Emmanuel Grondin

Norton Rose Fulbright

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“I had a picture of a house, and the house was Premiere Mortgage Centre”

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Andrea is an Employee Learning and Development professional with two years of experience who is passionate about using her skills to implement innovative and pioneering HR initiatives to drive a culture of professional development. Her strengths lay in people and relationship management, critical thinking and delivering behaviour change projects with an innovative twist. She has been responsible for introducing compliance learning tailored to our significantly diverse employee base of over 12,000 and using her skills to create engagement for and roll out of 'Altogether Autism & Neurodiversity awareness programme at The Warehouse Group. She has shifted the way our team engages with learning, cultivating a continuous learning and development culture specific to their journey.

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J.R. Laffin is widely recognized as a leading dealmaker and talented public M&A lawyer. He advises on many of Canada’s most sophisticated and complex M&A transactions, offering strategic solutions and innovative approaches. J.R. was honoured in 2021 as a Top 10 M&A lawyer in Canada by a global news outlet for his leadership in high-profile transactions. He is known for his legal expertise, professionalism and collaborative approach helping clients complete industry-altering transactions. In addition to his distinguished legal presence, J.R. provides leadership as public M&A practice group head and is an active mentor to junior lawyers providing advice and support.

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Leading large-scale teams in Canada and around the world through Norton Rose’s international platform, Emmanuel consistently delivers high-value work to his clients. That includes advising the special committee on the $10 billion Innergex Renewable Energy acquisition (one of the most significant global renewables transactions in 2025) and the landmark $4.5 billion Metro acquisition of Jean Coutu, as well as numerous high-profile transactions involving blue-chip Canadian companies. Emmanuel shares these experiences to educate, mentor, and develop his peers while shaping the firm, and the profession, for the future. A true community builder, Emmanuel is a board member of the Fondation du CHUM (one of North America’s leading hospitals) and is involved in various other philanthropic initiatives.

Emmanuel Grondin is a national, international, and multijurisdictional precedent-setter. A partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Emmanuel is a key leader in the Quebec business community who has distinguished himself as a sought-after deal maker with strong business acumen. He has a wide range of transactional capabilities, including public and private M&A and financing transactions, enabling him to be a truly 360-degree advisor.

Maria Sagan, partner in McMillan LLP’s Toronto office, is a highly respected financial services lawyer with over 15 years of experience representing both borrowers and lenders. Her expertise is in domestic, cross-border and multijurisdictional financings, and she routinely acts for major Canadian banks, foreign banks, private equity firms, and domestic and international corporations. Drawing on broad experience, Maria advises on secured and unsecured lending, asset-based lending, acquisition finance, derivative and structured transactions, securitizations, syndicated lending, and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. She has been recognized by the Secured Finance Network’s Top 40 under 40 for her contributions to the secured finance industry, and by the Secured Finance Network’s The Secured Lender as a leading woman in the commercial finance industry for her excellence and dedication to client service.