Overview

Stephen Lloyd is a Chambers -ranked, hard-nosed, transactional negotiator, strategist and proven deal-maker. Stephen is fiercely loyal to the long-standing clients he works with. These clients are entrepreneurs, multinationals, real estate trusts and family-owned businesses, carrying out various high-value transactions involving both their real estate and operating business assets. Together with other members of the Dentons commercial team, he is known for achieving the best possible, practical and concrete results for our clients.
He has more than 25 years of experience in business dealings in various industries, from commercial real estate to forest products, as well as, downstream oil and gas, distribution, manufacturing and logistics, often advising companies on the particularities of Québec regulations as they apply to the structuring of their businesses. Likewise, he has assisted many Canadian-based clients with their international expansion, via the global Dentons platform.
Stephen has long been recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers: in Corporate Law ( Best Lawyers in Canada ), Agribusiness Forestry ( Chambers Canada), Natural Resources Law ( Best Lawyers in Canada) and Aboriginal Law ( Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory ).
Stephen has long been involved in the senior management of Dentons, most recently as a member of the Canada Region board. He also sits as a director and trustee on the boards of many business sector clients, and is actively involved in the governance and leadership of a number of charitable and not-for-profit organizations. As such, he is well integrated in the overall Montréal community.
Stephen takes pride in working with clients on their effective long-term stewardship of Canada's natural resources, particularly in the forest products sector. He often assists in the establishment of sustainable relations or joint ventures between natural resource companies and indigenous communities, and in harmonizing commercial operations with conservation imperatives.

Practice Areas

• Aboriginal Law
• Estates & Trusts
• Commercial Law
• Real Estate
• Corporate & Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1994 (QC)