Sophie Lamonde is a partner and head of the Montreal office’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group as well as a member of the firm’s Partnership board. Her practice is directed primarily to the areas of mergers & acquisitions and private equity, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions. Sophie’s experience includes advising several Canadian and foreign clients in acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations and general commercial negotiations. She works with businesses in various industries, including retail, manufacturing, contract research, technology and media.
Some of her most recent notable work includes Astral Media’s sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares to BCE by way of a plan of arrangement for C$3.4B, and Airbus SE in its partnership with Bombardier Inc. and Investissement Quebec on the C Series aircraft programme.
Sophie’s practical and decisive advice on the airbus SE deal has gotten her recognition from clients who praise her "capacity to advise on cross-border deals involving the US". Sophie’s described as "technically extremely competent and very smart." for her work co-leading the firm’s assistance to Airbus with its partnership with Bombardier.
She has also been honored as a recipient of some of the industry’s leading accolades, such as:
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2019 as a leading lawyer in Private Equity, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, Corporate Mid-Market and Mergers & Acquisitions.
- Lexpert 2019 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.
- The Legal 500 Canada 2019 as a next generation lawyer in Corporate and M&A.
Sophie is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where she participates actively in the Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions as well as the Committee on Venture Capital and Private Equity of the ABA Section of Business Law. She is a member of the Associates Committee and the Montreal office’s Gender Balance Initiative. Sophie is a member of the board of directors of the PalliAmi Foundation and the board of directors of Reseau Capital. Sophie has also lectured in Business Law at the Faculty of Law of McGill University and participated in numerous panels and conferences on mergers and acquisitions. She also co-authored a legal publication, New Private M&A Deal Points: Details You Need to Know!, in 2018.