Sharon G. Druker, Ad. E.

• Acts as counsel on a regular basis to Québec borrowers and to out-of-province law firms in connection with Québec-based secured financing transactions
• Provides advice on a regular basis to businesses regarding their compliance with Québec’s French language laws
• Works with clients, their tax advisors and the RSS Corporate Services Department on numerous corporate reorganizations
• Acts as Québec counsel to AJW Technique Inc. and its affiliates on an ongoing basis regarding all Québec-based commercial and financing matters
• Acts as Québec counsel to an educational service provider to domestic and international students for its acquisition under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act and ongoing operations
• Co-led an Ontario purchaser’s legal team on the acquisition of certain Québec-based manufacturers and suppliers of brick, stone and masonry products
• Led an Ontario purchaser’s legal team on the acquisition of a Québec-based transportation company
• Represented the co-founder of a Québec-based entertainment company in its acquisition by a major Japanese gaming company
• Co-counsel to the vendors in an arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce of claims and counterclaims relating to the sale of a business
• Co-counsel to the Family Law Group in connection with matrimonial (partnership of acquests) claims against corporate assets
• Co-counsel to the Litigation Group in connection with the determination of shareholder rights at law and under shareholder agreements in the context of oppression remedy claims

Sharon’s most recent and significant roles include:

• John Molson School of Business MBA International Case Competition Judge (2023–present)

Canadian Bar Association

• Montreal Opinion Working Group (2020–present)
• Executive Committee of the National Business Law Section (2008–2019)

Bar of Quebec

• Panorama Committee (2016–present)
• Justicia Committee (2015–present)

Quebec Bar Foundation

• Board of Directors:
  • Vice-Chair (2025–2027)
  • Member (2022–2025)
• Governance Committee:
  • Chair (2025–2027)
  • Member (2022–2025)

Bar of Montreal

• Comité Avocats d’affaires et relations internationales (2022–2023)
• President of the Comité de liaison avec les avocats en droit des affaires (2018–2022)

Lord Reading Law Society

• Chair of the Governance Committee (2019–present)
• Past President (1996–1997)

Sharon’s most recent contributions include:

• Panelist, “Governance, the Role of the Board and Ethics in Philanthropy: The Foundations of Responsible Leadership”, Québec Association of Fundraising Professionals, June 2025
• “Parlez-Vous Français? Update on the Québec Charter of the French Language, Fogler Rubinoff L.L.P. Continuing Professional Development Program, May 2025
• Speaker, “The New Corporate Transparency Rules”, Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s Professional Advisory Conference, July 2021
• “The Impact of the Act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security Entitlements in Determining the Validity of a Gift under Quebec Law: A Case Comment on Labis v. Labis”, (2020) 39 Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 213
• Author since 2020, and co-author since 2022, of the chapter on Quebec in the annual edition of Buying and Selling Real Estate: An International Guide, International Lawyers Network Real Estate Specialty Group
• Co-author since 2015 of the chapter on Canada in the annual edition of Establishing a Business Entity: An International Guide, International Lawyers Network Corporate Specialty Group
• Guest lecturer on shareholder agreements to students at HEC Montréal and John Molson School of Business
• Commercial Negotiation Simulation, Montreal Bar Association (2016 and 2017)

Sharon is a member of RSS’ Continuing Legal Education Committee and has presented training sessions for the Quebec Bar’s obligatory continuing education program on the impact of the Quebec Business Corporations Act, as well as shareholders’ agreements and director liability.

She has also given numerous conferences on business law and on issues of interest to female professionals for associations and organizations such as:

• The Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, Business Law Section
• The Quebec Bar Association
• L’École du Barreau de Montréal
• Le Groupe fonds des professionnels

Sharon’s most recent involvement includes:

Mentoring

• RSS Training and Mentorship Committee (2022–present)
• McGill University, Faculty of Law, Law Inspiration NetworK (LINK) student program (2015–present)
• McGill Women’s Alumnae Association’s Mentorship Program (2020–present)
• RSS au féminin, Mentoring Committee (2016–present)

Boards & Committees

• Hope & Cope: Director and Chair of the Governance Committee (2025–present)
• Jewish General Hospital Foundation Governance Committee:
  • Vice-Chair (2024–2026)
  • Member (2019–2024)
• Harvard Business Review, Advisory Council (2023–present)
• Shaare Zedek Congregation: Director, Chair of the Governance Committee, Member of the Executive Committee (2022–present)
• Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal: Professional Advisory Committee (2009–present)
• Alink Foundation: Director and Chair of the Governance Committee (2019–2022)
• Mount Sinai Hospital: member of the Users’ Committee (2014–2018)