Our professionals are committed to working with Indigenous communities, offering a wide range of legal services tailored to communities’ specific needs.
Our understanding of Aboriginal law and Indigenous rights, and our openness to Indigenous legal traditions and unique governance systems, help us find creative and tailored solutions to support Indigenous communities’ right to self-determination.
For more than 50 years, Cain Lamarre has partnered with a variety of communities and many affiliated economic and political entities, supporting them as they assert and exercise their rights.
- Supporting First Nations’ governance, including in the exercise of the right to self-government
- Providing support through consultation and accommodation processes, including through environmental and impact assessment processes
- Negotiating with a variety of government agencies and Crown corporations
- Managing reserve lands, including designating and granting permits and leases
- Drafting band council by-laws, resolutions, laws, codes and policies
- Negotiating impact benefit agreements
- Specific claims
- Assisting with overlapping claims and shared territory
- Litigation and representation in court
- Labour and business law
- Supporting economic development, including through establishing wide-ranging partnerships with non-Indigenous entities
Our approach is tailored to each community, our mission has always been to support and promote our clients’ desired outcomes.
The professionals at Cain Lamarre recognize the importance of respecting their clients’ autonomy and wishes. They are committed to guiding and supporting their clients as they implement their projects and ideas, regardless of scope.
Legal
specialties
4
Government Relations
Partnership and Economic Development
Land Protection
Individual Rights
Professionals practising in this
field
15
Marie-Pier Roy
Notary
Claudia Fortin
Lawyer
Pascal Porlier
Lawyer, Partner
François G. Tremblay
Lawyer, Partner
Robert-André Adam
Lawyer, Partner
Audrey Poirier
Lawyer
Noémie Cimon
Lawyer
Amélie Dion
Lawyer
Zoé Robidoux
Lawyer
Roxane Bacon
Lawyer
Jacynthe Ledoux
Lawyer, Partner
Dominic Tremblay
Lawyer, Partner
15 professionals committed to your success
Firm
Cain Lamarre comes up with tailor-made legal solutions, combining innovation and efficiency. Whether you're an institution, a company or an individual, our team of experts adapts to your reality to ensure your success.
Offices 16
We are deeply rooted in Quebec. Our offices, strategically located in the vast majority of regions, enable us to offer the benefits of local service combined with global expertise. Whether you’re in Montreal, Quebec City, Rimouski, Chicoutimi or elsewhere, our teams are ready to support you with the dedication and expertise which have become our halmarks.
Expertise 15
At Cain Lamarre, our strength lies in the diversity and breadth of our legal expertise. Our professionals excel in 18 areas of practice. We are constantly striving to expand our knowledge and stay at the forefront of legal developments. This quest for excellence enables us to offer sound advice and innovative solutions that we tailor to the challenges each client faces.
