Ms Sauvé is a Partner at Sylvestre Painchaud et associés since January 2010. Since her arrival at the law firm in 2005, Ms Sauvé has acquired a noteworthy experience in cooperative law and in class action suits. Also, she is in charge of many class action suits in favour of consumers or citizens. Ms Sauvé also practices in general civil law.
Ms Sauvé is part of the Steering Committee of the Cambridge Forum on Canadian class actions since February 2022 and was a speaker at:
- In May 2024, on housing cooperative law, within the framework of the annual general meeting of the Fédération de l’Habitation Coopérative du Québec (FHCQ);
- In May 2023, on housing cooperative law, within the framework of the annual general meeting of the Confédération Québécoise des Coopératives d’Habitation (CQCH.);
- In October 2020, on class actions, at the National Class Action Seminar
- In March 2017, on class actions, at the National Class Action Seminar;
- In March and May 2015, on housing cooperative law, for a Technical Resources Group;
- In October 2014, on class actions and P.R.D., at the annual national conference of the ADR Institue of Canada;
- In March 2014, on class actions, at the National Class Action Seminar ;
- In March 2007, on housing cooperative law, at the annual convention of the Fédération des Coopératives d’Habitation Montérégiennes (FÉCHAM).
Ms Sauvé is also the author of papers published in Développements récents au Québec, au Canada et aux États-Unis in 2014 – Colloque national sur les recours collectifs, vol. 380 and in 2020 – Colloque national sur les actions collectives, vol. 480
Ms Sauvé was awarded the distinction of Best Lawyers in Class Action litigation in 2024 and 2025
Year of admission to the Bar: 2004
Graduate of University of Sherbrooke
Accredited civil mediator
