Sharon G. Druker is a partner and the head of the Corporate Services Department in our Business Law Group. Her practice focuses on commercial and corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, the purchase/sale and debt/equity-based financing of businesses, as well as other commercial transactions.
She has over 35 years of experience in providing tailored legal solutions to support individuals, partnerships and corporations of all sizes doing business in Quebec, Canada, the United States and internationally, in their operational and transactional needs.
December 8, 2020
As previously explained in our August 15, 2019 newsletter, Revenu Québec announced new rules on May 17, 2019 requiring the disclosure of all nominee agreements. The application of those rules was suspended until regulations could be adopted. Bill 42 implementing these rules was made final on September 24, 2020, and those rules are now in […]
April 30, 2020
Federal corporations, non-profit organizations and cooperatives generally must file their annual returns and pay the annual fees within 60 days of the anniversary date of their creation. However, Corporations Canada has recently announced that all such entities whose anniversary date falls between February 1 and June 1, 2020 now have until September 30, 2020 to […]
April 29, 2020
By press release dated April 27, 2020, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Québec announced that for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency, legal persons who must hold meetings of their boards of directors, shareholders (in the case of a corporation) and members (in the case of non-profit organizations) can do […]
Sharon’s most recent work includes:
- Speaker (“The New Corporate Transparency Rules”) and member of the Organizing Committee, Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s virtual Professional Advisory Conference, July 6, 2021
- “The Impact of the Act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security Entitlements in Determining the Validity of a Gift under Quebec Law: A Case Comment on Labis v. Labis”, (2020) 39 Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 213
- Author since 2020, and co-author with Rhona Luger since 2022, of the chapter on Quebec in the annual edition of Buying and Selling Real Estate: An International Guide, International Lawyers Network Real Estate Specialty Group
- Co-author since 2015 of the chapter on Canada in the annual edition of Establishing a Business Entity: An International Guide, International Lawyers Network Corporate Specialty Group
- “Female lawyers conquering more masculine practice areas — Challenges and solutions”, Quebec Bar Association International Women’s Day event (2017)
- Guest lecturer on shareholder agreements to students at HEC Montréal (2017)
- “Business Development: Finding the Right Clients for You”, Canadian Bar Association webinar (2017)
- Commercial Negotiation Simulation, Montreal Bar Association (2016 and 2017)
- McGill Business Law Association Conference (2016)
Sharon is a member of RSS’ Continuing Legal Education Committee and has presented training sessions for the Quebec Bar’s obligatory continuing education program on the impact of the Quebec Business Corporations Act, as well as shareholders’ agreements and director liability.
She has also given numerous conferences on business law and on issues of interest to female professionals for associations and organizations such as:
- The Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, Business Law Section
- L’École du Barreau de Montréal
- Femmes de carrière en interaction
- Le Groupe fonds des professionnels
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
- New England–Canada Business Council
- New York Women’s Bar Association
