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François Brabant
Work Department
M & A, Corporate and Commercial Law
Position
Partner
Career
François Brabant practices M&A, corporate and commercial law from Dentons Canada’s Montreal office. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises. François represents clients active in a variety of manufacturing and service sectors such as packaging, construction and information technology in their acquisitions and divestitures. He has special experience in advising small and medium businesses operating in Quebec (Quebec Inc.) on their local and global growth strategies. François also advises public companies with respect to both transactional and regulatory matters, including private placements, prospectus offerings, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions, privatizations, shareholder meetings and employee incentive plans. François served as Board member and Secretary of the university Club of Montreal from 2012 to 2015.
Languages
English French
Education
Education: Université de Sherbrooke, 2002, LLB Admissions and Qualifications: Quebec, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Energy and natural resources > Mining
The mining practice at Dentons
leverages the strength of its global network and experienced team to advise major multinational mining companies (including BlackRock Metals) involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional financings and complex M&A. The firm’s full offering extends to project development, environmental matters and high-stakes litigation and arbitration. The practice is headed by Greg McNab, an expert in mining and capital markets in Vancouver; Robin Longe in Vancouver, a specialist in joint ventures, in addition to the purchase and sale of mines and mining-related assets. Other key figures include Leanne Krawchuk KC in Edmonton, who brings expertise to M&A and supply and streaming agreements; François Brabant in Montreal, who specializes in securities and corporate governance matters; and Ora Wexler in Toronto, who draws on experience in M&A and royalty transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Business immigration
- Construction
- International trade
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement
- Telecoms
- Cannabis
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Infrastructure projects
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology