Mason Poplaw > McCarthy Tétrault > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile
McCarthy Tétrault Offices
Suite MZ400
1000 De La Gauchetière Street West
Montréal QC
H3B 0A2
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Mason Poplaw
Work Department
Dispute Resolution; Litigation: General Commercial
Position
Partner in the Montréal office and a member of the firm’s Board of Partners. Known for his business acumen and broad experience as a corporate commercial litigator, Mason’s practice focuses primarily on corporate disputes, governance, securities, internal investigations, crisis management, insolvency, and restructuring.
Recognized for his ability to successfully manage litigation and investigations matters with a great deal at stake, Mason leverages his considerable corporate and financial industry knowledge to find practical solutions to complex disputes. Working with a range of clients including financial institutions, public and privately held corporations, members of board of directors and trustees, he takes a strategic approach to securities and banking class actions, financial product liabilities cases, financial frauds, corporate governance issues, plans of arrangement, liquidation, oppression remedies, complex contract disputes, and directors’ liabilities.
Clients appreciate Mason’s ability to gain insight into the dispute and bring the right angles and arguments before the court to achieve swift and successful resolutions. He has appeared before all Québec judicial courts, before the Supreme Court of Canada, and in numerous commercial arbitration proceedings.
Memberships
Canadian Bar Association; The Advocate Society; Insolvency Institute of Canada; Turnaround Management Association; Risk Management Institute.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: Quebec
(Hall of Fame)The Montreal-based group at McCarthy Tétrault is active on class action disputes, regulatory and product liability matters, securities litigation and arbitration. The team is well-versed in commercial litigation involving the pharmaceutical, tech and biotech segments, and routinely appears before all levels of the Quebec courts. Steeves Bujold directs the group. Ex-practice head Mason Poplaw remains active on complex commercial, corporate and securities disputes, and has additional experience of financial product liabilities cases and banking class actions. François Giroux majors on shareholder disputes, banking litigation and class actions involving securities violations and privacy disputes. Isabelle Vendette is noted for her expertise in injunctions, financial services and securities litigation, as well as privacy and contract disputes. Gabriel Querry is an additional name to note. Kristian Brabander left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement