Morency’s business law team advises and represents an impressive array of clients which include private corporations and financial institutions. Our firm specializes in: the structuring and reorganization of companies and corporations; corporate and financial planning; negotiating and drafting of contracts, leases, licenses and other legal documents and instruments; and, franchising. Morency’s expertise also extends to: all aspects of settlements with creditors; the recovery, transfer and acquisition of companies; banking law; securities law; and, bankruptcy and insolvency.

Our business law team includes specialists in tax law whose expertise include income tax, sales taxes, property tax, and transfer law. Our experts ensure proper tax planning, and regularly intervene in tax disputes.

Our intellectual property law team advises our clients in matters of patent, trade mark, copyright, industrial designs, and trade secrets/ know-how. Our team handles all aspects of due diligence, registration, and management of intangible assets. Our advisors ensure the negotiation of licensing agreements, sales and distribution agreements, research and development agreements, joint ventures, turnkey agreements, and transfer of technology agreements. Our team distinguishes itself by the diversity of its members, some of whom have international experience. Our litigators are experienced both in presenting and defending against infringement claims.

In keeping with the firm’s multidisciplinary approach and focus on anticipating the evolving needs of its clientele, Morency also offers services in international law. Our experience in the global economy allows us to advise, litigate, and arbitrate international contracts, foreign investments, and international trade, all in the context of international treaties (North American Free Trade Agreement, European Union). Our firm represents individuals and companies of all sizes wishing to invest or establish partnerships in Quebec, throughout North America and abroad, all from an international perspective.

Morency’s litigators provide services in all traditional sectors of civil litigation and professional liability: contracts and leases; property law; real estate law; franchise law; insurance law; and, construction law. Our team excels in providing first-class representation before all Federal and Provincial courts of law, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada. Our team also regularly pleads before arbitration panels, both in Quebec and abroad.

Our construction law team includes experts who are familiar not only with the law as it relates to construction, but also with all practical aspects of construction projects. Morency represents commercial and residential real estate developers, energy promoters, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, construction professionals, and individual property owners. Whether in the preparation and management of construction documentation, calls for and management of tenders, project execution or litigation relating to errors and/or omissions in design and construction, latent defect claims, and hypothecary recourses, our team is able to intervene rapidly and strategically. Our clients find added value in not having to educate our attorneys in the language and documentation of the trade. They also benefit from our network of consultants whom we regularly mandate as expert witnesses whenever necessary in order to represent our clients before the Common Law courts and arbitration panels.

Our firm's expertise in administrative disputes is renowned across the Province. We successfully litigate on behalf of clients before all manner of administrative courts and government agencies, whether under Provincial or Federal jurisdictions. Our experienced litigators deal on a daily basis with a complex set of Canadian and Quebec legislation, as well as regulations and standards.

Since its inception, our firm has established its reputation and prestige in the field of municipal law. We are always attentive to the legal needs of municipalities in matters of prevention or as counsel in judicial proceedings. Our expertise includes access to information, energy development, civil security, land use and planning, and environmental protection.

Morency is renowned for its expertise in environmental law. Our specialists often advise private companies and public organizations regarding environmental audits and evaluations. We represent our clients before all judicial and administrative tribunals. In this regard, Morency is familiar with the mission and procedures of the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (Public Environmental Hearings Office, or BAPE) and of various bodies involved in reconciling environmental protection with economic development.

In matters of transportation law, Morency intervenes before the Commission des transports du Québec (Quebec Transportation Board) and the Ministère des Transports (Quebec Ministry of Transportation). Our experts also argue before the Common Law courts on behalf of clients who have been deprived of personal transportation.

Morency has assembled a team of experienced litigators whose labour and employment law practice includes the negotiation of collective agreements, individual labour contracts, pay issues, and arbitration of grievances or disputes, health and safety matters, and accidents in the workplace. We act on behalf of employers in all these areas, before all levels of administrative tribunals and Common Law courts. Our expertise is recognized by the ministère de l’Éducation (Quebec Ministry of Education), as well as by the Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec (Quebec Federation of School Boards) and the Fédération des cégeps (CEGEP Federation), which trust us to represent them during Provincial and local negotiations with union and labour organizations.

Morency’s litigators and legal experts advise and represent our clients whenever constitutional issues arise during legal disputes, especially with respect to the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Charter of Rights.

Our Health and Social Services team has developed cutting-edge expertise that is invaluable in serving Morency’s large number of client institutions and organizations from across the healthcare system. All members of our team maintain direct and constant contacts within the field, several having worked within the sector and others being members of several Boards of Directors. In addition to playing the traditional role of litigators, our team members have developed a personalized approach that places emphasis on prevention. In order to ensure the determination and implementation of an effective solution to any given problem, Morency favours a team approach that draws upon the skills of legal specialists within our firm, as well as expert professional consultants drawn from disciplines as varied as engineering, computer science, and management. Our clients contribute their skills and experience directly in developing solutions and are always at the heart of the decision-making process.