Jean M. Gagné

Jean M. Gagné specializes in commercial and business law, specifically in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing in the mining and forestry industries, and drafting all manner of commercial contracts. As well, he advises many not-for-profit organizations on their corporate and transactional matters.

He has extensive experience in business transactions in the mining and forestry industries. As such, he has represented many major pulp and paper and mining companies over the past 25 years. He has participated in the finalization of financing and major transactions in these sectors of the lumber industry, and has played a role in negotiating a number of cooperation agreements with First Nations. He possesses a thorough knowledge of legal regimes, especially the environmental legislation that apply in the territories that are covered by the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement, as well as in those that are not. He has also participated in setting up the complete legal framework for the construction of important mining projects both within and outside Canada. He regularly negotiates joint venture and off-take agreements in the mining sector, and has developed expertise in corporate governance. Finally, he has vast experience in the field of not-for-profit organizations, having represented many organizations in their restructuring and transaction projects.

Selected Experience

• Xstrata Zinc sells interest in Vendome property in northwestern Quebec to Abcourt Mines
• Goldcorp signs landmark mining agreement with Crees of northern Quebec

News

• Jean M. Gagné is quoted in an article published by La Presse and Droit-Inc that deals with the legal work surrounding mining claims
• Jean M. Gagné is quoted in Engineering and Mining Journal about the mining sector in Québec

Publications

• Proposed Amendments to Bill 14 which seeks to amend the Quebec Mining Act
• Here We Go Again – Amendments to the Québec Mining Act

Presentations

• Une entente de collaboration porteuse d'avenir! Les Cris du Nord du Québec et Goldcorp : créateurs de richesse collective
• Comment réussir un partenariat durable avec les communautés autochtones?

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Québec Bar
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Guest speaker, Association de planification fiscale et financière
• Member, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
• Member, Association de l'exploration minière du Québec
• Vice-chair of the board of directors of the Fondation de l'Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec
• Vice President and Secretary, Fondation Père Raymond-Bernier
• Secretary-Treasurer, Centre Signes d'Espoir, Atelier Le coup De Main, Fondation Signes d'Espoir

Honours and Awards

• Recognized as one of Canada's best Corporate Law lawyers in The Best Lawyers in Canada (2010, 2011 and 2012 editions)
• Nominated by International Legal Who's Who in Mining 2011 as one of the world's leading practitionners in his field