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Woods LLP Offices
2000 MCGILL COLLEGE AVE, SUITE 1700
MONTREAL, QUEBEC H3A 3H3
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Canada > Dispute resolution: Quebec Tier 2
Montreal-based boutique litigation firm Woods LLP demonstrates strength in insolvency, class action and commercial agreement disputes, as well as in corporate liability and governance disputes. Sylvain Rigaud, who leads the insolvency and restructuring group, heads the team, along with Richard Vachon and Marie-Louise Delisle, who is highly active on class action defence and professional liability matters, with a focus on telecommunications law, competition affairs and civil liability. Louis Seveno handles litigation and arbitration relating to construction and PPP disputes. Other key members include international arbitration specialist Stephen Drymer and Eric Bédard. 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 departed the firm in August 2023.Practice head(s):
Sylvain Rigaud; Marie-Louise Delisle; Richard Vachon
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Vidéotron / Quebecor
Energir
AECOM
Énergie Valero
Boiron
Champion Iron Mines
Glencore
Health Montreal Collective CVJ
UBS Securities Canada
Consonance Capital Management
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel for Air India against recognition and enforcement proceedings related to an approximately $111m arbitral award rendered against the Republic of India pursuant to a bilateral investment treaty between the latter and Devas.
- 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.
- Appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as representative counsel to Quebec unitholders of funds managed by Bridging Finance in a priority dispute in the context of an eventual distribution to creditors by the receiver appointed under the Securities Act in Ontario.
Woods LLP > Firm Profile
WOODS LLP is the foremost litigation, arbitration and insolvency firm in Canada, recognised nationally and internationally for its expertise and success. Its team of attorneys — multilingual, trained in civil law and common law, dedicated to successful advocacy and understanding clients’ interests — is known for its winning strategies and concrete results in high stakes disputes. The firm is proud of its reputation for having the talent and drive to handle the largest and most complex disputes, while remaining highly flexible, responsive and efficient.
Woods LLP acts for public and private companies, individuals and governments in corporate, commercial and administrative litigation, before all levels of courts and tribunals in Canada. It has a highly successful track record in disputes regarding corporate liability and governance, directors’ and officers’ liability, shareholders’ disputes, securities litigation, class actions, complex commercial agreements, as well as in strategic matters requiring urgent, injunctive relief. The firm also boasts an important practice in insolvency, employment law and defamation, as well as one of Canada’s only full-time international arbitration practices, representing clients and serving as arbitrators in international commercial and investment disputes.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Complex commercial cases | |||
Insolvency and creditors’ rights | |||
Contractual disputes | |||
Professional liability | |||
Injunction proceedings | |||
Administrative and regulatory litigation | |||
Termination of employment | |||
Class actions | |||
Corporate and securities litigation | |||
International arbitration | |||
Defamation | |||
Competition disputes | |||
International law |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mr Alexandre Baril-Furino | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Eric Bédard | Partner | View Profile | |
Ms Cara Cameron | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Bogdan Catanu | Partner | View Profile | |
Ms Marie-Louise Delisle | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Bogdan-Alexandru (Alex) Dobrota | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Stephen Drymer | Partner and head of Woods LLP’s International Arbitration practice | View Profile | |
Hon Clément Gascon | Senior Counsel | View Profile | |
Mr Sebastian L. Pyzik | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Sylvain Rigaud | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Louis Seveno | Partner | View Profile | |
Ms Laurence Ste-Marie | Lawyer | View Profile | |
Mr Richard Vachon | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Sylvain Vauclair | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr James A. Woods | Founder | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of Partners : 13 Number of Other Fee-Earners : 25Languages
English French Spanish Romanian Portuguese ArabicMemberships
ABA American Bar Association (ABA) Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Chambers & Partners American Bankruptcy Institute Association of Trial Lawyers of America IBA (International Bar Association) INSOL International Law Society of England and Wales London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)- Dispute resolution: Quebec