Rest assured: our team will explore every possible option to resolve your dispute in a way that works best for you and as quickly as possible, including alternatives to litigation.
Civil and Commercial Litigation
The actions we take in our daily lives—both personal and professional—can become sources of conflict with significant consequences.
The team at Lanctot Avocats serves both businesses and individuals. We explore all possible options, including alternative dispute resolution methods. Our goal is to resolve the situation in your best interest and as quickly as possible.
Debt Collection and Emergency Measures
Whether you are an individual or a business, we will take every available step to recover what you are owed and protect your rights without delay.
Formal notice;
Accounts receivable management and commercial debt collection — from formal notice to judgment enforcement, we maximize your chances of recovering the amounts owed. In particular, our attorneys can assist you with pre-judgment attachments and judgment enforcement;
Application for a provisional, interim, or permanent injunction or protective order to protect your assets or to stop an action that is harmful to you;
Pre-judgment attachment and provisional measures;
Enforcement of a judgment.
Conflicts between shareholders and partners
Conflicts between shareholders or partners are among the most complex and costly disputes a company can face. They often arise without warning—strategic disagreements, abuse of position, unjustified exclusion, or obstruction of management—and can paralyze your company’s operations if action is not taken quickly.
Lanctot Avocats represents both aggrieved minority shareholders and companies or majority shareholders facing frivolous lawsuits.
Action for oppression — protection of minority shareholders;
Unjustified exclusion of a shareholder or partner;
Request for the mandatory redemption of shares;
Challenging decisions of the board of directors;
Breach of a shareholders’ agreement;
Judicial dissolution of a corporation;
Division of assets in the event of a partnership dissolution.
Contract Disputes and Civil Liability
A contract not fulfilled, a broken business relationship, professional misconduct, or harm suffered: these situations call for a swift and well-structured legal response. We develop a strategy tailored to your specific goals—whether that’s collecting a debt, preserving a business relationship, or obtaining fair compensation.
Breach of contract and failure to perform contractual obligations;
Unfair termination and termination of a business relationship;
Contractual and non-contractual liability;
Professional liability;
Unfair competition and poaching of customers or employees;
Defamation and damage to business reputation.
We also offer support for out-of-court settlements, mediation, and commercial arbitration when a quick and confidential resolution is preferred.
Commercial Mediation
Commercial arbitration
Out-of-court settlement
Drafting and interpretation of commercial contracts;
Registration in the legal mortgage registry;
Exercise of a mortgage remedy;
Enforcement of contractual obligations;
Dispute between franchisor and franchisee;
Statute of limitations — analysis and interruption of the limitation period;
