Isabelle Vendette > McCarthy Tétrault > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

McCarthy Tétrault
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada

Work Department

Dispute Resolution - Quebec

Position

Isabelle Vendette is a partner in the firms’ Litigation Group in Montréal. Her practice focuses on corporate commercial litigation and civil litigation, as well as on internal investigations and cybersecurity. She regularly pleads before the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal. Her principal areas of expertise are injunctions, financial services litigation, securities, franchise litigation, privacy, ESG and contract disputes.

Isabelle advises and represents some of the firm’s most important clients including financial institutions, telecommunication companies and other public and privately held corporations in complex and high-profile cases. She has led litigation files in various fields, including unfair competition, banking law, product liability, securities, consumer law, false or misleading advertising and in special remedies such as injunctions.

Isabelle is a regular speaker at conferences, where she presents on trends in ESG-related securities litigation, commercial law, class actions, consumer law and cybersecurity. She is also a contributing author to the fifth edition of Defending Class Actions in Canada and to articles on injunction and data protection.

Career

Massachusetts Bar, 2008
New York Bar, 2009
Québec Bar, 2005

Education

Isabelle received a master’s degree in European and comparative law from the University of Oxford, and an LLM in American Law from Boston University.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: Quebec

(Leading Individuals)

Isabelle VendetteMcCarthy Tétrault

The Montreal-based group at McCarthy Tétrault is active on class action disputes, regulatory and product liability matters, securities litigation and arbitration. The team is well-versed in commercial litigation involving the pharmaceutical, tech and biotech segments, and routinely appears before all levels of the Quebec courts. Steeves Bujold directs the group. Ex-practice head Mason Poplaw remains active on complex commercial, corporate and securities disputes, and has additional experience of financial product liabilities cases and banking class actions. François Giroux majors on shareholder disputes, banking litigation and class actions involving securities violations and privacy disputes. Isabelle Vendette is noted for her expertise in injunctions, financial services and securities litigation, as well as privacy and contract disputes. Gabriel Querry is an additional name to note. Kristian Brabander left the firm.