Yvan Guy Larocque *
Founding Partner
Yvan is one of the Founding Partners of Hall & Larocque, and advises and negotiates on behalf of Indigenous-owned businesses and governments. Yvan advises on various matters, including Indigenous economic rights, consultation & accommodation, corporate structuring & reorganizations, taxation & trusts, as well as governance & policy development. He also advises on commercial matters in various industries, including in relation to natural resource development, equity & debt financing, land & real estate development, mergers & acquisitions, and general business and economic development.
Yvan has represented Indigenous communities and Economic Development Groups in relation to major infrastructure and natural resource projects, including in the mining, oil & gas, forestry, and renewable resource sectors. He has negotiated successful impact benefit agreements and has advised on complex Nation-led investments. Yvan has also advised Nations on the development and reorganization of large multi-industry Indigenous Economic Development Groups.
Yvan was born and raised in Sainte-Anne, Manitoba and is a proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Yvan served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force. He is also the Clinical Counsel at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, where he supervises pro bono business law clinics, and has taught courses on Indigenous Economic Development, Legal Negotiations, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, and Contracts.
Education:
York University, LLM, 2020
University of British Columbia, JD, 2016
University of Saskatchewan, PLSNP, 2013
University of Manitoba, BA, 2011
Memberships & Affiliations:
Law Society of Manitoba, 2022
Law Society of British Columbia, 2017
Director, Indspire
Director, Neeginan Centre
Contact
* Larocque Business Law Corporation
