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Stéphane Fillion

Position
Partner
Career
Stéphane Fillion is a partner in the Labour, Employment and Human Rights Group. He practises in every area related to labour and employment law, be it collective or individual contracts of employment, human rights, labour standards, occupational health and safety, issues related to Pay Equity, the Charter of the French Language or other aspects.
Stéphane is praised for his extensive experience and reputation in the area. Stéphane is professional, extremely versatile and adapts to situations rapidly, always providing practical advice and strategies to allow clients to achieve their goals and objectives. Clients value his candour, and the respect that he transcends to business – not imposing, but rather providing guidance and ensuring his clients bests interests at all times.
When litigation is required, Stephane fiercely represents his clients before arbitrators, the Quebec Administrative Labour Tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec, the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal and more recently, the Supreme Court of Canada. Stéphane also has extensive experience with issues regarding pension and benefits.
Since the beginning of his practice, Stéphane has been representing several employers in the pharmaceutical sector, including medical devices. As such, he has an in-depth knowledge of the special issues that comes into play with employers who must not only comply with Labour and Employment legislation but also, the requirements imposed by Health Authorities such as Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Labour and employment
(Leading partners)The ‘phenomenal’ team at Fasken is regularly instructed by aerospace, telecoms, financial services, energy and logistics sectors for its labour and employment expertise. Core areas of expertise include contract review, training, hirings and dismissals, labour board proceedings and class action defence. Leadership of the group is shared between Vancouver-based David Wong, Toronto-based Shane Todd and Montreal-based Emilie Paquin-Holmested, all of whom specialize in labour, employment and human rights law. Also noted are Montreal-based Stéphane Fillion, praised for his ‘great commercial sense’ and ‘pragmatic solutions’; Magali Cournoyer-Proulx (advisory employment work and litigation); and Deborah Furtado. In Toronto, Ontario managing partner Karen Sargeant; Alix Herber (‘practical and expedient advice’); Jackie VanDerMeulen (labour arbitrations, federal and provincial labour board matters); and counsel Brian Burkett
are additional names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Indigenous law
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- International expertise
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- AI
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Media and entertainment
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas