Pierre Boivin is a partner in our Business Law Group. His practice is broadly based, with a focus on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and related commercial matters, and the planning and negotiation of business transactions.
Mr. Boivin's relevant experience includes:
· Counsel for several clients who are conducting oil and gas exploration activities in the Province of Québec, as well as counsel to the Québec Oil and Gas Association.
· Counsel for International Iron Beneficiation Group, a subsidiary of Severstal OAO, a Russian integrated steel and mining company, with regard to a major iron making project in the Sept-Iles region.
· Counsel for several clients involved in the mining industry including SOQUEM Inc., a subsidiary of the Société Générale de Financement (SGF), which operates in the mining sector, including in the implementation of joint ventures.
· Counsel for Gaz Métropolitain Inc., principal distributor of natural gas in the Province of Québec, in the implementation of a $1-billion LNG receiving terminal project in Lévis, in partnership with Enbridge Inc. and Gaz de France within the Rabaska Partnership.
· Counsel for ABB Inc., including with regard to business acquisitions.
Mr. Boivin is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen, the Longitude Pipeline Association, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and he appears in the last edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada directory as a leading lawyer in the area of Energy Regulatory Law. He also acted as Managing Partner of the Québec City office for several years.
(Also at Québec Office)