Paul Martel is a Special Adviser in the Business Group. His practice focuses primarily on corporate and commercial law, particularly in the field of companies, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships and commercial contracts. He is renowned for his ability to formulate pragmatic and innovative solutions to the most complex legal problems in corporate law.

Paul was a law professor for over 25 years and author of several authoritative legal texts on corporate law, such as a doctrine text on company law for students in professional training. He has also written texts on corporate law in most of the major law journals, including the Revue du Barreau du Québec. His influence as a company law expert, professor, lecturer and author has made him a regular consultant with government authorities undertaking major legislative reforms such as the Civil Code of Quebec, the Quebec Companies Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act.

Paul Martel is a consultant-expert retained by the Quebec Minister of Finance for the design and writing of the new Business Corporations Act. He also sits on the advisory committee on the reform of the Companies Act.

Paul is a member of the Quebec Bar where he chairs the Legal Persons and Partnerships Committee. He is also a member of the Montréal Bar and the Canadian Bar Association.