Charles Laplante

Lawyer, Innovation and Transformation Advisor
Key practice areas
Personal Information and Data Protection
Québec Bar 2022

Charles Laplante works at the intersection of law, technology, and management science. He helps implement the firm’s innovation and transformation strategy. Drawing on design thinking and his expertise as a cross-disciplinary translator, legal designer, and rapid prototyper, he creates customized solutions that are tailored to stakeholders’ needs and grounded in legal practice, working closely with legal, business and technical teams.

Charles’ career spans an exceptional variety of legal fields, practice models, and client types. His versatility enriches our approach to complex legal and business challenges. In his hands, client needs are transformed into functional, concrete, and forward-thinking solutions.

Before joining our team, Charles practised at a major regional law firm, where he established and led its Knowledge & Innovation function. His contributions included setting up a legislative monitoring system and launching the firm’s AI-driven digital transformation. He also served as an external consultant on innovation management and organizational transformation.

As a student, he received a Faculty of Law merit scholarship and earned several awards in legislative drafting, financial market simulation, international diplomacy, and business case competitions.

  • Merit Scholarship, Université de Montréal Faculty of Law, 2021
  • Montréal AI x Law Hackathon, Mentor and Judge, 2026 edition
  • Co-speaker: La mise en application du projet de loi 96 sur la langue française et son impact dans le domaine du financement et des sûretés [Bill 96 and the French language: Implementation and impact on financing and security interests], as part of the Journée stratégique financement et sûretés, organized by Open Forum Ouvert, Montréal, January 22, 2024.

M.Sc., Innovation-Entrepreneurship, HEC Montréal (in progress)

LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2021

Certificate, Economics, Université de Montréal, 2018