Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon is one of the largest independent law firms in Quebec, the result of the January 1, 2010 merger of two well-established firms, Lapointe Rosenstein and Marchand Melançon Forget. The firm is comprised of nearly 80 lawyers, specializing in a wide variety of practice areas: commerce, insurance, banking and finance, resources and energy, bankruptcy and insolvency, tax, franchising, real estate, international transactions, licensing and technology, civil and commercial litigation, class actions, intellectual property, transportation, as well as labour and employment. The firm can also count on the expertise of a number of other professionals such as notaries, advisors and translators.