Dispute resolution: Quebec

Woods LLP

Montreal-based litigation, arbitration and insolvency boutique Woods LLP regularly acts on contentious mandates involving corporate liability, shareholders’ disputes, securities litigation, class actions, insolvency, employment law and defamation. Leadership of the team is shared between Richard Vachon (class actions, arbitration); Marie-Louise Delisle (construction litigation, class action defence, professional liability); and Sylvain Rigaud (insolvency). Also noted are Cara Cameron (contractual and shareholders’ matters, white collar investigations); Louis Seveno (construction disputes); and Eric Bédard (commercial and administrative disputes). Patrick Ouellet was appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Montréal in April 2023. Managing partner Caroline Biron left the firm in August 2023.

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Key clients

Health Montreal Collective
National Bank of Canada
Videotron
Champion Iron Mines Limited
Panasonic Canada
Irving Group of Companies
AECOM Consultants
Glencore Canada
FTI Consulting
Sanivac

Work highlights

Represented the National Bank of Canada successfully before the Supreme Court of Canada in Eurobank Ergasias - Bombardier 2024 CSC 11.
Represented Robert Giroux, X2 Capital and other companies operating in the real estate lending and investment sectors in a $148m claim in damages brought in connection with the management of investment funds.
Represented Health Montréal Collective, as builder of a public-private partnership hospital project, in a number of disputes against the facility manager and the owner of the project, and also against consultants and suppliers.