Pascale Pageau

As a lawyer, businesswoman and corporate director, Pascale Pageau founded Delegatus – Lawyers Collective in 2005 and is still its president today. Delegatus was born out of her need to succeed in everything by fulfilling both her professional and personal aspirations. Motivated by her dream of achieving everything and fuelled by her rebellious side, she wanted more freedom in the way she lived her life. Pascale wanted to create a model that could please the most demanding business clients while respecting the ambitions of freedom-hungry lawyers like herself.

The Delegatus business model was built around three main pillars: freedom and self-determination, human values and a collaborative approach between colleagues and with clients. This New Law concept completely overturned the traditional model that was dominant in the legal industry at the time.

The Collective now numbers close to 50 lawyers, notaries and paralegals, and continues to grow by continually questioning the status quo, reinventing traditional methods, and advancing the practice of law. Under Pascale's leadership, Delegatus has grown steadily from year to year since its inception. Her talent and vision have earned her numerous accolades, including being named one of Quebec's Top 10 regional law firms and one of Canada's fastest-growing companies, the Profit 500.

As well as managing Delegatus, Pascale is involved in the business and community sectors. She is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec and Juripop. As a woman entrepreneur, she thrives on supporting local entrepreneurs and promoting the advancement of women in business and in the legal profession.

Significant mandates

• Major energy company: action to obtain the injunctions needed to complete a project worth more than $1.3 billion.
• European company specialising in the environment: major construction litigation worth over $35 million.
• Major energy company: litigation manager and supervisor of the Delegatus team of lawyers in over 400 damage cases.
• Major energy company: defence, strategic commercial relations.
• As plaintiff and defendant in cases of alleged fraud and collusion.
• Major real estate fraud cases before the Superior Court and Court of Appeal involving novel questions of law and multiple seizures.
• Numerous seizures, reversals of seizures and injunctions, particularly during the student strike.
• Major landlord: complex, high-profile cases in lengthy trials in the Superior Court and Court of Appeal.