LL.L., Université de Montréal, 1980

• Quebec 1981

Mr. Charette has acted as counsel on the taxation aspects of transactions for the following clients:

• Coveo Solutions Inc., in connection with its initial public offering in an amount of CAN$215 million
• Canadian National Railways, in connection with its bid to acquire Kansas City Southern in a transaction valued at US$33.7 billion
• CDPQ Infra and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with the structuring of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project, a public transportation project valued at CAN$6 billion
• Bombardier Inc., in connection with various M&A transactions (including the sale of its CRJ aircraft program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the sale of Bombardier Transport to Alstom the sale of its C-Series aircraft program to Airbus and an investment by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec of CAN$1.5 billion in Bombardier Transport) and various domestic and cross-border equity and debt offerings
• Metro Inc., in connection with the acquisition of Groupe Jean Coutu, a transaction valued at CAN$4.5 billion
• Rona Inc., in connection with its acquisition by Lowe's for CAN$3.2 billion
• A consortium led by Fiera Axium, in connection with the acquisition from a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure of Montreal Gateway Partners, the operator of major terminals in the Montreal harbour
• Air Canada, in connection with aircraft financings and various tax matters
• Québecor Inc., Québecor Média Inc. and Videotron Ltd. in connection with various M&A transactions and domestic and cross-border equity and debt offerings
• The underwriters/brokers in domestic and cross-border equity and debt offerings for various issuers, including the province of Quebec, Hydro-Québec, National Bank of Canada and the Fédération des Caisses populaires Desjardins

• Best Lawyers in Canada: Tax law, Trusts and Estates, 2006-2024; Charities / Non-Profit Law, 2024 
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2023-2024: repeatedly recommended in Corporate Tax; repeatedly recommended in Estate & Personal Tax Planning
• Stellar Performance (previously Acritas Stars)

• Canadian Bar Association
  • Tax Section
• Canadian Tax Foundation
• International Fiscal Association
• Association de planification fiscale et financière (tax and financial planning association)
• Foundation of Greater Montreal
  • Legal advisor since its incorporation in 1999
• Director of a number of private corporations and charitable organizations, including Dans la Rue and Fondation du CHUM