Strategic Legal Consulting, Elevated
A fractional in-house counsel provides businesses with the strategic legal guidance of a full-time in-house legal department on a flexible, on-demand basis. Designed for start-ups and growing organizations, this model gives companies access to experienced legal insight before the need for a permanent in-house counsel becomes necessary.
Working closely with CEOs, senior management, and boards of directors, fractional in-house counsel serves as a trusted advisor on legal, governance, and strategic business matters. Support may include participation in business planning, board and committee meetings, review of legal documentation prepared by external parties, and guidance on ownership structures and foundational corporate records.
Fractional in-house counsel also helps businesses determine when specialized outside legal counsel is required and can assist in coordinating legal documentation and transaction management. In addition, this role can support legal document organization and maintenance to help prepare companies for financings, acquisitions, or other significant business transactions.
With decades of expertise, we deliver fractional legal services that optimize early step performance and facilitate sustainable growth.
Strategic Legal Consulting, Elevated
Meet Didier
Meet Didier
Born in Lyon, France, Didier resided in Vancouver for 22 years prior to having his professional career in Quebec. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of British Columbia, Didier has completed a law degree in common law from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and a law degree in civil law from Université Laval in Quebec City. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers since 1988. He was a student-at-law in the legal department of the Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat and the Ministry of International Affairs.
Born in Lyon, France, Didier resided in Vancouver for 22 years prior to moving to Quebec City. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of British Columbia, Didier has completed a law degree in common law from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and a law degree in civil law from Université Laval in Quebec City. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers since 1988. He was a student-at-law in the legal department of the Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat and the Ministry of International Affairs.
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In the past 30+ years, he has acted in financings and commercial transactions with international or cross border implications. In that regard he has acted as corporate secretary and coordinating counsel for Canada and the United States to a manufacturer of motor coaches, counsel to the M&A group of a manufacturer of aircraft, Quebec relationship manager for an environmental management firm with operations in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and coordinating counsel for a private equity firm in regards to their legal needs in Canada and the United States.
Didier was initially a board member and subsequently the chair of the board for the english language hospital in Quebec City. He has also lectured and written for Canadian audiences on being prepared for international export markets and to audiences outside of Canada on doing business within.
Didier enjoys cycling, skiing, scuba diving, cooking, photography, and just being dad.