Jérôme Landry

Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Jérôme Landry

Jérôme Landry

Biography

Jérôme Landry  is the Québec local chair of our business law group.

His corporate and commercial law practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, commercial contracts as well as private equity and venture capital matters.

Jérôme has participated in a number of important M&A transactions in which he has acted for the seller or the purchaser. He has represented financial institutions, insurers, agribusiness corporations and several start-ups, in particular in the technology sector. He regularly advises on issues relating to financings, acquisitions, sales, mergers, reorganizations and other commercial matters.

During his studies, Jérôme attended the international and comparative business law program at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

Jérôme  has acted recently for the following clients:

  • Groupe Isolofoam, one of Canada's three largest expanded polystyrene manufacturers, with its acquisition by Atlas Roofing Corporation, a North American leader in the manufacturing and marketing of residential and commercial building materials, as well as with the prior acquisition of Groupe Légerlite Inc.
  • Beneva, Canada's largest mutual insurance company, with its announced merger with Gore Mutual, one of the country's oldest property and casualty mutual insurers
  • Norda Stelo, in connection with the investment in its capital by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and in several acquisitions, including the strategic acquisition of CWA Engineers Inc., a Vancouver-based engineering firm specializing in the ports and terminals sector, thereby enabling Norda Stelo to strengthen its pan-Canadian presence
  • Boulangerie St-Méthode, in connection with the sale of a majority of its interests to CDPQ, Roynat Equity Partners and Swander Pace Capital, a U.S. equity fund
  • Les Pièces d'auto Transit inc. in connection with the share investment from Trivest Growth Investment Fund
  • Solutions Xpertsea Inc., Poka Inc. and Laserax inc., in connection with various corporate mandates, including several equity financings
  • Kenan Advantage Group, in connection with the acquisition of Distributions Carl Beaulac inc.
  • La Capitale and SSQ Insurance, in connection with their merger of equals
  • Groupe Boa-Franc, in the acquisition of Ten Oaks, LLC, a company operating two hardwood flooring manufacturing plants in Virginia, and a hardwood flooring manufacturing plant located in Ontario and owned by Tembec
  • The duBreton group entities, as regards several transactions involving Les Spécialités Prodal (1975) ltée, among others, in connection with the acquisition of the assets of North Country Smokehouse, a New Hampshire company, and the assets of Au Petit Goret (1979) inc., a Montreal company; and also involving Aliments Breton inc., in connection with the sale of Canadian genetics business Génétiporc inc., including its subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico and Brazil, to Genus plc, a publicly listed British company

Rankings and recognitions

Rankings and recognitions

  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Law, 2024-2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2025
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2020-2025: recommended in Corporate Commercial Law; 2022-2025: recommended in Corporate Mid-Market; Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2022
  • Acritas Stars (2020-2021) – Designated as an "Independently rated lawyer"   

Education

Education

M.B.A., Business Management, Université Laval, 2008
LL.B., Université Laval, 2007

Admissions

Admissions

  • Quebec 2009

Speaking engagements

Speaking engagements

  • "Le logiciel en tant que services (ou SaaS) comme vecteur de valeur,"  Quebec City Healthcare Industry Forum, Quebec City, December 4, 2019.
  • "La révolution annoncée du monde des affaires par l'intelligence artificielle : où en sommes-nous?" Vision 2018, Quebec City, May 2, 2018.
  • "Transactions: aspects légaux qu'un fiscaliste devrait connaître," Canadian Tax Foundation, Quebec City, June 2, 2017.

Memberships and activities

Memberships and activities

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Séminaire Saint-François — board of directors
  • Camp Kéno — board of directors

Insights and news