Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Technology; Intellectual Property

Marie-Hélène practices commercial law and advises clients in a variety of industries, including information technology, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, product manufacturing and retail. She regularly advises organizations with respect to compliance with Canadian legal requirements, including those specific to the province of Quebec. Marie-Hélène’s expertise includes compliance with language legislation, consumer protection, electronic commerce and documents, privacy, antispam, and intellectual property matters, and the distribution and marketing of regulated products and services.

Doing business in Quebec raises a variety of unique issues, including in relation to the particularities of Quebec civil law, Quebec’s strict consumer protection regime and compliance with the French language requirements set out in Quebec’s Charter of the French Language, which language requirements extend to advertising through websites, social media, signage or other means. Quebec’s regulatory regime also imposes specific requirements with respect to advertising directed at children and to the marketing and advertising of certain regulated products or services. In the context of her practice, Marie-Hélène regularly advises organizations with respect to compliance with these requirements.

Her practice also involves drafting complex commercial agreements for the development, transfer, licensing, testing, supply, marketing and distribution of technology, including information technology, biotechnology and regulated products, interacting with relevant regulators and advising clients on regulatory aspects of corporate transactions. Marie-Hélène practices in both English and French.