
Sylvain Chabot
Lawyer, Managing Partner of the Capitale-Nationale office

Sylvain Chabot is a partner at Cain Lamarre, former member of its Board of Directors, and currently serves as Managing Partner of the Capitale-Nationale office. He has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1998. He is also a Certified Industrial Relations Counsellor (CIRC). His practice is focused on labour and employment law, where he exclusively represents employers. He advises them on collective and individual labour relations, labour standards, industrial accidents and work-related illnesses, occupational health and safety, human rights and freedoms, and administrative law.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Chabot has given many lectures and taught at the Quebec Bar School. He frequently represents his clients before the Tribunal administratif du travail and civil and arbitration courts. He also assists his clients with unionization campaigns, certification applications and collective agreement negotiations. His main sectors of activity are manufacturing, public administration (municipal, provincial and federal), agriculture and the agri-food industry, energy, natural resources and transportation.
Mr. Chabot holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Relations from Université Laval. Mr. Chabot is listed in the Best Lawyers in Canada and Canadian Lexpert directories. He also sits on the Cain Lamarre Board of Directors. Causes affecting the vulnerable are particularly close to his heart. He has been involved in a number of committees, boards and foundations in the past.
Education
1998
- Barreau du Québec
- Ordre des conseillers et conseillères en ressources humaines agréés
1997
- Bachelor of Laws, Université Laval
1994
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Relations, Université Laval
Teaching, conferences and publications
2010 à 2020
- Teaching of the “employment and labour law, collective labour relations, negotiation and occupational health and safety” block, Barreau du Québec
Mentions
Since 2021
- Best Lawyers
Since 2016
- Occupational Health & Safety expertise recognized in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory