Attendee Lunch
Champlain, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Attendee Lunch
Champlain, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
12:00p - 1:30p
Welcome and Introductions
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Breana Jackson
Legus International
Welcome and Introductions
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
1:30p - 1:40p
Breana Jackson
Vice President
Legus International
Financial Management: A New Era for Success
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Ron Amedy
Precise
Financial Management: A New Era for Success
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
1:40p - 2:30p
"Financial Management: A New Era for Success” will explore how today’s law firms can strengthen performance and stability by adopting forward-looking financial strategies. Drawing on more than three decades of global experience, Precise will share proven methodologies designed specifically for law firm leadership. Attendees will gain insights into how sound financial decision-making can maximize firm potential in an increasingly complex legal marketplace.
Ron Amedy
Precise
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
2:30p - 2:45p
Financial Workshop
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Financial Workshop
Jacques Cartier, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
2:45p - 4:00p
We are putting you to work!
Legus Attendee and Guest Welcome Reception
Québec Garrison Club
Legus Attendee and Guest Welcome Reception
Québec Garrison Club
5:00p - 7:00p
Our host member, Gagne Letarte Sencrl has put together a warm Quebec City welcome. They will be leading us to a local private club, walkable from the hotel.
Attendee Breakfast
Haldimand
Attendee Breakfast
Haldimand
8:00a - 9:00a
Housekeeping
Jacques Cartier
Housekeeping
Jacques Cartier
9:00a - 9:05a
Legus Technology Updates
Dan Jackson
J Legacy
Legus Technology Updates
9:05a - 9:15a
Dan Jackson
J Legacy
Doing Business in Quebec - Overview of Quebec's Unique Legal Environment
Jacques Cartier
Ms. Julie Carrier
Investissement Quebec
Mélanie Abdel-Malak
Investissement Quebec
Doing Business in Quebec - Overview of Quebec's Unique Legal Environment
Jacques Cartier
9:15a - 9:55a
This session will provide an overview of Quebec's legal framework applicable to foreign companies wishing to establish themselves in Quebec. It will highlight the importance of understanding provincial rules for business compliance and success. Investissement Quebec is a Quebec government agency created in 1988 to promote investment in Quebec by Quebec and international companies.
Ms. Julie Carrier
Director, Regional Foreign Investment
Investissement Quebec
Mélanie Abdel-Malak
Senior Project Manager
Investissement Quebec
Legal Framework Applicable to Quebec
Jacques Cartier
Louis Trudelle
Gagne Letarte
Legal Framework Applicable to Quebec
Jacques Cartier
9:55a - 10:30a
Louis Trudelle
Partner
Gagne Letarte
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier
10:30a - 10:45a
Senior Lawyers: How Do They Transition Out Effectively
Jacques Cartier
Randall Sutton
Saalfeld Griggs
Damien Meyer
Engelman Berger
Senior Lawyers: How Do They Transition Out Effectively
Jacques Cartier
10:45a - 12:00p
How can law firms make it a win win when creating and implementing transition plans for senior lawyers? How can it be done to ensure everybody is treated fairly, the firm is protected, the clients are taken care of and the lawyer transitioning out is respected. Questions will be raised, discussed and options shared.
Randall Sutton
Saalfeld Griggs
Damien Meyer
Engelman Berger
Networking Lunch
Champlain
Networking Lunch
Champlain
12:00p - 1:30p
Partner and Non-Partner Tracks
Jacques Cartier
John Gould
Russell-Cooke
Partner and Non-Partner Tracks
Jacques Cartier
1:30p - 2:30p
This session will focus on what law firms are doing regarding partnership requirements, non-partnership requirements and when decisions are made, how decisions are made and how each track can and are used effectively and efficiently within the law firm environment. The session will include both presentation style and breakout discussions.
John Gould
Chair
Russell-Cooke
John's area of particular expertise is regulation and public law. He specialises in the analysis and solution of complex regulatory problems, advising regulators, government departments, law enforcement agencies, charities and statutory & professional bodies.
One of John's particular areas of interest is complex financial schemes. He has played a leading part in investigations relating to investment, tax and pension schemes, international financial frauds, money laundering, organised criminality and the corruption of public officials. He has been appointed as an 'expert person' under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), a court appointed partnership receiver and a court appointed supervisor of search and freezing orders. He has advised and served as an expert witness for, among others, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Magistrates Association (MA) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in a variety of courts and tribunals including the Old Bailey. He holds rights of audience in the higher civil courts.
John provides advice on and drafts legal structures, statutory powers, royal charters and professional rules. He was Board Solicitor to the Architects Registration Board for more than twenty years. He prepares independent reports for organisations where things have gone wrong including on governance and related issues. He has advised more than 40 sets of barristers' chambers on structures, mergers, dissolutions and disputes, and has advised in relation to political donations and expenses at the highest level. Many of his cases have attracted significant media interest. He often advises and reports in relation to situations which involve both legal and reputational issues for organisations.
John has long-standing experience of issues relating to legal practice, including advising many solicitors and well known legal practices on a variety of important issues.
John has led the senior management team at Russell-Cooke for more than 35 years. During that time Russell-Cooke has grown in turnover terms from less than £1 million to more than £50 million, with more than 250 lawyers and a nationally significant reputation in many specialist areas of law. He has been pivotal to the setting of the firm’s values and culture, being highly innovative and far-sighted.
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier
Networking Break
Jacques Cartier
2:30p - 2:45p
Marketing Wins - What Have You Done and What More Can Be Done in the New Technical Environment
Jacques Cartier
Sandra Boyer
Legus International
Marketing Wins - What Have You Done and What More Can Be Done in the New Technical Environment
Jacques Cartier
2:45p - 3:30p
This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to share and discuss how technology is changing traditional marketing and how law firms are going to need to change what they do to reach the clients they want.
Sandra Boyer
President
Legus International
Member and Guest Dinner
Montmorency Hall and Terrace, Montmorency Manor
Meet in lobby at 4pm
Member and Guest Dinner
Montmorency Hall and Terrace, Montmorency Manor
4:30p - 9:00p
This member and guest dinner will be an unforgettable experience. Dinner will be served atop the Montmorency Falls at the Montmorency Manor. Take in the changing fall leaves and crisp air while keeping a look out for historical figures and a beautiful sunset.