Lawyer Profile
Philippe Johnson
Montréal, Québec

Overview
"Our goal as a firm is to pursue innovation and excellence on behalf of our clients while tackling their most critical matters as if they were our own."
Managing Partner in Montréal, Philippe leads our Québec team – dedicated, as always, to embracing our clients’ high-stakes challenges and providing them with innovative, clear and efficient solutions.
A banker before he became a lawyer, Philippe has spent almost two decades advising leading companies — Canadian, U.S. and international — on their most important Canadian investments. He has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private placements, financings, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and other major projects. Cross-border and international deals are a significant area of focus.
Philippe has been a member of our Management Committee since 2012. He is currently the Chair of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, which promotes the prosperity of the city and its businesses as well as a director of Fondation Serge Marcil, which focuses on improving the well-being of children in Haiti and Africa.
Acted for Kruger Inc. Master Trust in connection with the sale of Lidya Energy, a power plant located in Lachute, Québec, that transforms the biogas released at a landfill site into electricity, to Energy Developments (Canada) Inc., a subsidiary of Energy Developments Pty Limited, a member of Australia's DUET group.
2009 - For “exceptional contribution” as a mentor and member of the jury of the Fondation Montréal inc.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1999 (QC)