Éric is a member of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team and an accomplished deal-maker with a firm grasp on the industries in which clients operate, and a proven ability to negotiate the best results for their business.

Éric is a partner in the Business Law Practice Group based in the Montréal office. In his role as National Leader, Practices, People and Professional Development, he leads the firm’s business planning and execution for all practice groups and is responsible for all professional people and talent strategies, including talent recruitment, professional and career development, partnership and legal support. Working closely with practice group and industry group leaders, Éric is focused on bringing the full strength of our exceptional people and teams to our clients.

He leads by example and is committed to fostering and developing our firm culture of inclusion, collaboration and entrepreneurial spirit. Recruiting, engaging and promoting diverse teams of exceptionally talented lawyers is a key part of Éric’s mandate.

Éric has been with the firm since 1995, practising in all major areas of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, corporate reorganizations and corporate finance.

Successfully representing a number of businesses and financial institutions operating in agribusiness, especially in the areas of food processing and alcoholic beverage manufacturing, Éric takes a pragmatic and business-driven approach when advising clients on acquisitions, regulations and general commercial law.

Acting as a point person within the firm, Éric coordinates and leads large teams on complex files.

Éric’s experience includes regional, national and cross-border transactions in a range of industries, including representing:

• La Coop fédérée in its acquisition of Groupe BMR’s remaining shares
• Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd. in its acquisition of Le Trou du Diable microbrewery
• General Mills in its acquisition of Yoplait
• General Mills in the sale of its Green Giant and Le Sieur brands to B&G Foods, Inc.
• Olymel LP in its acquisition of Aliments Triomphe Foods
• Olymel LP and La Coop fédérée in their acquisition of F. Ménard
• Olymel LP in its acquisition of La Fernandière Inc.
• Olymel LP in its acquisition of Big Sky Farms Inc.’s Canadian assets
• Olymel LP in connection with its partnership with ATRAHAN Transformation Inc.
• Olymel LP in connection with its partnership with Groupe Robitaille (Aliments Lucyporc in Yamachiche, Québec)
• Solotech Inc. in its acquisition of Midnite Hour Productions
• Acceo Solutions Inc. in connection with the sale to Constellation Software Inc.

An active participant in the community, Éric also serves as a Director and Vice-President/Chairman on the following boards: Société de la Place des Arts and Fondation de la Place des Arts. He is also the Chair of the Faculty Advancement Board of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of McGill University (Macdonald Campus) since May 2020 and has been a member of the Ordre des agronomes du Québec since 1998. He also served as President and board member of Culture pour tous from 2014 to 2024 and as a member of the board of Festival TransAmériques (FTA) from 2017 to 2020.

Éric received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science and a certificate in Environmental Studies from McGill University in 1991. He received his LLB from Université de Sherbrooke in 1994.