The team at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, which is lauded for its ‘strategic thinking, trial skills and expertise’, handles commercial, corporate, securities, M&A, tax, competition, white collar and insolvency litigation. The group is frequently instructed by clients in the retail, telecoms, aerospace and healthcare segments. Practice head Louis-Martin O’Neill specializes in M&A, corporate, securities, commercial and insolvency disputes and is highlighted by one client as the ’most intelligent litigator in Quebec’. Also noted are William Brock, who has experience representing clients before the Québec Superior Court and the Supreme Court of Canada; Guy Du Pont (civil litigations, tax disputes and white collar issues); Marc-André Boutin (contractual, real estate, construction and product liability matters); Nick Rodrigo (class action defence, securities and competition law); Julie Girard (class action defence); and Jean-Philippe Groleau (public law and class actions).
Testimonials
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‘Davies has a market-leading team of litigators with the strategic thinking, trial skills and expertise to navigate Canada’s most complex and high-stakes cases. Their team has a broad range of experience. Jean-Philippe Groleau and Julie Girard are recommended.'
‘Team is practical, pragmatic and commercial. They pinpoint with great precision the decisions that need to made, the pros and the cons and actually make real recommendations on what decisions we should be making in given circumstances.’
Key clients
- Alimentation Couche-Tard
- Booking Holdings
Work highlights
- Acted for Revera in connection with the restructuring proceedings of Groupe Sélection.
- Acted for Groupe BMTC in defence of two class actions and a proposed third class action instituted against retailers in Québec claiming the sale of their extended warranties contravenes the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.