Our team

The law firm FORTIN SIMARD AVOCATS INC. is the result of a collaborative effort between several lawyers specializing in corporate, commercial, and tax law. They work primarily with small and medium-sized businesses, start-ups, and companies from various sectors.

The members of our firm are in constant contact with other legal and business professionals, allowing our clients to benefit from a vast network of professionals to carry out all aspects of their commercial projects.

Our firm's approach is to offer services that meet the standards of Quebec's entrepreneurial elite, while maintaining rates tailored to small and medium-sized businesses. It is also essential for us to encourage entrepreneurial succession, whether at the start-up stage or the reorganization of an existing one. Finally, our firm has extensive experience representing buyers and sellers in business sales or acquisitions.

For more information on this subject, please contact our lawyers, who will be happy to assist you in your projects.

Senior Partner

Nancy Fortin, Senior Partner, is a lawyer and holds a degree in taxation from the University of Sherbrooke (D. Fisc). She practices primarily in corporate law, where her practice focuses primarily on reorganizations, acquisitions and sales of businesses, mergers, liquidations and dissolutions of businesses, all within Canada. She also provides corporate and tax support to her clients, who are primarily small and medium-sized businesses located primarily in Canada, France and the United States. She also provides advice to individuals on shareholder agreements, discretionary trusts, estate freezes and business transfers or successions. Finally, she is a speaker on shareholder agreements and business sales.

Training

  • Master’s in Taxation, 2014 – University of Sherbrooke ( Thesis submission to come )
  • DESS. Taxation, 2011 – University of Sherbrooke
  • LL.B, 2002 – University of Quebec in Montreal

Admission to the Bar

  • Quebec, 2003

Associations

  • Quebec Bar
  • Longueuil Bar
  • Association for Tax and Financial Planning (APFF)

Community participation

  • Member of the Board of Directors, Janica Milot Foundation
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Grand Orchestre à vent du Québec Foundation
  • Legal Clinic of the Young Bar Association of Montreal
  • Legal Clinic of the University of Quebec in Montreal