The Office of the General Counsel is responsible for the provision of all legal services to the University. The legal team is as follows:

Me Frederica Jacobs, General Counsel
Head of the Office of the General Counsel and responsible for the overall operations of the OGC as well as all major legal dossiers.

Me Eva Samartzidis, Associate General Counsel
Primary source of legal advice and expertise to University administrators with respect to intellectual property, research matters and purchasing matters amongst other dossiers.

Me Melodie Sullivan, Legal Counsel - Student and Administrative Affairs
Primary source of legal advice and expertise to University administrators with respect to student-related and general administrative law issues amongst other dossiers.

Me Geneviève Desmarais, Legal Counsel - Employment and Labour Relations
Primary source of legal advice and expertise for the Human Resources Department and University administrators with respect to labour law issues amongst other dossiers.

Me Valérie Gastebled, Legal Counsel - Facilities Management
Primary source of legal advice and expertise to the Facilities Management Department and University administrators with respect to all property and real-estate related matters amongst other dossiers.

Contact us

Me Frederica Jacobs
General Counsel
Frederica.Jacobs@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4797

Me Eva Samartzidis
Associate General Counsel
Eva.Samartzidis@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4340

Me Geneviève Desmarais
Legal Counsel
Employee and Labour Relations
Genevieve.Desmarais@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4808

Me Valérie Gastebled
Legal Counsel
Facilities Management
Valerie.Gastebled@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4837

Me Melodie Sullivan
Legal Counsel
Student and Administrative Affairs
Melodie.Sullivan@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4838

Atosa Tangestanifar
Assistant to General Counsel
Atosa.Tangestanifar@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext 4853

TBA
Departmental Assistant
514-848-2424 ext.4199

Maryanne Petrovich
Legal Assistant
Maryanne.Petrovich@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext 4238

Alison Beck
Legal Officer
Alison.Beck@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4198

Student Tribunals Officer
tribunal@alcor.concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.5212

Emmanuelle Hoarau
Document & Information Archivist
Emmanuelle.Hoarau@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4196

Any queries may be directed to:

Ahniet Tsang
Receptionist / Secretary
Ahniet.tsang@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext.4854