Camille focuses on municipal and land use planning law, environmental law, and public real estate law. She represents clients in major disputes and acts as a trusted advisor on strategic and complex issues, including zoning, land use planning, municipal taxation, and expropriation. Her personalized approach is key to efficiently protect the interests of her clientele in a range of often sensitive matters. Camille brings a wealth of knowledge across various subjects and helps her clients navigate the regulatory complexity with practical solutions that are perfectly adapted to the realities of their business.
Beyond her practice, Camille elevates the legal community by contributing to various specialized publications, and by participating in conferences on the constant evolution of environmental law and land use planning. As an active member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Property Tax Association, and the Québec Business Council on the Environment (CPEQ), she remains committed to promote talent excellence and continuous development in her field of expertise.
Camille holds a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Juris Doctor from the University of Montréal, and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Experience
- Successfully represented the owner of a major commercial and industrial property before the Tribunal administratif du Québec in an expropriation dispute with the municipality of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, securing for the client compensation higher than the municipality's initial offer.
- Represented lakeshore property owners on Lac Memphrémagog before the Superior Court and obtained the annulment of amendments to the City of Magog's zoning and conditional use by-laws, as well as a soil alteration permit, thereby blocking a real estate development project.
- Represented a commercial tenant in an expropriation dispute against a public health institution and obtained compensation for the loss of future profits resulting from the loss of its parking lot, as well as the reimbursement of nearly all its expert fees.
- Represented a real estate developer before the Superior Court and obtained the annulment of a City of Montréal decision that revoked the building permit for an 86-unit residential project, thus securing the client's vested rights and the validity of their permit.
- Represented a real estate developer and obtained a provisional injunction from the Superior Court suspending a City of Montréal decision that had declared the building permit for a major residential project to have lapsed, thus allowing construction to proceed.
- Represented a local business before the Superior Court in a challenge to municipal by-laws and obtained an interlocutory injunction and the suspension of the by-laws, thereby blocking the construction of a big-box supermarket.
- Successfully represented the owner of a major commercial and industrial property before the Tribunal administratif du Québec in an expropriation dispute with the municipality of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, securing for the client compensation higher than the municipality's initial offer.
- Represented lakeshore property owners on Lac Memphrémagog before the Superior Court and obtained the annulment of amendments to the City of Magog's zoning and conditional use by-laws, as well as a soil alteration permit, thereby blocking a real estate development project.
- Represented a commercial tenant in an expropriation dispute against a public health institution and obtained compensation for the loss of future profits resulting from the loss of its parking lot, as well as the reimbursement of nearly all its expert fees.
- Represented a real estate developer before the Superior Court and obtained the annulment of a City of Montréal decision that revoked the building permit for an 86-unit residential project, thus securing the client's vested rights and the validity of their permit.
- Represented a real estate developer and obtained a provisional injunction from the Superior Court suspending a City of Montréal decision that had declared the building permit for a major residential project to have lapsed, thus allowing construction to proceed.
- Represented a local business before the Superior Court in a challenge to municipal by-laws and obtained an interlocutory injunction and the suspension of the by-laws, thereby blocking the construction of a big-box supermarket.