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Karen Aguilar is an associate in Gowlings’ Montréal office.

During her law studies at the University of Ottawa (civil law) and at the University of Montréal (common law), Karen obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in International Development and Globalization, and spent a semester studying law at the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

She first started honing her drafting and pleading skills in litigation matters in the context of the Charles Rousseau Mootcourt in international law, for which she now acts as a coach at the University of Montréal. Karen has also done some pro bono work at International Social Service Canada, and puts her international and private law knowledge as well as her language skills to use as an editor for the Revue québécoise de droit international.

She joined the Firm as a student in 2009.

Karen practises law in English and French and is fluent in Spanish.