In the Media

The environmental-law and energy-law expertise of Julie Belley Perron, a partner in the business law group, was called upon recently in connection with the preparation of an article on how to improve energy efficiency (“Trois conseils pour améliorer son efficacité énergétique”) in which she explains the changes made to Quebec’s cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (SPEDE).

There is no shortage of challenges for the 40 professional orders in Quebec. And now the professional community can learn more about issues that may affect them, in the special edition on professional orders of Les Affaires published on October 14, 2017, in which the expertise of Ariane-Sophie Blais, a litigation practitioner at the firm, is featured in three separate articles.

The legal community in Quebec can learn more about legal issues that may affect them in a special Business Law edition of online magazine Les Affaires published on September 21, 2017, in which the expertise of Langlois Lawyers is on display in three articles.

The Energy Law expertise of Stefan Chripounoff, a partner in the litigation group, was recently called upon in connection with an article on the globalization of natural gas markets. He explained that the multiplication of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will have a standardizing effect on commodity pricing.

Vincent de l’Étoile, a partner of the firm, was recently asked to comment on the new tax agreement between the Quebec government and Airbnb for an article entitled “Agreement between Quebec, Airbnb on tax remittance called ‘unique’” published on The Lawyers Daily website in September.

Kateri Vincent, a business law practitioner at Langlois Lawyers, recently commented on two Supreme Court of Canada decisions on how the National Energy Board (NEB) consults with indigenous communities when deciding on the advisability of a proposed petroleum project with potentially negative environmental impacts.