Mireille Fontaine Bio

Mireille Fontaine joined our Commercial Law group in 2023. With over 30 years’ experience in business law, Mireille practices mainly in the private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and fund formation. Mireille is a seasoned business advisor. She is recognised for her deep legal knowledge and business acumen, her availability, and her efficiency. She helps our clients achieve and exceed their most ambitious objectives. In addition, she specialized in cross-border transactions namely between Canada and the United States, as well as France and the United Kingdom. She has become an advisor to international players looking to expand and do business in Quebec and Canada, particularly in the life sciences and technology industries. Mireille is also a team player who regularly manages multidisciplinary teams in the context of diversified and quite complex transactions. Her expertise is recognized in numerous prestigious national and international legal publications such as Best Lawyers in Canada since 2013, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory since 2009, Who’s Who Legal and Who’s Who International since 2009, Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide (2014-2020) and many other notable directories (Martindale-Hubbel, Lawyer 100, Canada, Lawyers Worldwide Awards and “Top 40 under 40“).