Karen is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate reorganizations, and fund formation. She is known for her strategic insight, thoroughness, and efficiency in navigating complex transactions and facilitating cross-border negotiations. Clients value her for her pragmatic advice, her commitment to excellence and her ability to build trusted relationships through attentive solutions-focused service.

Her practice is centered on advising private equity firms, institutional investors, and strategic buyers and sellers on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and equity financings across a wide range of industries. Karen is actively involved at every stage of the deal process, offering clear, business-minded guidance that reflects a deep understanding of her clients’ priorities and long-term goals.

With extensive experience in private fund formation, she regularly advises fund managers and investors throughout all stages of the process. Her practice covers the full lifecycle of fund creation, including fund structuring, regulatory compliance, key document drafting, and ensuring successful fund closings.

Before joining the firm, Karen practiced in the corporate departments of several leading Montréal law firms, where she advised clients on private company M&A, fund formation, and a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. She also developed valuable experience in regulatory matters critical to operating in Québec’s regulated industries, including obtaining RBQ licenses for construction contractors, securing AMP authorizations to contract from the Autorité des marchés publics responsible for overseeing public procurement and managing OPC permits issued by Québec’s consumer protection agency.

Karen is trilingual, fluent in French, English, and Spanish.