The real estate law expert has negotiated and structured complex agreements
Lavery has bolstered its business law group with the addition of real estate law expert Isabelle Métivier as its newest partner.
Métivier brings specialist experience in real estate acquisitions and sales, commercial leases, and negotiation and structuring complex agreements. She works from the firm’s Montreal office.
She explained that real estate law’s key role in large-scale projects and transactions was a significant factor in her decision to join Lavery. Previously, she worked with Groupe Harden as vice-présidente, affaires juridiques et chef du contentieux.
Métivier became a partner at BCF in 2022. She was also Loblaw Companies Limited’s senior director, legal affairs, Québec for over two decades; in this role, she managed the company’s Québec real estate portfolio. The portfolio included Provigo, Maxi and Maxi & Cie grocery stores and Pharmaprix drugstores. Moreover, she oversaw the company’s franchising and affiliation activities.
She was also avocate at DeGrandpre Chait, according to LinkedIn. Her legal career spans over 25 years.
Métivier practises in English and French. She received her law degree from McGill University and was called to the Québec bar in 1996.
Lavery’s lawyers have included Josianne Beaudry, an expert in securities law, mining, and mergers and acquisitions who was among the judges of the Canadian Law Awards last year; partner and patent agent Benoit Yelle; and business law group partners David Tournier, Eric Lavallée, and Selena Lu. The firm’s experts have commented on matters like amendments to the Charter of the French Language, cyberattacks, generative artificial intelligence, contractual obligations between distributors and retailers, and the impact of the 2024 budget, which included a then-new capital gains inclusion rate, on Québec estates law.
The firm is led by chief executive officer Anik Trudel. It underwent a rebrand in 2022 – its most recent brand exercise since 2014.
In 2018, intellectual property firm Goudreau Gage Dubuc merged with Lavery in Montreal.
