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Biography

Louis serves as lead counsel in private company mergers and acquisitions in various industries, specializing in transactions involving the transport and logistics sectors. He is a trusted advisor to domestic Canadian and foreign companies, provides general corporate counsel services to start-up, emerging growth and mid-market companies, and routinely advises on corporate structure and governance, regulatory compliance, and the negotiation of commercial contracts that seek to mitigate risk and protect key interests. Louis is frequently consulted with regard to transport regulatory compliance, licensing and safety matters. He provides strategic advice on operating procedures and contracting practices to clients in the air, road and rail modes of transportation, and in the warehousing and logistics sectors, and he assists shippers, carriers, warehouse operators and freight intermediaries as they navigate changes in the regulatory landscape. He provides customs and trade advice to manufacturers, importers, exporters and freight forwarders on the movement of goods and services across international borders, including the international sale of goods, import procedures, participation in trusted trader programs, tariff classification, rules of origin and preferential tariff treatment under the free trade agreements. Louis is the President-Elect of the Transportation Lawyers Association, and is a past-president of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals and the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association.