Artificial Intelligence

Selena Lu is a partner in the Business Law group and focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions.

She frequently advises clients abroad on commercial law matters relating to investment and expansion in Canada. Selena has strong business acumen and offers practical and innovative solutions to her clients, who are mainly entrepreneurs and owner-operators.

Over the years, Selena has developed an interest and acquired significant experience in supporting customers in their technological change. On a day-to-day basis, she advises clients on the legal impacts of the introduction of new technologies, especially in artificial intelligence. Moreover, she oversees the development of the structure and negotiation of mergers and acquisitions along with complex business relationships for developing, marketing and acquiring technologies.

Selena also has extensive experience in corporate governance. Administratrice de sociétés certifiés (ASC), she served on several boards of directors, including those of the Caisse Desjardins De Lorimier-Villeray, the Montreal Chinese Garden Society, the Fashion & Design Festival and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Société du parc Jean-Drapeau and the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés.

Since the beginning of her career, Selena has held several leadership roles. In 2014, she was elected President of the Young Chinese Professionals Association (YCPA). In 2017, Selena chaired the organizing committee of the Montreal Chinese Hospital Foundation Ball. In 2018, she was named 81st President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal (JCCM). In 2019, she was invited to Montréal City Hall to sign the Golden Book in recognition of her volunteer contribution to the Chinese community in Montréal.

Benoit Yelle is a patent agent licensed in Canada and the United States and a partner in Lavery's Intellectual Property group.

Benoit helps companies develop and enhance their intellectual property. He identifies their business opportunities and helps them establish a protection plan. He sees the potential of technologically innovative projects and maximizes their impact. Benoit adapts his approach and provides services that contribute to achieving the business objectives set by the client.

The technical expertise Benoit has developed over the years ranges from mechanical inventions to quantum technologies, hand tools, medical devices, network protocols, telecommunications, software and mobile applications.

Benoit learned his trade as a patent agent in-house at a multinational telecommunications company. Before joining Lavery, Benoit was in private practice with a national general firm.