John F. Lemieux | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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John F. Lemieux B.C.L., B.A., Consultant/Counsel

John F. Lemieux has 30 years of experience in corporate, commercial and business law and provides legal, strategic planning and management advice to local, national and multinational corporations and entities. He has specialized in national and international transactions in the defence and aerospace sector. While a partner, he served as CEO (1994-1999) and President (1999-2001) of the Canadian subsidiary of a Swiss-based multinational manufacturer in the defense industry. As such, John led a multi-disciplinary industrial and governmental team pursuing a world manufacturing and marketing mandate in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He served as a member of the Canadian NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) (1995-1999), advising the Department of National Defence and the Canadian National Armaments Director on issues pertaining to armaments cooperation among NATO countries.

John has extensive experience in government relations and negotiations at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. He was principal negotiator on behalf of the Northern Quebec Inuit for the James Bay and northern Quebec Agreement (1975), Canada’s first modern land-claims settlement. He has acted as chief negotiator for the Inuit and the James Bay Cree in negotiations relating to several large-scale energy development projects and claims implementation matters. John was appointed partner at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in 1978.

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John has expertise in the following fields:

Business, commercial and corporate issues related to the aerospace and defense sector
Government relations and crisis management
International marketing, licensing and technology transfer
Major Crown procurements and import and export financing
International joint ventures and consortia
Policy and regulatory issues relating to aboriginal law
Negotiation and implementation of comprehensive land claim settlements and related environmental and energy matters
Aboriginal commercial ventures
Treaty claims and interpretation

Representative Work

Counsel to Aéroports de Montréal in connection with ADM's $1.5 billion financing of facility expansion at Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport

Lead counsel in 2003 to members of the Canada Airports Council, including Aéroports de Montréal, Ottawa Airport Authority, Calgary Airport Authority, Vancouver International Airport Authority and Halifax International Airport Authority, in connection with the tax-exempt status of airport authorities under Bill C-27 (an Act respecting airport authorities and other airport operators, and amending other Acts)

Chief counsel to Oerlikon Aerospace, a Canadian manufacturer of defense and electronic systems, in connection with the company’s successful bid to the Department of National Defence (Ottawa, Canada) to supply a low-level air defense system, with a contract value of $550 million

Counsel and chief negotiator for the Inuit of Quebec and Makivik Corporation in connection with the successful negotiation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975) related to the development of the James Bay Hydro-Electric Project (Complexe La Grande)

Special mandate to act as chief counsel, as well as CEO (1994-1998) and president (1999-2001) of Oerlikon Aerospace Inc., in connection with the development in Canada and internationally of a defense electronics and defense systems business

Counsel and chief negotiator on behalf of the Inuit of Quebec and Makivik Corporation in connection with bilateral negotiations with Hydro-Quebec related to the proposed Projet d’aménagement hydro-électrique Grande Baleine