Mathieu Piché-Messier > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
1000 De La Gauchetière Street West
Suite 900
Montréal, QC H3B 5H4
Canada

Work Department

Dispute Resolution: Québec

Position

Partner and National Business Leader, Commercial Litigation

Career

Mathieu Piché-Messier is the national business leader of the Commercial Litigation Group. He has significant experience in both civil and commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of:

  • extraordinary remedies (injunction and freezing orders);
  • commercial fraud;
  • high technology;
  • industrial espionage;
  • identity theft;
  • competition law;
  • defamation law;
  • entertainment law;
  • intellectual property rights;
  • aviation law; and
  • international arbitration.

Mathieu was a member of the parliamentary committees of the National Assembly responsible for reform of the Québec Code of Civil Procedure. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) in 2018. He was also inducted as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsels of America in 2021.

He has acted for plaintiffs in preparing and enforcing seizures before judgment, injunctions and Anton Piller, Mareva and Norwich injunctions and orders. He has also acted as an independent supervisor solicitor for several Canadian law firms.

Languages

English and French

Memberships

  • Fellow, The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA)
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL)
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Montréal Division

Education

  • LLB, Université de Sherbrooke

Bar Admission

  • Québec, 1998

Personal

  • Member, Board of Directors, Cirque Éloize
  • Member, Board of Directors, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
  • Member, BLG Pro Bono Committee

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: Quebec

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP‘s disputes capabilities in Quebec cover class actions, white collar crime, cybersecurity, IP and banking and financial services-related litigation and arbitration. The group is frequently sought out by companies in the telecoms, aerospace, automotive and consumer goods segments. The practice is jointly directed by Mathieu Piché-Messier and Gabriel Lefebvre, both of whom are based in Montreal. Piché-Messier specializes in commercial fraud, industrial espionage, competition and IP litigation; Lefebvre focuses on construction law, with particular focus on engineers’ liability and contractors’ claims. François Grondin (civil and commercial litigation); Alexander De Zordo (litigation, investigations, arbitration); and Karine Chênevert (class actions, securities litigation) are additional names to note. Anne Merminod left the firm in July 2024.