Recognition | 04 September 2025
Best Lawyers in Canada 2026: 36 of our Lawyers Recognized Once Again
Montréal, September 4, 2025 – We are pleased to announce that 36 lawyers at De Grandpré Chait are featured in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyer...
Samy Chekir
LawyerProviding valuable advice to a client base that includes SMEs and startups through his business law practice, Samy has gained extensive knowledge of commercial law and corporate law. He wisely advises world-class companies, whether they are planning mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating their commercial contracts or managing complex corporate law cases. Samy leverages his expertise in a wide variety of sectors, such as technology, and in particular Web3 and blockchain.
Having launched his career as a reseach lawyer with judges from the Superior Court of Québec, he also quickly made his mark in the legal field by accepting a business law excellence award from University of Montréal’s Law faculty.
In addition to supporting Québec entrepreneurs with his leading business law services, Samy gets involved in his community as a member of RePère and Fondation NeuroTrauma Marie Robert BODs.
Providing valuable advice to a client base that includes SMEs and startups through his business law practice, Samy has gained extensive knowledge of commercial law and corporate law. He wisely advises world-class companies, whether they are planning mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating their commercial contracts or managing complex corporate law cases. Samy leverages his expertise in a wide variety of sectors, such as technology, and in particular Web3 and blockchain.
Having launched his career as a reseach lawyer with judges from the Superior Court of Québec, he also quickly made his mark in the legal field by accepting a business law excellence award from University of Montréal’s Law faculty.
In addition to supporting Québec entrepreneurs with his leading business law services, Samy gets involved in his community as a member of RePère and Fondation NeuroTrauma Marie Robert BODs.
Field of practice
Best Lawyers in Canada® – Ones to Watch Mergers and Acquisitions – 2026
- Conférence Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs Droit et Numérique
Panelist, Université de Laval, 2020 - Quelles Œillères imposer à l’État ? Le regard du droit québécois sur la technologie à reconnaissance faciale utilisée par les forces de l’ordre au Royaume-Uni
Writer, Lex Electronica, N°25-2, 3ème édition – Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs Droit & Numérique, 2020
J. D.
Université de Montréal, 2022
Graduate microprogram, Information Technology Law
Université de Montréal, 2020
LL.B
Université de Montréal, 2017
Member, Comité Technologies de l’Information de l’Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal
Chairman of the Board of Directors, RePère
Board Member, Fondation NeuroTrauma Marie Robert
