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Christopher Richter
Work Department
General Litigation
Position
Christopher is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who practises in the fields of corporate, commercial and civil litigation and dispute resolution, including advising on litigious aspects of corporate transactions. His practice also includes class actions, securities litigation, professional liability, product liability and employment law. He has appeared before the Québec courts of first instance and of appeal, the superior courts of several other provinces, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and numerous arbitration panels and administrative tribunals (including the Québec securities commission and energy board).
Leading Canadian and international companies prize Christopher’s risk-analysis advice in litigious matters and conflict prevention regarding their interests and operations in Québec and across Canada. With recognized experience in transnational disputes and matters of private international law, Christopher has also acted as arbitrator in numerous disputes (sole arbitrator, or member or chair of a panel), both domestic and international (including ICC and ICDR arbitrations).
Christopher is fluently bilingual in English and French.
Career
British Columbia, 2014
Ontario, 1999
Quebec, 1996
Languages
French
Memberships
Christopher taught civil procedure at both McGill University and the Université de Montréal. Active for many years in the Canadian Bar Association, he was Québec branch chair of the International Law Section and chair of the Business Dispute Resolution Committee of the National ILS. He was also the secretary of the Consumer Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association.
Christopher is a current member of The Advocates’ Society, The London Court of International Arbitration, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee. He is also the past President of the University Club of Montreal.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: Quebec
(Leading Individuals)Torys‘s Quebec group is well-versed in representing clients in commercial contract disputes, shareholder disputes, distressed M&A proceedings and insurance claim disputes. Montreal-based Sylvie Rodrigue heads up the practice and demonstrates broad expertise in civil liability, securities litigation, consumer protection, tort and negligence, breach of contract and privacy matters. Key partners include corporate and commercial litigator Christopher Richter; Julie Himo, who handles commercial fraud, contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, corporate and securities matters; and Marie-Ève Gingras, who majors on product liability, consumer complaint, public law and price-fixing litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and M&A
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Energy and natural resources > Power
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Cannabis
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Indigenous law
- Public procurement
- International trade
- Labour and employment