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Marie-Josée Neveu

Partner | Chair of the Partnership Board Fasken
Pressure on boards of directors will not diminish in this era of major disruptions… to the contrary. I thrive when I advise boards of directors in a M&A context or during a crisis. It is at the heart of my practice in governance.
Jurisdiction Québec, 1994
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Since January 1st, 2024, Marie-Josée Neveu has been the new Chair of the Partnership Board at Fasken. A member of the Board since 2021, Marie-Josée has been with the Firm for close to 30 years and a partner for 20. She has been recognized for her deep extensive experience in governance, and sits on a number of external boards such as Centraide of Greater Montreal and Tourisme Montréal.

Marie-Josée Neveu specializes in corporate and securities law. Her practice is focused on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and corporate governance.

Marie-Josée handles friendly and contested transactions of all kinds, including public offerings, private mergers and acquisitions and statutory arrangements. She represents public companies, underwriters and investors in relation to public offerings or private placements.

 

Marie-Josée has specific expertise in hostile takeovers and represents large corporations in high-profile complex transactions.

 

She also advises boards of directors, special committees, executives and major shareholders on various transactions and matters involving disclosure, shareholder proposals, proxy contests, corporate governance and other corporate issues in general.

 

She often delivers training seminars and presentations on subjects falling within her areas of practice.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec invested $500 million in National Bank of Canada in connection with its $5 billion acquisition of Canadian Western Bank, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec], Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec investment of $500 million in National Bank of Canada in connection with a $5 billion acquisition
  • Novacap supported Nuvei’s privatization by Advent, valued at US$6.3 billion, alongside Philip Fayer and CDPQ, [Deal - Novacap], Nuvei announced a going-private transaction valued at US$6.3 billion with Advent, alongside Philip Fayer, Novacap and CDPQ.
  • H2O Innovation completed going-private transaction with Ember, Investissement Québec, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and key executives of H2O Innovation, [Case - Investissement Québec], H2O Innovation completes going-private transaction with Ember, IQ, CDPQ and Key Executives.
  • LKQ Corporation acquires Uni-Select Inc., [Deal - Uni-Select], Acquisition of Uni-Select Inc. by LKQ Corporation.
  • Taiga Motors completes private placement of $40.15 million of secured convertible debentures, following an extensive review of various options and alternatives, [Deal - Taiga Motors Corporation Special Committee]
  • Noranda Income Fund completes going-private transaction with Glencore Canada Corporation, [Deal - Noranda Income Fund], Noranda Income Fund completes going-private transaction with Glencore Canada Corporation.
  • Votorantim Cimentos and McInnis Cement to Combine Cement Operations in North America, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec]
  • La Caisse subscribes to $51.8 million of subscription receipts in Boralex, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec]
  • Liquidation of gestion Éric Savard in the context of a company's Creditors Arrangement Act, [Deal - Essilor Group Canada Inc.], The CCAA proceeding was unique as Mr. Éric Savard, a director and sole shareholder of the Savard Group, was removed from office as director as the Court was satisfied that he was unreasonably impairing the CCAA proceeding and acting inappropriately as director in the circumstances (Section 11.5 of the CCAA). The Monitor was given enhanced powers, namely to act in place of Mr. Savard. These powers were akin to the powers of a Receiver.​

Career & Education

Education

  • LL.L. University of Ottawa

Community involvement

  • Member of the board of directors and Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Institute of Corporate Directors [Québec Chapter] (since 2015)
  • Vice President of the board of directors, Tourisme Montréal (since 2018)   
  • Vice President of the board of directors, Centraide of Greater Montreal (since 2018)
  • Member of the jury, Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec (2014)
  • Member of the Board, Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau (2015-2018
  • Member of the board of directors of the Montreal YWCA (2009–2014) 
  • Member of the board of directors of Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (2012–2015)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member of the Québec Bar
  • Member of the Bar of Montréal
  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association

Knowledge

Events

News

Speaking Engagements

  • A new era for defence measures in Canada?, 5/7/2013
  • Stratégie de lancement et de défense aux offres d'achat hostiles - Développement récents et études de cas, 6/15/2010
  • L'OPA non-sollicitée sur Cossette : les leçons tirées, 5/4/2010
Stratégie de lancement et de défense aux offres d'achat hostiles - Développement récents et études de cas Lecturer at the Insight "5e édition, Fusions et acquisitions" conference location location Montréal Montréal
L'OPA non-sollicitée sur Cossette : les leçons tirées Lecturer at the 2e Symposium Fasken Martineau location location Montréal Centre Mont-Royal, Montréal

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