Pier-Olivier Poisson

Partner, Canadian Co-Head of Financial Services and Regulation Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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

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