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Several Langlois Kronström Desjardins lawyers included in the Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 directory
Québec City, August 19, 2009 — Langlois Kronström Desjardins congratulates the firm’s lawyers included in the recently released Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 directory.

Bernard Cliche
Workers' Compensation Law

Lucien Godbout
Banking Law
Insolvency and Financial Restructuring

Michel Huart
Railroad Law

Raynold Langlois, Q.C., CRIA, FACTL, Ad. E.
Administrative and Public Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Director and Officer Liability
Securities Law

John O’Connor
Maritime Law

Significantly, Langlois Kronström Desjardins ranks first in Canada, Quebec and Montréal in Railway Law (tied with one or more other firms) and first in Québec City in Maritime Law.

The 4th edition of the Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 directory is based on the results of an exhaustive nationwide survey involving 270,000 detailed evaluations by leading lawyers of their professional peers. Over its 27-year history, Best Lawyers® has become the preeminent guide to legal excellence among lawyers and the general public.

About Langlois Kronström Desjardins
Langlois Kronström Desjardins (lkd.ca) is one of the largest law firms in Quebec, with over 120 professionals working in its three offices in Montréal, Québec City, and Lévis. With a total of more than 240 individuals making up our team, we are able to offer our clientele a complete range of legal services renowned for their exceptional quality in business law, civil an commercial litigation, labour and administrative law, maritime and admiralty law, and public and private real estate law.

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For more information:
Jean-François Gagnon 
Managing Partner 
418-650-7098 

Geneviève Lebel
Senior Consultant, Communications and Media/Public Relations
418-650-7015

 
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Latest deals and cases
Michel Lebeuf represents Agence Québec Plus in a major M&A transaction
On August 20, athletic footwear and apparel giant ASICS America announced the acquisition of its North American distributor Agence Québec Plus (AQP), based in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
AQP will become an ASICS subsidiary on August 31. The current chief executive of AQP, Denis Custeau, will continue in that position, and the internal structure of the company will remain unchanged. AQP's annual sales are on the order of US$48 million. Michel Lebeuf, a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois Kronström  Desjardins, acted for AQP in this matter.
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Events and conferences
Tina Hobday, Conference Speaker for the Association of Social Work Boards

Tina Hobday, a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois Kronström Desjardins, was a speaker for the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) at its Spring Education Meeting. The event was held from May 13 to 16 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. On Saturday, May 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tina Hobday and ASWB legal advisor Dale Atkinson shared a session entitled Legal Issues Confronting Boards Faced with Shifting Resources.

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Our publications
The Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court of Canada decides that the remedy under section 124 of An Act respecting labour standards for
dismissal without good and sufficient cause is of public order, even for unionized employees.
The matter of S.F.P.C. v. Quebec.

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