ALAIN
Ménard
Expertise: taxation
Montréal
630 boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Suite 2780
Montréal, Québec H3B 1S6
T 514-393-4580 | 1-833-795-4580 | F 514-393-9590
Alain Ménard is the partner in charge of the firm’s taxation team. He worked for a number of years in tax litigation with the federal Department of Justice and went on to practice in the private sector. He works on all aspects of tax law, with extensive experience in tax litigation.
He has chaired the board of directors of the Tax and Financial Planning Association of Québec (APFF) as well as various of the association’s committees. He is also regularly invited to speak at APFF events and elsewhere.
Alain has also served as vice chair of Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) and as president of Société québécoise de récupération et de recyclage (RECYC-QUÉBEC).
His fields of specialization include:
- Public Administration (municipal, provincial, federal)
- Native Affairs
- Trade
- Construction
- Energy and Natural Resources
Assistant: Melanie-Eulalie Despatis
Other titles
- Head, professional committee on taxation
Expertise
- Taxation (voluntary disclosure, trusts, tax disputes and challenges to notices of assessment)
Education
- M.B.A, HEC (1985)
- LL.B., University of Ottawa (1978)
- B.A., University of Ottawa (1975)
Professional experience
- Cain Lamarre (Montreal) (2004 to present)
- Ménard Mageau Valiquette (Montreal)
- Spiegel Sohmer (Montreal)
- CEO, Recyc-Québec (Montreal)
- Vice President of Services, CSST (Montreal)
- Prosecutor, Taxation, Department of Justice Canada
Lecturing, conferences, publications
- Various lectures and training sessions on tax law
- Various articles and lectures on tax law
- Instructor, tax law, Montreal Bar School
Associations, committees, boards
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Former member, Cain Lamarre board of directors
- Former member, Cain Lamarre executive committee
- Former chair and administrator, board of directors, APFF (Association de planification fiscale et financière)
- Former municipal councilor, Stanbridge-Est
- Former administrator, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada
- Former member, board of directors, Montreal Bar School
- Former administrator, Notre Théâtre
- Former member, Revenu Québec Advisory Committee