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McCarthy Tétrault Offices
Suite MZ400
1000 De La Gauchetière Street West
Montréal QC
H3B 0A2
Canada
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David Blair
Work Department
Transportation: Rail & Road
Position
Partner leading the firm’s Transportation and Logistics Group and a member of the Business Law Group. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience acquired over the past 30 years, he helps clients with complex regulatory transportation issues and finding adapted business solutions. He is known for his expertise in interprovincial and international transportation, safety standards regulation and carriers’ liability. Various leading Canadian, US and European companies in the rail, trucking and bus industries as well as the mining sector consult him for his in-depth experience and expertise. He is regularly involved in complex National and International transactions involving rail and road transportation businesses. He also appears before administrative tribunals, agencies and the courts in regulatory, safety compliance and liability matters.
Career
Quebec Bar, 1980
Memberships
Québec Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Transportation Lawyers Association (CTLA)
Transport Lawyers Association (US) (TLA)
Personal
Various publications for the Transportation Lawyer Associations and McCarthy Tétrault MOVES
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Transport > Other transport
(Leading partners)The practice group at McCarthy Tétrault is regularly instructed by railway operators, warehousers and governmental stakeholders seeking assistance with a range of advisory, transactional and contentious mandates. The team has a track record representing the Canadian National Railway Company in various disputes before the courts and the Canadian Transportation Agency. Leadership of the group is shared between Quebec City-based Brian Lipson and David Blair, who splits his time between Quebec City and Montreal. Lipson specializes in M&A, commercial agreements, regulatory compliance and litigation; Blair majors on international transportation, safety standards regulation, carriers’ liability and trade-related issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- AI
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- International trade
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms