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Antonio Iacovelli

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Portrait of Antonio Iacovelli

Overview

Antonio Iacovelli is an experienced litigator whose practice is focused on successions (estates) and trusts law, as well as construction law. He joined Miller Thomson’s Montréal office in 2007 after having articled there.

Antonio is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a global professional association for practitioners in the field of trusts and estates whose members are recognized as experts in their field, with proven qualifications and experience.

Since 2018, Antonio has made the construction-law list of Best Lawyers Canada, a respected peer review publication in the legal profession.

Antonio serves a varied clientele ranging from trust companies, financial institutions, estate liquidators, trustees and trust beneficiaries to owners of construction projects, general contractors and specialized contractors. He represents his clients before all courts and arbitration boards.

Antonio is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Professional achievements & leadership

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada - Construction Law, 2018-2025, Trusts and Estates, 2025
  • Benchmark Litigation Canada, Future Star: Dispute resolution, 2020-2024

Thought leadership

  • « Invoking Incapacity or Undue Influence in Quebec Will Challenges » published in Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal, Volume 43, No. 4, August 2024
  • Le contrat : votre meilleur allié. Clauses à surveiller, Miller Thomson annual Construction Law seminar, April 2017, presented jointly with Normand D'Amour
  • L’injonction utilisée dans le domaine de la construction, Miller Thomson annual Construction Law seminar, April 2016, presented jointly with Andréanne Sansoucy
Antonio regularly contributes a column to Journal Constructo, a publication serving the construction industry in Québec. Of them were published in Miller Thomson's Construction Newsletter.
  • “Le fardeau de la preuve - Joindre l'acte à la parole”, Journal Constructo, February 23, 2017
  • “L'injonction pour ordonner le sursis d'une prise de décision en matière d'adjudication de contrat”, Journal Constructo, April 26, 2016
  • “Surveillance de chantier - Responsabilité des consultants”, Journal Constructo, March 3, 2015
  • “L'hypothèque légale de la construction : un endroit à exercer de bonne foi”, Journal Constructo, July 3, 2014
  • “N'abusez pas de l'hypothèque légale!”, Journal Constructo, March 5, 2013
  • “Les travaux ont une fin, mais quand survient-elle?”, Journal Constructo, May 1, 2012
  • “Soumissionnaires : ne m'éprisez pas les petits addenda!”, Journal Constructo, August 30, 2011
  • “Les limites de l'obligation de prendre fait et cause d'autrui”, Journal Constructo, May 13, 2011
  • “Le droit à l'hypothèque légale naît avec le contrat d'entreprise”, Journal Constructo, April 12, 2011
  • “Les avis publics sont la science des exigences”, Journal Constructo, March 1, 2011
  • “De la présomption de connaissance du vice jaillit la lumière”, October 1, 2010
  • “Être ou ne pas être assuré innomé, voilà la question”, Journal Constructo, August 5, 2010
  • “Prendre connaissance des documents d'appel d'offres”, Journal Constructo, July 1, 2010
  • “Les périls reliés aux prix forfaitaires dans un marché volatile”, Journal Constructo, February 4, 2010

Professional memberships

  • Quebec Bar
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Canada)

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Bar admissions & education

  • Quebec, 2007
  • B.C.L. and LL.B., McGill University, 2006
  • B.A., Sociology, McGill University, 2001