Chantal Arsenault
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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Biography
Chantal Arsenault has been practising in immigration and professional mobility since 1995. She provides advice on immigration issues to small and medium-sized companies as well as international corporations. Clients span a range of industries, including technology, entertainment, sports, food service and manufacturing.
Ms. Arsenault also represents individuals who wish to become permanent residents in Canada in order to live, work and/or join a family member.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.B./B.C.L., McGill University, 1993
- Quebec 1994
- Chambers Canada, Nationwide: Immigration, Chambers and Partners, 2017-2023
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Immigration Law, 2008-2023
- Chambers Global, Canada: Immigration, Chambers and Partners, 2019-2023
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2019-2023: recommended in Immigration Law
- Who's Who Legal: Canada - Corporate Immigration 2014-2018, 2020
- Client Choice Awards, 2019 - Immigration, Quebec
- The International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers (2010-2019)
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Immigration Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2014 and 2017
- The North America Relocation Law (Carswell): The Quebec Immigration System, December 2014 (yearly updates)
- A Practical Guide to Provincial Nominee Programs in Canadian Immigration Law (Carswell): Immigration in the Province of Quebec, December 2014 (yearly updates)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Legal Conference Steering Committee
- Chair (2013-2017)
- National Citizenship and Immigration Section
- Past chair (2011- )
- Chair (2010-2011)
- Vice-chair (2009-2010)
- Treasurer (2008-2009)
- Secretary (2007-2008)
- Member-at-large (2006-2007)
- Immigration Section, Quebec Branch
- President (2000-2002)
- Member of the executive (1996-2006)
- Legal Conference Steering Committee
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
Directorships
- Montreal Assault Prevention Centre (1997- )
- Canadian Bar Insurance Association - Lawyers Financial (2013- )
- CBA Financial Services (2014-2016)
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