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Dunton Rainville’s aviation practice covers the full range of professional services required by aviation companies: incorporation of companies, general advice on company formation, obtaining rights, licenses or authorizations from the competent authorities, negotiation of commercial leases, negotiation of employment contracts and collective agreements, grievance arbitration and settlement of disputes relating to the application and interpretation of collective agreements, representation before the Commission des relations du travail, the Conseil des services essentiels, the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, the Tribunal des droits de la personne and the courts in all disputes relating to the various commercial and labour laws. The team is also involved in occupational health and safety management and representation in these areas before specialized tribunals, as well as intervention in employee assistance programs.

Dunton Rainville’s labor law team has developed particular expertise in managing labor relations for air transport companies.

Dunton Rainville assists, advises and represents associations and non-profit organizations with their legal needs.

Dunton Rainville has been involved in the legal incorporation of a large number of not-for-profit organizations in various sectors of activity. The firm offers its services in corporate organization, ensuring that organizations comply with the various applicable laws, and assisting founders in choosing the appropriate legal form.

Dunton Rainville has been involved in the creation of a number of charities and quasi-public companies.

Dunton Rainville’s Citizenship and Immigration clientele includes companies, investors and individuals (international mobility) who benefit from comprehensive project management, covering not only the acquisition of status in Canada, but also the corporate and commercial services that precede it.

Our lawyers determine the applicability of immigration programs to their clients’ profiles, and propose the most appropriate procedure in terms of time and cost.

The exceptional expertise of our lawyers and the quality of their representation, particularly in often complex disputes before administrative tribunals and the Federal Courts, has enabled us to develop a body of case law that is regularly cited before the courts.

Thanks to this expertise acquired over the years, Dunton Rainville is able to offer its customers distinctive personalized services.

The Dunton Rainville team regularly advises construction contractors and real estate developers on construction law matters.

In the competitive world of construction and infrastructure, Dunton Rainville is a legal partner who will assist companies in the construction and real estate development sector in their quest for efficiency. The firm’s team, made up of lawyers specializing in construction law, professionals from various legal disciplines and labour relations professionals, is able to provide all legal services relating to the management of companies in the construction sector. Our team includes experienced litigators, as well as lawyers, notaries, labour relations and occupational health and safety advisors.

Dunton Rainville works on all types of projects, whether in the private or public sector. The firm represents construction contractors, real estate developers and public and private sector clients on a daily basis. The firm’s team also assists clients in their relations with public authorities (municipal, provincial or federal) to ensure the success of their projects.

Dunton Rainville has expertise in corporate and transactional law, including the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate and share capital reorganizations, commercial and real estate transactions and financing.

The firm serves clients of all sizes, and is able to offer customized solutions tailored to each customer’s needs at competitive rates.

Our team can advise you on drafting contracts, incorporations, shareholder agreements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, transactions, buyouts, financing transactions, restructurings and arrangements, and negotiating sale and purchase agreements.

When a de facto union or marriage ends, or when changes occur in your family, it’s essential to know your rights before making any decisions, to ensure you understand the various possible impacts and their legal implications.

Dunton Rainville’s Family and Matrimonial Law team is here to listen to you, offer you personalized services and help you find solutions. Within this framework, our team informs, advises and represents you with the utmost respect for your rights. Our lawyers have been working in this field for many years and, with their experience and knowledge, can assist you with all your family matters, such as :

divorce, separation, marriage annulment, child custody, access rights, children’s rights, relocation or moving, representation of children, recognition and contestation of paternity, child or spousal support, international law, application for division of property, matrimonial regime, family patrimony, de facto union, spousal cohabitation contract, unjust enrichment, premarital consultation, marriage contract, adoption, succession, annulment of will, replacement of liquidator, mandate and adult protection regime (tutorship and curatorship).

Our team also includes experienced family mediators with training in collaborative law.

Dunton Rainville’s business, commercial and banking law team represents banks, financial services cooperatives, insurance companies, trust and loan companies in a wide range of legal services. With our in-depth knowledge of banking and financial services, our team of lawyers and notaries advises and assists institutions in the financial sector with their legal needs. Our professionals act as partners of the institution within the framework of the mandates entrusted to them.

The firm’s structure enables Dunton Rainville to offer its clients in the banking network, savings banks and other financial institutions quality services at advantageous rates in debt collection, financing transactions, corporate restructuring, insolvency representation and all other legal services.

Our multidisciplinary team is able to support financial institutions in carrying out their financing mandates, providing clients with access to experienced professionals including lawyers and notaries. Our team takes charge of the various stages involved in setting up the financing by putting in place the movable and immovable financial guarantees needed to secure the loan granted by the institution.

Our team is also able to support financial institutions in debt collection thanks to an experienced and structured team.

In addition, since the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Division of the Court of Québec is set at $15,000, Dunton Rainville is able to assist financial institutions when collection proceedings for claims below this amount are referred to this division. Our lawyers are able to guide representatives of financial institutions through the claims process and offer them the coaching they need to represent the institution.

Competition, regulations and fuel costs are all factors putting pressure on the transport industry. Dunton Rainville has a thorough understanding of transportation issues and is able to offer solutions tailored to the needs of this industry, both in terms of commercial, contractual and corporate law. Freight transportation companies use the firm’s services to advise or represent them in commercial and corporate matters, liability, labor and employment law, and in their relations with various government bodies.

The firm’s team has also developed expertise in maritime transport, particularly in pilotage, a sector in which it has been active for several years.

Over the next few years, Québec’s health and social services sector will continue to be impacted by the government’s economic policy. However, the budgetary choices made by healthcare establishments must not affect user services. In such a context, health and social services establishments have to ensure that they can fulfill their mission while keeping a tight rein on their finances.

To help establishments achieve their objectives, Dunton Rainville offers health and social services institutions a full range of services, whether during negotiations, contractual processes or before the courts. The firm advises managers of institutions in the health and social services network on a number of regular management activities.

Dunton Rainville has been called upon to advise the management of health and social services centers on all matters relating to internal organization, contractual activities, labor relations, user rights, protection of information held by the organization, representation before the courts of requests for institutional care and requests for treatment and accommodation, handling of complaints received, their contract award process, as well as their relations with users and the public administration, in addition to all matters relating to internal governance.

Dunton Rainville boasts leading-edge expertise and knowledge in the insurance, civil and professional liability sectors.

Our insurance law team provides advice on the interpretation of insurance contracts, advises clients on the application of these contracts and on the liability of insureds. When necessary, the firm’s lawyers represent clients before the various courts.

The Dunton Rainville team represents insurance companies and several public bodies, notably in connection with their self-insurance programs, in individual and corporate claims, and in class actions.

Dunton Rainville assists Québec manufacturing companies in their quest for efficiency and profitability by offering legal solutions in various legal disciplines, including business, labor, civil and administrative law. Aware of the challenges faced by companies in the manufacturing sector, our professionals offer services tailored to the needs of manufacturing companies, providing them with the expertise and experience of lawyers, labor relations advisors, occupational health and safety advisors and notaries at advantageous rates.

Dunton Rainville’s lawyers regularly represent companies before the courts on a variety of legal issues. Our firm handles contractual disputes, liability issues, product defects and relations with municipal, provincial and federal public authorities.

The firm also assists companies with their corporate life, offering services in business and corporate law. The firm’s business law team assists companies with corporate organization, asset sales and acquisitions, financing and corporate reorganizations. Our lawyers and notaries can help companies with mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and corporate restructuring.

Dunton Rainville also offers trademark agent services to protect your product names and brands specific to your activities.

The firm also supports companies in the manufacturing sector in their relations with employees, both unionized and non-unionized. Our team of lawyers and consultants in labor relations and occupational health and safety assists numerous companies in the day-to-day management of their human resources.

Dunton Rainville has extensive experience in the municipal sector, and is now the largest private firm in municipal and labour law in Québec. For over thirty years, Dunton Rainville has been advising and representing various organizations in the municipal sector, including cities, municipalities, municipal housing boards, paramunicipal corporations, intermunicipal boards and regional county municipalities, on all their needs in municipal law, public law, labour and employment law and more.

Dunton Rainville offers a wide range of legal services to Québec municipalities, assisting them with urban planning, finance and taxation, the environment, public works, human resources, economic development and regulations. The firm’s professionals act as both advisors and prosecutors, and the firm also offers the services of its notaries. Dunton Rainville also acts as prosecuting attorney before the Municipal Court.

Involved in the main organizations representing municipalities, including the UMQ, FQM, ADGMQ, ADMQ and COMAQ, as well as a number of more specific organizations, our lawyers are fully aware of the concerns of Québec municipalities and are in a position to propose strategies that meet their needs.

Private carriers have to cope with regulations, operating costs such as labor and volatile fuel prices, and competition, while maintaining performance and offering quality service to secure their future.

Dunton Rainville is a partner of choice, offering a wide range of services and having developed an excellent knowledge of the sector. The firm’s lawyers support managers and owners of transport companies in the corporate life of their business, offering services in commercial law, financing processes and business transformations. In fact, our team assists our customers during major changes affecting company ownership or financing, in order to ensure the company’s continuity or transformation. The firm’s lawyers also assist companies in asset acquisition negotiations and in various types of contractual negotiations.

Dunton Rainville’s civil law team represents clients in matters of corporate liability and claims against suppliers.

The Dunton Rainville team is able to assist passenger transport companies in their relations with government authorities, in connection with operating permits, transport regulations and penal matters. She also provides advice and opinions on outsourced transit contracts.

Having completed numerous mandates in the ground passenger transportation sector, Dunton Rainville benefits from leading-edge expertise and knowledge of labor relations and labor and employment law. These mandates include labour relations, negotiation of collective agreements and arbitration of disputes and grievances for public and private carriers. The firm is used to dealing with several unions within the same company or organization.

Dunton Rainville advises various professional services companies. Whether you’re a sole trader or a group of professionals, the firm is able to offer services tailored to the needs of professionals, whatever their area of practice. Dunton Rainville advises engineers, architects, medical professionals, finance, accounting and real estate professionals.

The firm’s lawyers support the professional in the corporate life of the company by offering services in corporate law. In fact, we guide our customers through the process of setting up a company, as well as through any major changes affecting it. The firm’s lawyers also assist companies in asset acquisition negotiations and in various types of contractual negotiations.

Dunton Rainville’s lawyers are also consulted by professionals in matters of professional and civil liability, employment law and administrative law. The Dunton Rainville team is able to represent professionals in their dealings with the authorities.

Dunton Rainville has the largest private municipal and public law team in Québec, and is able to respond effectively to the requirements of public sector organizations in this area. This experienced team provides advice and representation before all administrative and judicial tribunals.

In the context of administrative law mandates of all kinds, the firm acts in complex cases involving administrative or regulatory aspects. These cases may involve legislative drafting, the acquisition or financing of assets by public bodies involving tens of millions of dollars, regulatory and enforcement issues, or the constitutionality of legislative provisions.

Dunton Rainville has developed an extensive team specializing in negotiation, labor relations management and employer representation. Its labor and employment law team, made up mainly of experienced lawyers and human resources professionals (CIRCs, CHRPs), is one of the largest in Québec. As part of its expertise in labor and employment law, the firm acts for various public bodies.

The firm also offers services for the creation of independent organizations, such as NPOs, by assisting the public body in setting up the satellite organization.

The issue of sustainable mobility is central to the mission of public transport companies. Public authorities and the general public are asking transport companies to expand their networks, improve their services in terms of quality and quantity, and introduce new vehicle types, all without any real increase in financial resources. This reality alone determines a number of issues specific to the governance, procurement, management and labor relations of common carriers.

Dunton Rainville offers public transport companies a wide range of legal services in the fields of labour, administrative, commercial, corporate and civil law. For many years, the firm’s lawyers have acted as prosecutors, legal advisors and negotiators for public transport companies on a variety of legal issues.

Dunton Rainville has developed particular expertise in labor relations within public transit companies, having advised and represented the three main Québec transit companies. The firm’s lawyers have not only been involved in managing labor relations for transport companies, but also act as attorneys before the various labor law bodies and as spokespersons during collective agreement negotiations.

The firm’s members have also assisted a number of transit companies in their corporate life, advising them in various areas: in the preparation of contracts and agreements, notably for the management of advertising space; in the setting up of non-profit organizations to manage company assets; and in the institutional organization of public transit, notably with regard to fares, regulatory powers and financing.

The Dunton Rainville team regularly advises real estate developers on legal matters to support their projects.

The firm’s team, made up of lawyers from different legal disciplines and notaries, offers a full range of legal services relating to the management of companies in the real estate sector.

Dunton Rainville assists promoters of real estate development projects by advising them on the application of municipal, zoning and urban planning by-laws, as well as on all matters relating to environmental law.

Dunton Rainville also offers a full range of corporate legal services to support companies in their incorporation and throughout their corporate life. The firm will assist you in preparing and updating your corporate books.

The firm’s team of lawyers is also involved in a wide range of transactions, from sales of businesses, fixed assets or shares, to project financing, sales of real estate complexes, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and all other types of transactions.

Dunton Rainville advises numerous religious institutions on a wide range of legal issues relating to municipal and administrative law, as well as other areas of law such as not-for-profit organizations, corporate incorporation and civil liability.

The firm’s team has been involved in major real estate and securities transactions. During such transactions, Dunton Rainville’s lawyers accompany the religious institution throughout the negotiations. They advise the latter and take part in negotiations to protect its rights and interests.

Dunton Rainville also advises numerous religious institutions on the application of property tax rules. The firm’s lawyers make representations to municipalities and the Tribunal administratif du Québec to establish the special status of the religious institution entitling it to exemption from property taxes, where applicable.

Dunton Rainville also assists religious institutions with their corporate organization and day-to-day management.

Over the next few years, Québec schools will continue to be confronted with the impact of government economic policies. Schools’ budget choices will have to take account of this reality, as well as that of a changing population that demands more services and better quality. In such a context, the education sector has to ensure that it can fulfill its mission while keeping a tight rein on its finances.

To help educational institutions achieve their goals, Dunton Rainville offers a full range of services to help them assert their interests, whether in negotiations, contractual processes or before the courts. The firm advises managers of educational institutions, whether private or public, on a number of regular management activities.

Dunton Rainville advises school management on all matters relating to internal organization, contractual activities, labor relations, user rights, the Public Education Act, the protection of information held by the organization, the handling of complaints received, the contract awarding process, relations with users and the public administration, as well as all matters relating to internal management and property taxation.

The firm also offers a range of services related to occupational health and safety, from claims management and prevention to ensuring that infrastructure and renovation work is carried out in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

In a fast-changing industry, Dunton Rainville knows how to adapt, offering companies in the technology and telecommunications sector services tailored to their needs and taking account of legal advances in technology law.

The firm’s lawyers support the managers and owners of companies in the technology and telecommunications sectors in the corporate life of their businesses, offering services in commercial law, financing processes and business transformations. In fact, we support our customers during major changes affecting company ownership or financing, in order to ensure their long-term survival or transformation.

The firm’s lawyers also assist companies in asset acquisition negotiations, and in various types of contractual negotiations, including software licensing and service outsourcing.

In the field of employment law, where employees have access to sensitive information, Dunton Rainville assists companies by advising them on employment contracts to protect their interests. When an employee leaves, the firm will also support the company by ensuring the application of the various clauses of the employment contract of its former employees.