes it had made to its pension and benefits plan did not contravene Quebec's Char- ter of Human Rights and Freedoms or s. 87.1 of the Labour Standards Act regarding differences in treatment. The firm was also lead counsel for the Fédération des caisses Desjar- dins du Québec in a series of class actions in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec regarding credit card acceptance fees and alleged infringements to the Competition Act brought against credit card networks and financial institutions. Star alumni: former Quebec chief justice Michel Robert; former Quebec Court of Appeal justice René Dussault; Quebec Superior Court justices Chantal Chatelain and Michel Beaupré; Yan Paquette, secretary general of the Ministry of Justice of Quebec and director at the Office of the Deputy Minister of Justice of Quebec; Nathalie Clark, VP and GC (Can- ada) at Capital One; Fabrice Vil, co-founder and CEO of Pour 3 Points The firm: On Jan. 1, 2016, 100 years after its foundation, Langlois Kronström Desjardins LLP became Langlois lawyers LLP. "Rooted in a distinguished past and geared for the future, our new brand identity is a faithful reflection of who we are," the firm says. "This firm is very dynamic and its professionals are highly qualified." "They are very impressive, how they are growing fast with grace and intelligence. They [are] also hiring all the top talent in Québec." "Langlois has literally smashed the market this year with their boosted litigation team and their brand new business law department." 2 LANGLOIS LAWYERS LLP LANGLOIS.CA BCF LLP BCF.CA Total lawyers: 151 Lawyers by office: Montreal, 90; Quebec City, 60; Sept-Îles, 1 Key clients: Yandex, SNC-Lavalin, Bombardier, Bombardier Recreational Products, Royal Bank of Canada, Sobeys, Ericsson Canada, Telecon Group, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton and Librairie Renaud-Bray. Core practice areas and notable mandates: mergers and acquisitions; domestic and international taxation; wealth management, commercial litigation; intellectual property BCF acted for Groupe Luminaire Inc., a Canadian firm with major activities in the U.S., in connection with the sale of its operations to Sentinel Capital Partners, a private, New York-based capital investment firm. BCF acted for eStruxture Data Centers Inc. in connection with its acquisition of all of the assets of Netelligent Hosting Services Inc. BCF represented Distech Controls Inc. in the sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares to Acuity Brands Lighting Inc. It also represented a subsidiary of Groupe Renaud-Bray Inc. with respect to its acquisition of the 14 Archambault stores and Paragraphe Books from Groupe Archambault Inc. The firm also acted for PremiumBeat.com in connection with its sale to Shutterstock. Star alumni: Bernard Tremblay, judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, and Simon Ruel, judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal. Affiliations: Meritas The firm: BCF was established in 1995. It has more than 250 profession- als (lawyers, notaries, paralegals and patent and trademark agents) who advise Quebec clients seeking to expand their activities in Canada or abroad as well as Canadian and international firms seeking to grow their activities in Quebec. BCF Business Law is the only Quebec law firm to have been recognized by Deloitte in its Canada's Best Managed Compa- nies program. "Great service. Entrepreneurial spirit. Not just lawyers but business advi- sors building close trusted relationships with clients." "It has imposed itself as THE law firm for entrepreneurs as it reflects their value of decisiveness, efficiency, innovation and a very broad [range] of con- tacts throughout the province." 3 delegatus.ca Proudly leading legal innovation to the Top 26 sharp lawyers Creative solutions for corporations, legal departments CPFNCYƂTOU Upscale service; down-to-earth fees ntitled-5 1 2018-02-07 3:01 PM

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