OUR HISTORY
Founded on May 23, 2006, the law firm DS Avocats, now known as Décarie Avocats, has established itself as a leader in litigation and business law through its nuanced, combative, and creative approach. Despite its humble beginnings, its success quickly propelled it into strong and rapid growth. Presently, the firm is recognized in the Outaouais community as a top-notch choice, both for its clientele and employees, as a leading multiservice law firm.
Foundation of Décarie Lawyers
Becomes a multiservice firm
With the addition of family and business law services, the firm moves towards a more modern approach and vows to help its clients attain legal health.
Winner of the Excelor “Female entrepreneurship” award
The firm receives the Excelor Award from the Gatineau Chamber of Commerce, recognizing excellence in female entrepreneurship.
Need for space
To accommodate its growing team, the firm undertook three successive expansions of its office space in the Hull area. In 2014, it finally moved its offices to larger and freshly renovated premises located at 3 Rue de Picardie in Gatineau. Continuing in the same vein, the offices at 3 Picardie underwent the same fate in 2017, with a major investment to increase their area.
Significant growth of the team
15th Anniversary of Decarie Lawyers!
For the past 15 years, Décarie Avocats has been making its mark in the business and legal community of Gatineau and Ottawa. The firm has achieved remarkable feats and experienced precious and magical human moments, in which you have participated. You have been and continue to be the best allies and ambassadors of the firm, and we thank you for that.
We sincerely and warmly thank our clients, employees, and suppliers, especially the entire team of Agence Pop Inc and Studio créatif Coloc, for their contribution, dedication, and unwavering loyalty to our firm.
Our mission and values
At Décarie Avocats, our mission is to guide you, your business, and your loved ones towards optimal legal well-being. We commit to building strong foundations with you, anticipating potential pitfalls, and finding creative solutions to address all your challenges and disputes.
Our personalized approach is based on human support and the creation of close bonds with our clients. To fulfill our mission, we’ve assembled a team of exceptional lawyers, chosen not only for their unique talents contributing to cutting-edge legal practice but also for their adherence to fundamental values underlying the success of our personalized approach: transparency, empathy, combativeness, and creativity.
Upon joining the family, it was essential for us to embrace values in harmony with our local principles.
Founded in 1972, law firm is the result of a human adventure spanning four continents. A pioneer in establishing on legal markets that were “emerging” and have now become engines of the global economy, Décarie Avocats made history by setting up in China in 1986. Today, it boasts nearly 400 legal professionals, experts in all areas of business law.
The fundamental values of the firm – Excellence, Availability, Skill, Internationalism – are at the heart of the promise we make to our clientele.
The national firm, a respected player in the legal profession, reinforces its strength, pursues its growth, and provides outstanding services to local and national clients. Relying on its human and technological resources, the national firm is committed to delivering top-notch services with confidence, vision, and enthusiasm in the Canadian markets.
transparency
empathy
fighting spirit
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Our logo
The two triangles represent both the letter D, first letter of the name Décarie, our founder’s last name, and the letter A, first letter of the word Avocat (Lawyer in French). The diamond in the center represents both the compromise and the dynamism created by the collaboration within our team.
The grey represents the problem, and the orange, the solution. The different shades show our values: transparency, empathy, fighting spirit and creativity.