An entire tax team leaves a large firm to join EY. Who are they?
This is a big move that EY has just achieved by recruiting a tax associate and her entire team.
Fourteen years after making his professional debut there, Me Audrey Gibeault returns to EY. And she doesn’t come alone…
The lawyer, who was partner in charge of the tax department at Lavery in Montreal, where she practiced for 12 years, arrives at EY – also in Montreal – with a complete team.
It was as a senior tax associate that this chartered professional accountant (CPA) began her professional career at EY at the end of the 2000s. Admitted to the bar in 2011, she continued her career as director of international taxation at Deloitte, before joining Lavery.
The return was made with confidence. “Former colleagues came to ask me to come back,” explains Me Gibeault, who saw this as an opportunity to develop his service offering. “My clientele is growing strongly, I needed to seek out much more specialized expertise. »
The tax lawyer will work in a market that she knows well. “EY serves a lot of mid-sized companies, ten million in revenue and above, which is the sector I have always worked for. »
Specializing in family businesses, Audrey Gibeault is a moderator in several family councils. She intends to provide these family businesses with the benefit of a wide range of expertise. “It is an asset to be part of an accounting firm that offers many specialties. »
The lawyer takes an ambitious look at her market. “In Quebec, we are in the wave of family business transfers. Baby boomers are at the age of handing over ownership of their stocks. The next generation is finding its place. And we must offer profit-sharing to management employees. It is a great ecosystem for tax lawyers, responsible for planning the transfer of property. I find it interesting to offer services in continuity, which a traditional firm cannot offer. »
A complete team
Audrey Gibeault arrives with an entire team at EY. “These are diverse profiles who make the same observation as me, namely that, to better serve a rapidly growing clientele, we must be able to follow our clients in different areas of expertise and geography. »
Audrey Gibeault is pleased to continue the work with six recruits also coming directly from Lavery. “I have always loved managing teams. The success of a business lies in the people there. I will play a management role as was the case in my previous firm. I believe in collaboration and teamwork, which are core values of EY. »
The six members of Audrey Gibeault’s team, who arrived at the same time as her from the Lavery firm, are:
– Me Maxime Chabottax lawyer. Bar 2019, this holder of a master’s degree in taxation from the University of
Sherbrooke practiced at Miller Thomson before joining Lavery.
– Me Gabrielle Ahélobusiness law lawyer. The one who was a legal technician at De Chantal d’Amour Fortier then at LJT Avocats, was admitted to the bar in 2019. Holder of a license in civil law from the University of Ottawa, she practiced as a lawyer at LJT before to arrive at Lavery in 2022.
– Me Noémie Rochettetax lawyer. Bar 2021, she had been at Lavery for a year, after obtaining a master’s degree in tax law at HEC Montréal, and having worked for two years at Revenu Québec.
– Dolaine Bélandparalegal, is appointed corporate law manager at EY. She has just spent almost 11 years at Lavery, having previously worked as a paralegal at BCF then at Heenan Blaikie.
– Jenny Lai Tseinglegal secretary. She has almost 10 years of service at Lavery, having previously worked at Blakes.
– Adriana Theveninlegal assistant. She arrives at EY with the whole team, after three years at Lavery.
Contacted by Droit-inc, Lavery reacted late in the afternoon: “Audrey returned to work at EY, where she has already worked in the past, having received the offer to co-manage the “EY” business sector. Private “. We wish him good luck in this new professional role.”
