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Mario Paul-Hus has dedicated his professional practice to municipal law. Consequently, he has worked on numerous cases involving many Quebec cities and municipalities. His experience in municipal matters is well sought after and he has worked on many real estate development cases.
His acquintance with the municipal world is an important asset for the municipalities he represents as well as for the firm's clients who work with municipalities. When faced with complex problems he formulates innovative propositions that take into account the important parameters of the municipal legislation, always finding solutions which promote the client's interest.
Me Paul-Hus is a certified ethics advisor and he has developed much useful expertise in the field of municipal contracts. He frequently represents his clients before tribunals in cases related to municipal law.
Mario Paul-Hus
Principal Partner
Municipal and administrative law | Condominium Law | Labor Law
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514 954 0440 I poste 11
Eric Oliver
Partner and Head of Litigation
Litigation | Labor Law | Condominium Law
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514 954 0440 I poste 13
Biography
Me Eric Oliver holds a Civil law B.A. from the Université de Montréal, to which he added an introductory diploma in Chinese law from the University of Political Science and Law (Bejin) as well as a Master's level specialized diploma in North American Common Law from the Université de Montréal.
Following his articling at the Bureau International du Travail ’s Cairo (Egypt) office, Me Oliver was admited to the Québec Bar in 2005. He is also a member of the Montréal Young Bar Association.
His professional practice is essentially dedicated to civil, commercial and administrative litigation including counselling, drafting of procedures and representing clients before various tribunals. Me Oliver has pleaded before the Québec Superior Court, the Québec Court of Appeals and the Federal Court, as well as various administrative tribunals.
Louis Beauregard
Partner
Municipal | Urban planning | Expropriation | Municipal taxation
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514 954 0440 I poste 22
Biography
Me Louis Beauregard joined Municonseil in 2024, after leading the boutique firm Beauregard Avocats, working mainly in the areas of municipal law and real estate law. Lawyer of experience, mediator and ethics advisor, he defends clients in urban planning and in zoning, expropriation and municipal taxation and other aspects of municipal law and public real estate law. Me Beauregard provides legal and strategic services to some of the largest retailers and real estate owners in Canada, and to public bodies and individuals who deal with a municipal administration.
He also receives referrals from attorneys who are in a conflict of interest situation and also acts as a consulting attorney for other lawyers who do not have the expertise necessary to handle files in municipal law, town planning, expropriation or in municipal taxation.
He acts as a strategic advisor, negotiator with municipal administrations and has advocated files before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal of Quebec, the Superior Court, the Tribunal Administrative of Quebec, several specialized administrative tribunals and also before the courts municipal.
Francis Meloche
Partner
Litigation | Labor Law | Health Law
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514 954 0440 I poste 40
Biography
Me Meloche earned his Bachelor of Law in 1992. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1993. For 20 years, he worked in the firm Meloche Larivière in which he developed and established sustained and close relationships with various societies and organizations in the public, semi-public and private sectors.
Francis Meloche’s practice areas are labor law, administrative law, occupational health and safety, health and social services as well as municipal law. Over the years, Francis Meloche’s has developed his expertise; he has established himself in matters of labor relations, health and social services and public law. He is often called to represent various important public institutions such as health facilities.
On top of representing health facilities and public institutions, Me Meloche has also developed an important clientele not only in labor law and occupational health and safety, but also in administrative law and in the public sector. For the past 21 years, he has been recognized as a strategic counsellor and as an experienced litigator before civil tribunals as well as administrative boards.
Pierre-Jude Thermidor
Partner
Litigation | Real Estate Law | Construction Law
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514 954 0440 I poste 14
Biography
Me Pierre-Jude Thermidor has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 2006 and was the recipient of the "Jacques Perron" award for excellence in legal opinions.
He holds a bachelor's degree in civil law and a Juris Doctor in North American Common Law from the Université de Montréal.
Mr. Thermidor is a rigorous lawyer who represents SME, syndicates of co-ownership, companies that are Canadian leaders in their respective fields and individuals. He assists his clients in all stages of their litigation files, whether they are civil, commercial, real estate or administrative in nature, always with the objective of finding the best solution to their problems by considering the cost-benefit ratio in the development of the strategy to be adopted.
Mr. Thermidor's legal advice is highly appreciated and has brought tangible and concrete results for his clients, particularly in matters of contractual or extra-contractual litigation, including extraordinary recourses such as injunctions, safeguard orders, pre-judgment seizures, recourses involving the lifting of the corporate veil and any litigation involving the recovery of a debt. He also has extensive experience in construction litigation, including recourses for latent defects.
Guillaume Rousseau
Partner
Municipal Law | Land Use & Planning | Litigation
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Biography
Guillaume Rousseau has completed his Law licence at the Université de Sherbrooke, followed by a Comparative Law master's with a major in human rights and cultural diversity at McGill University. He articled at Fasken Martineau where he also practiced municipal and urban planning law.
Me Rousseau's work experience was completed at the Québec Justice Department and at the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission. Recently, he acted as advisor to the Québec National Assembly, particularly during the consultations leading to the revision of the Code of Civil Procedure. His post-graduate work, co-tutored by the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne led to a Ph.D. thesis in the Fall of 2012 and a Ph.D. degree jointly granted by the two universities. The same year saw Me Rousseau's nomination as professor at the Law faculty of the Université de Sherbrooke.
Deborah Michaud
Lawyer
Litigation | Municipal Law | Labor Law
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514 954 0440 I poste 20
Biography
Admitted to the Québec Bar in 2019, Me Michaud’s main areas of interest are litigation, municipal law and penal law. Her articling experience at the Attorney General of Quebec’s office gave her the opportunity to represent different ministries in different areas of the law namely in civil litigation, insolvency and family law. She has pleaded before different instances of the Quebec Courts as well as administrative tribunals.
She joined Municonseil in 2021, after working as a lawyer specialising in the analysis of conflicts of interest in a private firm. Her diversified legal experience, her dynamism and her excellent client service will help her find original solutions to the client’s legal issues. In addition, she is a member of the Young Bar of Montréal.
Camille Ingarao
Lawyer
Municipal Law | Litigation | Expropriation | Municipal taxation
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Me Camille Ingarao is a member of the Quebec Bar since 2018 and the New York Bar since 2020. She holds a bachelor's degree in civil law and a Juris Doctor in North American Common Law from the Université de Montréal.
Working mainly in municipal law, she began her career with Beauregard Avocats and joined Municonseil in 2024. Her mandates involve urban planning, zoning, land use planning, the environment, municipal taxation, expropriation and real estate law. She advises clients on a variety of contentious and strategic issues, and represents them before public bodies and the courts, including the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court, the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec, the Municipal Commission of Quebec ( CMQ), the Commission for access to Information (CAI), and the Municipal Court of Quebec.
Me Ingarao is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Young Bar Association of Montreal.