Yvan Guy Larocque, CD, LLM, is an Indigenous business lawyer and a Founding Partner of Hall & Larocque LLP, a 100% Indigenous-owned law firm with offices in Winnipeg and Vancouver. Yvan's practice focuses on Indigenous Economic Development and Governance. He often acts as counsel to Indigeneous nations in relation to various matters, including Aboriginal and treaty rights; settlement agreements and trusts; corporate structuring and reorganizations; governance and policy development; equity & debt financing; taxation; natural resource development; land & real estate development; and mergers & acquisitions. Yvan holds a Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC) with a Business Law Concentration and a Specialization in Aboriginal Law, as well as a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School with a Specialization in Business Law. He is also an alumnus of the Program of Legal Studies for Native People at the University of Saskatoon. Yvan is also Clinical Counsel in Private Law at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, where he teaches courses on Indigenous Economic Development, legal negotiations, and corporate and commercial law. He is called to the bar in British Columbia and Manitoba. Yvan is a proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation from Sainte-Anne, MB.
