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Cristel Chabot-Lapointe | Corporate/Commercial Lawyer in Montréal

Cristel Chabot-Lapointe

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 2011
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Cristel Chabot-Lapointe is a partner in the firm’s Corporate/Commercial group.  Her practice focuses on business law, primarily on private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.

Cristel represents several private equity firms and institutional funds as well as their portfolio companies in transactions related to mergers and acquisitions, sales, equity investments and reorganizations, as well as day-to-day advisory.

Cristel is actively involved in the community. She has been a member and co-chair of Réseau Capital’s New generation committee. She also served on the board of directors of Maison Plein Coeur, a non-profit organization.

Prior to joining Fasken, Cristel practised business law at another national law firm.

Achievements

  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Mergers & Acquisitions, Lexpert 2025 to 2026
  • Recognized in Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law in Montreal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Private Equity, Lexpert 2024 to 2025
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Commercial Law, Lexpert 2023
  • Recognized as Ones to Watch in Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Montreal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 to 2023
  • I.M.E Prize in Commercial Law, McGill University 2010

Experience

  • Averna Technologies Inc. and Spherea Tests & Services form a strategic partnership, [Deal - Averna Technologies Inc.], Sale of Averna Technologies Inc. to Spherea Tests & Services.
  • Champlain Financial Corporation acquires Ventilation Jean Roy, [Deal - Champlain Financial Corporation], Acquisition of Ventilation Jean Roy and 9227-3986 Québec inc. to be completed by Champlain Financial Corporation Inc.
  • Groupe Financier AGA acquires Sheldon Goldberg Insurance, [Deal - Groupe Financier AGA], Acquisition of Sheldon Goldberg Insurance by Groupe Financier AGA.
  • Champlain Financial Corporation led a group of investors to acquire Équipement St-Germain, [Deal - Champlain Financial Corporation], Acquisition of Équipement St-Germain by a group of investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation
  • Syntax Systems acquires Argon Supply Chain Solutions, [Deal - Syntax Systems], Acquisition of Argon Supply Chain Solutions by Syntax Systems.
  • AGA Benefits Solutions acquires Tremblay Services Conseils, [Deal - Groupe Financier AGA Inc.], Acquisition of Tremblay Services Conseils by AGA Benefit Solutions.
  • Novacap announced successful exit from AGA Benefit Solutions, [Deal - AGA Financial Group Inc.], Sale of AGA Benefit Solutions by Novacap Financial Services and other vendors.
  • Amisco Industries Ltd. announced a new financial partnership with a group of investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation, [Deal - Champlain Financial Corporation], Financial partnership between Amisco Industries Ltd. and a group of Québec-based investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation.
  • Syntax Systems announces the completion of the acquisition of Beyond Technologies, [Deal - Syntax Systems Ltd and Novacap], Acquisition of Beyond Technologies by Syntax Systems.

Career & Education

Education

  • BCL / LLB McGill University
  • BA, International Relations and International Law UQÀM
  • Certificate, European Integration Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

Community involvement

  • Member, Board of Directors Maison Plein Coeur

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member Canadian Bar Association
  • Member Réseau Capital, Nouvelle Génération Committee

News

Publications

  • The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: What’s in it for Telecommunications, E-Commerce, and Intellectual Property?, 12/1/2015
  • Commentaire sur la décision Union des consommateurs c. Vidéotron, s.e.n.c. – ''Application des articles 12 et 40 de la Loi sur la protection du consommateur à une modification unilatérale du service offert aux abonnés par le fournisseur de services en cours de contrat'', 11/1/2015
  • Commentaire sur la décision 159191 Canada inc. (Discount Location d’autos et camions) c. Waddell – ''Les clauses illisibles dans les contrats de consommation et d’adhésion'', 7/1/2013
  • Commentaire sur la décision Roy c. Capitale (La), assurances et gestion du patrimoine inc. – ''Interprétation et application du deuxième alinéa de l’article 2400 du Code civil du Québec'', 12/1/2012
  • •Commentaire sur la décision Lavoie c. Sélection du Reader’s Digest – ''La notion de lésion en droit de la protection du consommateur'', 7/1/2012
  • Commentaire sur la décision Bousquet c. Acer America Corporation (Canada) – « La protection du consommateur face au droit international privé », 5/1/2012
Co-Author The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: What’s in it for Telecommunications, E-Commerce, and Intellectual Property? Internet and E-Commerce Law in Canada, volume 16, numéro 8, December 2015
Article, Co-Author Commentaire sur la décision Union des consommateurs c. Vidéotron, s.e.n.c. – ''Application des articles 12 et 40 de la Loi sur la protection du consommateur à une modification unilatérale du service offert aux abonnés par le fournisseur de services en cours de contrat'' Repères, Édition Yvon Blais, November 2015
Article, Author Commentaire sur la décision 159191 Canada inc. (Discount Location d’autos et camions) c. Waddell – ''Les clauses illisibles dans les contrats de consommation et d’adhésion'' Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, July 2013