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Langlois is pleased to announce that Sophie Perreault has been named a star of the legal profession by the prestigious Acritas directory. Acritas is an independent global firm that assesses lawyers' reputations from interviews with jurists and legal-department heads randomly selected from some of the world's leading companies.

Langlois lawyers is pleased to announce the appointment of our partner Pierre-Luc Desgagné as Québec’s Delegate General to Brussels and the European Community.

The Honourable François Rolland joins Langlois Lawyers Langlois Lawyers is extremely pleased to announce that the Honourable François Rolland, Ad. E. is joining its litigation group as senior counsel, mediator and arbitrator. A renowned jurist in Québec and Canadian legal circles, Mr. Rolland rose to prominence as a Justice of the Superior Court of Québec from 1996 to 2015, and was the court’s Chief Justice from 2004 to 2015. In addition to presiding over numerous trials and settlement conferences in all areas of civil law, including commercial disputes, class actions, as well as insolvency and corporate reorganization files, Mr. Rolland has been appointed to various public positions by the Québec and Canada governments. He is also actively involved in several organizations dedicated to improving access to civil justice, including as chair of the Board of Directors of legal education organization Éducaloi.

Jean-François Landry joins the litigation group in Montréal. He practices administrative law and civil and commercial litigation, primarily in the areas of professional liability, the liability of directors and officers, and insurance coverage disputes. He holds a Master's degree in Commercial Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Juris Doctor from Dalhousie University. Mike Siméon also joins the litigation group in Montréal. His practice focuses in particular on class actions, insurance law, regulatory penal law and corporate governance. During his law studies, Mike was vice-president of the Université de Montréal chapter of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada, where he was involved in the creation of various initiatives to promote diversity within the legal community. Previously, Mike served for 10 years in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve.

Mylany David and Pascal Archambault, both members of the firm’s practice group specialized in cannabis, were recently quoted in an article published in Canadian Lawyer magazine entitled “Protecting cannabis IP”.

The management of CM-CIC Investissement has announce the nomination of attorney William D. Hart as director and chairman of the board of directors of its two Canadian subsidiaries, CIC Capital Canada Inc. and CIC Capital de risque Inc. He joins Julien Saulgrain, an attorney at the firm Blue-HF, as a second independent director of these two companies.