AVGECO

Avgeco can help you at every step of a project. Avgeco is specialised, among others, in drafting, reviewing, interpreting and negotiating construction contracts but also in commercial contracts, among others, partnership agreement, distribution contract, manufacture and fabrication contract, distribution contract, licensing, purchase or sale agreement, leasing agreement and non-disclosure and non-competition agreement.

Avgeco is also specialised in the tender process, whether it is for drafting or reviewing and interpreting tender call documents or identifying the rights and obligations of each party.

Avgeco takes care of corporate reorganization as well as research and acquisition of companies in Canada.

Avgeco has established a partnership with different external lawyers that can render services in areas of practices other than the expertises of Avgeco, for example in environmental law, labour law, tax or litigation, service will be render to Avgeco’s client in every pertinent area of law with the same quality and value of service but always with only one pint of contact, Avgeco.

Avgeco is surrounded by a team composed of engineers, accountants and highly experienced business leaders that realize successful construction projects. Therefore, Avgeco will help you in every aspect the management of a construction project.

Avgeco can also administer a construction contract. By being a law firm and a multidisciplinary firm, who else is better placed to administer the contract than the one who drafted and negotiated the construction contract, that is involved in all other administrative steps of a projects and that speaks the same language than the other parties involved in the project, meaning the particular language of the construction industry. Sébastien Demers being himself a contractor with the family business, where all family members are involved, possess the legal language together with the technical language.

In addition, Avgeco helps and assists foreign companies that which to do business in Quebec and Canada. Avgeco represents several American and European companies that realise construction projects in Quebec and Canada. Said foreign companies benefit from Avgeco’s services from the beginning of their activities in Quebec and Canada and along the completion of their projects together with the daily management of their activities.

Construction projects are known to be a risky adventure. They are always unique and complex. Numerous surprises arise during a construction project, from the tender call stage up to the period of guaranty after the acceptance of the work. People involved in the project will make important decision throughout the project due to several sources of risk and uncertainty.

To avoid increase of delay and cost, to achieve profitability in money and in time, you need to identify the sources of the risk and control or diminish their impact. Authors have identified, among others, sources of risk in a construction project: owner interference, inadequate contractor experience, financing and payments, labour shortage and productivity, slow decision making, improper planning and subcontractors.

Tender call documents and its procedure, contractual and insurance risks and change in work leading to extra costs can also bring major issues. Identifying and answering those risks at the beginning and along the project will result in neutralizing said risk and achieve your goals at the end of the work.

Avgeco will help during every phase of a project. Among others, Avgeco help you review the tender documents, identifying the risks, the intent and the task to be accomplished, drafting, reviewing and negotiating contractual documents, reviewing and negotiating insurance requirements and preparing and negotiating your construction claim.

Me Demers is a certified arbitrator (UdeS/IMAQ) with an expertise for commercial and construction dispute. He can act for local, national and international dispute.