Gowling WLG
Gowling WLG's Montreal office offers a range of dispute resolution services, handling shareholder and partnership disputes, derivatives litigation, class action, breach of contract and product liability matters. The group is well-equipped to handle real estate, commercial, environmental, insolvency and construction litigation. Practice head Guy Poitras is well-versed in class actions for damages relating to defective motor vehicle, electronic appliance and pharmaceutical products. Alexandre Sami is noted for his product liability and commercial litigation expertise.
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Testimonials
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- 'I am fully satisfied with the leadership of Alexandre Sami and his excellent winning team.'
Key clients
- Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
- Lafarge Canada
- Amazon Web Services
- The Brick Warehouse
- Glen Dimplex
- Cadillac Fairview
- Callidus Capital
- Cogeco Connexion
- Sanimax
- Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA)
- Dollarama
Work highlights
- Acted for the United States Attorney General in an application to dismiss in a largely publicized case related to patients being unknowingly brainwashed as part of the Montreal Experiments in the 1950s.
- Represented Amazon Web Services defending two class actions related to the Capital One data breach.
- Counsel to a multinational automobile manufacturer in a class action involving four different matters and over 100 defendants.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Guy Poitras