Partner at Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P.
Ms. Awatif Lakhdar is a member of Lavery’s Family Law Group which comprises personal law and estate law. Her principal areas of practice are family law and private international law. Ms. Lakhdar has developed an expertise in extraterritorial disputes involving a foreign element. Moreover she is regularly consulted regarding complex cases regarding the concept of the Islamic dowry as pertains to a divorce in Quebec, the recognition of a divorce rendered abroad in accordance with Muslim law, the legal consideration of the concept of international public order, the reciprocal execution of foreign judgments in Canada, particularly pertaining to countries from the Middle East, international lis pendens and the increased interjurisdictional remedies, assisted procreation and gestational contracts, international adoption and the application of the Hague Convention of October 25, 1980, on international child abduction. Over the past few years, Ms. Lakhdar has been invited to speak on various topics regarding human rights, family law and estate matters.
year Call to Bar : 2002 (QC)
Phone:(514) 877-3098
fax:(514) 871-8977
email:[email protected]
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