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
Representative experience
Representative experience
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.
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
- 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
Education
Education
LL. B., University of Sherbrooke, 2015
M.B.A., University of Sherbrooke, 2015
Admissions
Admissions
- Quebec 2017
Memberships and activities
Memberships and activities
- Young Bar Association of Montreal
- Canadian Bar Association
Insights and news
Insights
News
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Beneva in landmark Canadian insurance industry merger
Canada | January 27, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 56 lawyers in its 2025 global partner class
Global | December 11, 2024
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Beneva in landmark Canadian insurance industry merger
Canada | January 27, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 56 lawyers in its 2025 global partner class
Global | December 11, 2024
Client Work
Boulangerie St-Méthode in sale of majority stake
Canada | January 24, 2024
Solutions Beyond Technologies Inc acquired by Syntax Systems
Canada | January 10, 2024
Boulangerie St-Méthode in sale of majority stake
Canada | January 24, 2024
Solutions Beyond Technologies Inc acquired by Syntax Systems
Canada | January 10, 2024