Claude Gendron

Claude Gendron is a lawyer by training. He is Special Advisor to Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, one of the largest institutional fund managers in Canada. Claude Gendron was, until 2017, Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, Head of Litigation at Ivanhoé Cambridge and a member of the Management Board. With an MBA from the University of Ottawa, Canada, Claude Gendron also has a Bachelor and a Master’s Degree in Business Law from the University of Montreal, Canada. Specializing in financial and real estate transactions for more than 30 years, he began his career as a legal advisor to the National Bank of Canada, one of Canada's major banks (1975-1980). Claude Gendron then continued his career at legal firms, joining Fasken Martineau DuMoulin as International Head of Business Law where he was senior partner (1998-2013) before moving to Ivanhoé Cambridge.