Transactional Law

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.

André Vautour practices in the fields of corporate and commercial law and is particularly interested in corporate governance, strategic alliances, joint ventures, investment funds and mergers and acquisitions of private corporations. He also serves as honorary consul of Denmark in Montreal and was Lavery’s chair of the board of Directors from 2012 to 2016.

Mr. Vautour practises in the field of technology law (drafting technology development and transfer agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements, outsourcing agreements, and e-commerce agreements).

He has had the opportunity to work regularly with companies in the financial, printing, pharmaceutical, railway, computer and energy sectors.

Mr. Vautour has given many lectures on subjects related to his fields of expertise. He has also written numerous articles on various aspects of business law.