Occasionally, everyday tasks represent worries, conflicts or even embarrassment. At Alepin Gauthier, our lawyers are here to help you cope with these sometimes delicate situations, whether your problem emerges from varied sources such as contractual liability, construction agreements, real estate contracts, labour law, immigration or environment law. The Alepin Gauthier team works with you to make sure these conflicts will not create severe legal consequences.

In the field of civil law, our civil law specialists represent our clients in matters involving both contractual as well as extra-contractual liability.

In this regard, at Alepin Gauthier, we assist our clients in the analysis of contracts of any nature, including:

Sales agreements;
Real estate agreements;
Construction agreements;
Labour agreements;
Lease agreements;
Distribution agreements;
Franchising agreements;
Insurance contracts;
Trust deeds;
Loan contract (with or without warranty), conventional and legal hypothecs.

As members of the Association de la Construction du Québec (A.C.Q.) and of the Association provinciale des Constructeurs d'Habitations du Québec (A.P.C.H.Q), our cabinet is acting on behalf of a number of clients working actively in the field of construction. True enough, we represent:

The owners;
The property developer;
The entrepreneur, the subcontractor or the material supplier;
The real estate agent;
The entrepreneur associations and construction professionals.

As such, our services may be required at any stage of a project, from the tender period to the granting and actual execution of the contracts, as well as for providing our clients with adequate representations before any civil or arbitration court, or other competent authorities.

In environment law, our intervention has been required, not only by individuals and corporations, but also by several municipal administrations. More specifically, the Alepin Gauthier team has been called upon to:

Analyse and draft legal opinions;
Negotiate, within a contractual framework, for the benefit of our clients;
Prepare and draft contractual documents;
Intervene legally before governmental authorities;
Analyse possible options following an environmental incident;
Judicial representation of our clients.

Moreover, throughout the years, our lawyers have given several lectures on the civil and penal liability of a company's directors in an environmental perspective.

Furthermore, we represent our clients before courts of all competent jurisdictions in regards to the various possible types of civil actions, such as:

Perception of accounts payable;
Insurance;
Damages;
Contractual and extra-contractual liability;
Damage resulting from physical wounds;
Medical responsibility;
Banking law.

Finally, whenever possible, Alepin Gauthier strongly believes in settling existing conflicts through negotiation, mediation or arbitration in order to minimise the inherent costs and delays of any legal action.