Woods LLP

Partner

Marie-Louise Delisle is a Partner and a member of the Management Committee with over 20 years of experience in large-scale commercial litigation raising complex legal issues. She has notably led cases involving injunctions, construction in the context of public-private partnerships and professional liability. She is active in several arbitration proceedings.

She has significant and varied experience in defending class action proceedings involving civil liability, telecommunications law, competition law and the manipulation of financial instruments. She has appeared before the trial and appeal courts of Quebec.

Marie-Louise is known for her various contributions to several publications in arbitration and numerous topics related to commercial litigation. She teaches a Commercial Litigation Workshop and Trial Advocacy Course at the Université de Montréal and sits on a variety of professional association committees. Marie-Louise is highly regarded by her peers and clients, and appears in numerous reputable legal publications, including The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and The Best Lawyers in Canada.

French, English

Professional activities

Guest lecturer in the course Techniques de plaidoirie en litige civil at Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law (since 2017) Quebec Bar – Firm representative within Justicia, a special Quebec Bar initiative which encourages the retention and advancement of women in the profession (2013-2015) Canadian Bar Association (Québec) – Class Actions Section (2015-2016) Montreal Bar – Lawyers’ Ethics and Image Committee (2013-2015) Canadian Bar Association (Quebec) – Research and Knowledge Management Section (2010-2013) Montreal Bar – CAIJ Liaison Committee (2011-2013)

Associations

Quebec Bar Canadian Bar Association Canadian Club of Montreal Réseau des femmes d’Affaires du Québec The Advocates’ Society

McGill University, Institute of Comparative Law, Master of Laws – Intellectual Property and Copyrights (LL.M.), 2001

Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 1999