Given the broad diversity of the mandates with which our clients entrust us, we have carefully assembled an extensive range of expertise. We make it our business to meet the needs of corporations and institutions, but also of individuals who seek our professional services in the following areas.
Business Law and Intellectual Property
Since our firm’s inception, we have worked closely with the business community. Corporate law is a specialty for us and we use pragmatism and an entrepreneurial spirit as our guide. We work towards the advancement of our clients’ mandates while also ensuring that their interests are protected.
Shareholder Agreements
Commercial Law
Business Law
Real estate Law
Trusts
Corporate Financing
Mergers and Acquisitions
Intellectual Property
Corporate Reorganization
Litigation and Commercial Law
We have in-depth knowledge of the courts and the rules which govern them, and we prepare our cases with great rigour and attention to detail. With full regard for the interests of our clients, we always focus on finding practical solutions and, where appropriate, advocate alternative dispute resolution.
Arbitration
Agricultural Law
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Construction law
Debt Collection
Family Law and Matrimonial Litigation
Law of Persons and Estate Law
Litigation between Shareholders
Real Estate Law
Administrative, Municipal, Disciplinary and Professional Law
In the field of administrative law, we represent professional order syndics in disciplinary proceedings. In addition, we advise professional orders on various legal aspects related to their activities.
We also represent cities, regional county municipalities, farmers and developers in the context of their green zone development projects and have a recognized expertise in agricultural land preservation.
Our professionals have developed a reputable expertise dealing with a wide range of issues relating to Municipal Law in order to respond to the various needs of its clientele comprised mostly of municipalities and "MRC".
Administrative Law
Agricultural Law
Agricultural Land Preservation
City planning
Construction Law
Democratic Municipal
Disciplinary Law
Expropriation
Municipal assessment
Municipal Law
Municipal Fiscality
Professional Law
Real Estate Law
Banking Law and Insolvency, Franchising Law
We negotiate and draft financing agreements and establish their associated guarantees, both for lending institutions and borrowers.
We represent franchisors with respect to their franchising issues as well as any other legal needs they may have.
Our banking law team has the expertise to represent lenders, advise them in their relationships with debtors and handle the realization of security interests. The speed at which we are able to provide our services is rooted in the quality of our infrastructure and personnel, as well as our follow-up methods which strictly adhere to the established legal time limits.
Banking Law
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Financing
Franchising Law
Labour and Employment Law
In labour and employment law matters, we counsel and represent employers in a variety of files relating to the daily management of their human resources.
Our professionals are also ready to serve our clients on issues relating to workplace health and safety.
We also act as spokesperson for management in matters relating to collective bargaining and grievance arbitration.
Access to Information
Collective Agreement Negotiation
Labour and Employment Law
Occupational Health and Safety
Specialized Expertise: What Sets us Apart
Agri-Food Industry Services
Our firm’s roots have lead us to serve a large clientele in the agri-food business. There is a natural synergy between our firm and this sector. Our professionals have developed extensive knowledge, expertise and skills that are appreciated by our clients and that we offer throughout Quebec industry.
The development of this expertise, which has been driven not by a single area of law, but rather by an economic sector encompassing a number of legal domains, reinforces the distinctiveness of the services we offer.
The agri-food industry is multi-faceted and we are called upon to work primarily in the above-mentioned sectors and before the following specialized tribunals:
Agricultural Marketing Board (Régie des marchés agricoles);
Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec (CPTAQ);
Administrative Tribunal of Quebec, as well as the courts of law, notably the Quebec Superior Court, Court of Quebec, and Quebec Court of Appeal.
At Therrien Couture, our in-depth knowledge and expertise in law and the agri-food industry provide added value for all intervenants, whomever they may be.