BCF

25th Floor

1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montréal, QC  H3B 5C9
Phone: (514) 397-8500
Fax: (514) 397-8515

Pierre T. Allard, LL.B.

Mr. Allard specializes in tax and commercial law.  He advises entrepreneurs and executives on the protection of assets, maximization of tax benefits and business succession planning.  Pierre has also developed considerable expertise in the taxation of financial products.  He regularly advises clients who wish to use advanced strategies of by-products and life insurance.

LL.B. Université de Sherbrooke
CICA In-Depth Tax Course
Admitted to the Bar: 1996 (Québec)

Marc-André Bélanger, LL.B.

Mr. Bélanger is a partner in the tax group specializing in the areas of corporate and international tax. His corporate tax practice includes the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, restructuring and financing involving private or publicly-traded corporations.

He has also developed a particular expertise in respect of income trusts, including their conversion into corporations. Given his background in Canadian and US taxation, Mr. Bélanger has developed an expertise in international tax, including in the development and implementation of cross-border acqusitions and financing structures, in particular, in the Canada-US context. Mr. Bélanger frequently deals, on behalf of his clients, with the tax authorities in matters of objection to assessments, rulings and legislative amendments.

LL.M. (Taxation) New York University School of Law 
LL.M. (Taxation) Université de Montréal - HEC
LL.L. University of Ottawa
Admitted to the Bar: 1999 (Québec), 2001 (New York)

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P. Mario Charpentier, LL.B.

Mr. Charpentier assists clients primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing, and shareholder tax and estate planning.  He assists corporations looking to launch an IPO, as well as those seeking to acquire a business or develop partnerships.  He is devoted to representing young businesses but also represents medium to large family enterprises. 

Mr. Charpentier assists these clients with the transfer of family businesses between generations, employee incentive plans and management buy-outs.

LL.B. Université de Sherbrooke
Admitted to the Bar: 1986 (Québec)

Boriana Christov, LL.B.

Ms. Christov practises in the area of tax law. She was admitted to the Quebec Bar in May 2005.

Prior to joining the firm, she was a member of the Bulgarian Bar Association and practised commercial and civil law in Sofia, Bulgaria.

LL.B., McGill University
B.C.L., Sofia University, Bulgaria
LL.M., Sofia University, Bulgaria 
Admitted to the Bar: 2005 (Québec)

Serge Fournier, LL.B.

Mr. Fournier works on tax cases, usually in collaboration with accounting firms, intervening at all stages of fiscal verification, special inquiries, voluntary disclosures, oppositions and appeals, representations before the Quebec Court, the Tax Court of Canada, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal as well as disputes regarding tax collection.

Mr. Fournier also assists the firm’s clients to resolve bitter crises involving financing problems, unfair competition, dismissal of executives and shareholder disputes. When it comes to patents, Mr. Fournier intervenes in complex cases regarding litigation before the Federal Court and the Quebec Superior Court.

LL.B. Université de Sherbrooke 
Admitted to the Bar: 1982 (Québec)

Charles C. Gagnon, LL.B.

Mr. Gagnon's main areas of expertise include: tax aspects of reorganizations and business acqusitions and divestitures, strategic and estate planning for private corporations, structuring of investment in Canada and abroad, tax matters relating to immigration and emigration, international tax planning, wills and trusts.

B.C.L., LL.B. McGill University
CIFC Canadian Securities Institute
CSC Canadian Securities Institute
Admitted to the Bar: 1994 (B.C.), 1995 (Québec)

 

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Natasha Girouard, LL.B., LL.M.

As a notary with BCF LLP Ms. Girouard’s clients include both small and medium-sized enterprises.  She shares her knowledge in estate and taxation planning with clients and assists them in understanding and proceeding with asset protection and asset transfer.  She also specializes in the transfer of family businesses.


LL.B. Université de Sherbrooke
LL.M. Masters in Law, specialization in notarial studies, Université de Montreal
Member of Chambre des notaires du Québec 1997
Diploma in advanced studies, Taxation, McGill University

François Giroux, LL.B.

Mr. Giroux practices in the field of tax law, more particularly in corporate tax planning, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, transfers of privately-owned or family businesses and the taxation of financial products.  His clientele consists mainly of entrepreneurs who do business in various economic fields, in Canada and in the United States.

LL.B. Université de Montréal
Admitted to the Bar: 1995 (Québec)

Timothe Huot, LL.B.

Following his studies in law, Timothé Huot became first an associate and then a partner for 18 years in a pancanadian law firm. He is a tax specialist and has been involved in all the principal aspects of tax law. He has pleaded before the courts in tax litigation matters and in pension surplus reversion cases. He joined BCF in December 2006.

Timothé Huot was involved in the public financing of scientific research and development through tax incentives. He was retained as an expert in Canadian tax law in a major arbitration case of the London Metal Exchange in London, England. He was also special counsel to a private Saudi venture capital firm and, in this capacity, he was active in private financing in the Middle East and in several member countries of the European Community.

LL.L. Université de Montréal (1979)
Admitted to the Bar: 1981 (Québec)

Robert Korne, LL.B.

Mr. Korne specializes in domestic and international taxation, including asset and share transactions, business start ups, corporate reorganizations, cross-border structures and employment matters, as well as all aspects of succession planning.  He regularly advises Canadian, U.S. and foreign private, public and institutional entities on various complex tax related issues.

B.Comm. (Major Finance) McGill University
LL.B. & B.C.L. (National Program) McGill University; graduated with Distinction
CICA In-Depth Tax Courses; Part I, II and III
Certificate in Taxation, Department of Continuity Education McGill University
Admitted to the Bar: 1997 (Québec)

Julie Lavigne, LL.B.

Mr. Lavigne specializes in the fields of business acquisitions and sales, corporate reorganization and the drafting of shareholder agreements.  She also teaches a course on commercial transactions at the law faculty of Université de Montréal.

LL.B. 2002 University of Ottawa
Admitted to the Bar: 2003 (Québec)

André Morrissette, LL.B.

Mr. Morrissette has often advised family businesses, emerging technological businesses as well as large corporations in the context of important transactions.  His knowledge on tax issues is extensive and his client portfolio therefore includes several economic sectors.

He provides advice with respect to corporate reorganizations, profit-sharing plans, mergers and acquisitions, wealth management, trusts, business succession, domestic and international taxation, taxation of financial products, and management buy-outs.

LL.B. Université de Montréal
Admitted to the Bar: 1985 (Québec)

Pierre D. Saint-Aubin, LL.B.

Mr. Saint-Aubin specializes in tax and commercial law.  He regularly advises local, national and international businesses as well as their shareholders.  Pierre has also developed considerable expertise in reorganization, tax and estate planning and the transfer of family businesses.

B.Sc. Politic and Public Administration University of Ottawa
LL.B. University of Ottawa
Admitted to the Bar: 1991 (Québec)