The former Canadian head of legal for French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has joined law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin as counsel in its Montreal office, boosting the law firm’s life sciences practice with high-level industry expertise.

Robert Quesnel, who was head of legal affairs and general counsel for Canada at the pharma giant for 15 years, brings his experience to the firm’s life sciences group. Quesnel left Sanofi about 10 months ago. He previously was director of legal affairs for Merck Canada, according to his LinkedIn profile.