Pier-Olivier Poisson

Pier-Olivier Poisson
Biography
Pier-Olivier Poisson is a partner and co-head of our financial services and regulation practice. He is regularly retained to advise financial institutions, including insurers, banks, trust companies, and other regulated and unregulated financial service providers, on a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters.
Pier-Olivier counsels financial service providers on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing and distribution, regulatory investigations, FinTech and InsurTech initiatives, referral arrangements, corporate governance, and other corporate matters.
Professional experience
Ausgewählte Mandate
Ausgewählte Mandate
Pier-Olivier has acted in the following matters:
- Beneva, Canada’s largest mutual insurer, in the context of its announced merger with Gore Mutual, one of the oldest property and casualty mutual insurers in Canada
- American International Group Inc., in the context of the sale of its individual personal travel insurance and assistance business for US$600 million in cash plus additional earn-out consideration
- La Capitale and SSQ Assurance, in the peer-to-peer merger transaction that created Beneva, Canada's largest mutual insurance company.
- iA Financial Group, in connection with the creation of iA Financial Corporation Inc. a reporting issuer holding all the common shares of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
Auszeichnungen
Auszeichnungen
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2025; Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Dean's List, LL. B., University of Sherbrooke
Ausbildung
Ausbildung
LL. B., University of Sherbrooke, 2015
M.B.A., University of Sherbrooke, 2015
Zulassungen
Zulassungen
- Quebec 2017
Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten
Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten
- Young Bar Association of Montreal
- Canadian Bar Association
Insights and news
Insights
News
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 56 lawyers in its 2025 global partner class
Global | Dezember 11, 2024
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 56 lawyers in its 2025 global partner class
Global | Dezember 11, 2024