PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROFILE LILY GERMAIN | lawyer

LILY GERMAIN | lawyer
[email protected]
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Ms. Lily Germain holds an LL.B. (law degree) and a B.A. in Political Science
from Laval University. She was called to the Bar in 1996.
PROFILE
Ms. Germain is specialized in business, commercial and employment law.
She acts as legal counsel in mergers and acquisitions and venture capital
financing. Her practice involves drafting and negotiating various commercial
agreements. She also advises clients on securities matters and acts before
the regulatory securities authorities with respect to various files. She also
advises clients on matters such as non-competition and non-solicitation
obligations, transfers of employees in the context of mergers and
acquisitions, terminations of employment, termination notices, golden
parachutes, drafting of employment agreements and stock option and stock
purchase plans.
Before joining Morency, Ms. Germain practiced business, securities and
employment law at one of the major Canadian law firms for several years.
FIELDS OF PRACTICE
• Civil, commercial and corporate
law
• Company purchases, sales and
merges
• Employment law
• Securities
• Venture capital financing
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
• Member of the Barreau du
Québec
• Membre of the Canadian Bar
Association
• Member of the Réseau des
femmes d'affaires du Québec Inc.
• Member of the West Island
Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Association of
Québec Women in Finance
PUBLICATIONS
• Co-author of “Les Golden
Parachutes: Atterrissage parfois
soudain” Développements récents
en droit du travail, Service de la
formation permanente, Barreau du
Québec, Les éditions Yvon Blais
inc., 1999
• Co-author of Executives and
Managers: Their Rights and Duties,
Buttersworth, 1997
• Published articles on employment
law matters in LEXPERT in
collaboration with Edward Aust