François Painchaud

François Painchaud specializes in business law applied to key technology sectors such as Life Sciences and Information Technology. He is frequently involved in the drafting and negotiation of complex transactions related to technology transfers and joint ventures and in commercial and corporate law, including venture capital and mergers and acquisitions.

François Painchaud has been a partner at ROBIC for more than 25 years. He is a member of the firm’s management committee and heads the Business Law group.

He serves on the board of directors or as corporate secretary of various private and public organizations operating in life sciences and other technology driven fields, they include: Search Light Pharma Inc., CQDM – Consotrtium Québécois en développement du médicament, Neomed Institute, Catalis Québec. He also serves on the Board of charitable organisations such as the Cancer Research Society, La Mosaïque Foundation and Canadian Louis Pasteur Foundation – Director and general secretary

He is also a member of several business associations including being a board member and President of the Licensing Executives Society International. Academically, he was a lecturer at McGill University for four years for the course entitled Complex Legal Transactions – Trade Secrets Law and Technology Transfers and lecturer in courses on business law at Concordia University’s MBA program. He has also been involved for several years as part of a licensing course on Trademark Law, jointly organized by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and McGill University.

François Painchaud is frequently solicited to give lectures in various areas of technology transfers and intellectual property in commercial transactions for several business groups and associations.

He also contributed to the annual update of the book Robic-Leger, Canadian Trade Marks Act Annotated and the drafting of Robic-Leger, Canadian Copyright Act Annotated, both published by Carswell. He regularly publishes articles in his fields of specialization.