Find Lawyers in Quebec, Canada for Administrative and Public Law
Practice Area Overview
The subject matter within the scope of administrative and public law is broad and diverse. Generally, “public law” refers to the areas of law that govern relationships between individuals and their governments, as well as those relationships between individuals that are of importance to society as a whole. It is an umbrella term encompassing such areas as constitutional law, competition law, professional discipline, aboriginal law, energy law, municipal law, health law, human rights law, immigration law, labour law, environmental law, information and privacy law, securities law, competition law, public inquiries, inquests, and professional regulation.
All of these fields have an administrative law component. “Administrative law” refers to the area of law that regulates the procedures and powers of administrative agencies, boards, and tribunals which exercise delegated authority in the various spheres of public law.
Administrative and public law lawyers help clients navigate the complex web of legal institutions that regulate their personal and business activities. As a starting point, this includes helping clients understand how their activities are regulated, as well as how to navigate the bureaucracy created by statutes and regulations and how to comply with legislation as well as agency, board, and tribunal policies. This may involve compliance advice, obtaining a permit or license, representing clients at regulatory hearings, and providing strategic advice to achieve business objectives.
At the enforcement stage, administrative and public lawyers represent clients being investigated by public authorities, and defend clients in hearings involving allegations of non-compliance before adjudicative tribunals as well as in courts, inquests and inquiries. Lawyers also assist clients challenging decisions or actions taken by governments, agencies, and tribunals. Where a client is dissatisfied with an expert tribunal’s decision, administrative and public lawyers may assist clients in appeals and judicial reviews of the administrative body’s decision.
Some lawyers practicing administrative and public law have general experience navigating the legal institutions by which governments impose rules, provide policy and strategic advice, or represent clients in hearings and in courts. Others have very specialized expertise in specific regulated spheres.
Antoine Aylwin is Co-leader of the firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group. Antoine's practice focuses on administrative, civil, commercial litigation and estate law. Clients seek his expertise and he represents their interests in the areas of estate and trust litigation, access to information in documents held by public bodies, protection of personal information in the public and private sectors, in cybersecurity, public and administrative law, disciplinary law, and extraordinary reme...
Known for his extensive expertise in municipal and administrative law, Sylvain Bélair is regularly called upon to represent and defend his clients’ interests before various administrative bodies and courts of law. In the field of municipal taxation, Sylvain Bélair has contested tax assessments for industrial complexes, commercial buildings, retirement homes, hotel complexes, golf courses and vacant land awaiting development. Two of his notable cases include the Olympic Sta...
A partner of the firm, Mtre Cindy Bélanger practices in intellectual property law and in advertising and marketing. A trademark agent, Mtre Cindy Bélanger develops strategies for trademark filings in Canada and abroad and adapts them to her clients’ objectives. She advises them on matters relating to trademark adoption and registration, trademark licences, copyright and domain name. She also works in litigation cases involving trademarks and copyright. She also specializes...
Nathalie-Anne Béliveau is a seasoned and experienced litigator who focuses on civil and commercial litigation as well as competition law. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, injunctions, seizures and other urgent extraordinary remedies, including Anton Piller (civil search warrant), Norwich and Mareva injunctions and intellectual property disputes. Nathalie-Anne has leading-edge litigation expertise in breach of non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, unfair or ill...
Pierre Bienvenu, Ad. E. is a disputes lawyer with more than 35 years' experience in international commercial arbitration, corporate and commercial litigation, and constitutional law. He has acted as counsel or served as arbitrator in international arbitrations involving disputes in energy, transportation, telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, construction, pharmaceuticals, international distribution and joint ventures, and foreign investment. A former co-chair of the IBA’s Arbit...
Audrey acts in complex trials and appeals, in all areas of public, civil and commercial law. In 2020, she was listed as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer and was named Woman of the Year at the Canadian Law Awards . She has appeared numerous times before the Supreme Court of Canada including as amicus curiae in Vavilov , Bell and NFL , a landmark set of three administrative law appeals that reshaped the standard of review in Canadian administrative law. In...
Anne-Frédérique Bourret is recognized for her expertise in environmental, administrative and regulatory law, particularly in connection with energy, climate change, mining, natural resources, land-use planning, agriculture, cannabis and access to information. She uses her advanced knowledge of these sectors to answer her clients’ needs efficiently and pragmatically. Anne-Frédérique advises clients about their day-to-day business but also on environmental issu...
Richard is a natural storyteller and his many stories have elicited much laughter from both clients and colleagues. He is a mighty and strategic litigator who leaves nothing to chance. Richard joined Monette Barakett in 1980. He is a long-standing partner and was a member of the executive committee for over 25 years. He served as managing partner from 2012 to 2017.Richard specializes in labour and employment law in the public, parapublic and private sectors. For more than thirty years, he has...
Maria Braker is a research lawyer in our Litigation and Conflict Resolution group. She has extensive experience in appellate advocacy, in litigation involving governmental bodies, in administrative law, as well as in private international law. Maria began her career as a research lawyer at the Court of Appel of Quebec, for the honorable Jacques Chamberland, J.C.A. Before joining Fasken, she practiced civil, commercial and administrative litigation in a boutique litigation firm. She was also c...
Jules Brière has been in private practice in Quebec City since 1976. He has acquired a strong reputation in constitutional law, administrative law, health law and the law governing public lands (production, transmission and distribution of hydro-electricity; forestry and land management). Mr. Brière has on many occasions advised governments, various ministries and public and parapublic agencies on the legal aspects of resource management and development in the public domain, the...
Jean-Sébastien Clément is a partner in the firm's Montréal office. His practice has been focusing on aboriginal law for more than fifteen years with a particular interest for matters pertaining to self-governance, natural resources, forestry, education, socio-economic development, administration of justice, environment, land regime and health and social services. During his career, he has acted and played a major role in many litigation cases including constitutional case...
François Dandonneau is a partner in the firm’s Montréal office. His practice has been centred on Aboriginal law for over fifteen years with a specific focus on matters dealing with mining and natural resources, procurement, taxation and self-governance. Throughout his career, François has acted and played a major role in important litigation matters, notably constitutional cases, before all levels of the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. François...
Michel Décary has pleaded before the courts of all levels, including up to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as provincial and federal administrative tribunals, domestic arbitration tribunals and commissions of inquiry, in matters involving civil, corporate, and securities law as well as administrative, constitutional and labour law. Michel is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, of which he was Regent from 2006 to 2010 and was named Montréal Corporate Governanc...
Karl Delwaide has a reputation as a seasoned lawyer in the areas of public law and privacy and information protection law. He is one of the founders of the firm’s national Privacy and Information Protection group. Karl advises private companies and public bodies in these areas and represents them before the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec and other courts or tribunals, including the Federal Court. A large part of Karl’s practice is dev...
Lise-Anne likes to think of herself an adopted daughter of her beloved Magdalen Islands. She has a solid reputation among employers and those who work alongside her, whether they be clients or colleagues. Lise-Anne joined Monette Barakett in 1981 and became a partner in 1989. She has consistently been very involved with the firm and served as an executive committee member for five years.Lise-Anne’s practice focuses primarily on labour law and work attendance management within the field ...
Danilo Di Vincenzo is a partner-owner in the firm. He started his career in the Legal Services department of the Commission des normes du travail (now CNESST), where he acquired valuable hands-on experience. He counsels and represents employers, particularly, in matters of grievance arbitration and collective bargaining. Mr. Di Vincenzo was trained in the Harvard Negotiation Program focusing on interest-based bargaining and conflict resolution. He is also a legal instructor, lecturer and regu...
As a member of the administrative law team, Raymond Doray heads the information law practice and, more particularly, is involved in issues pertaining to access to information, privacy and defamation, as well as the application of the Canadian and Quebec charters of rights and freedoms. He is also specialized in constitutional law. Over the past few years, Mr. Doray has represented many public, private and media organizations before the courts in cases involving the confidentiality of document...
Marc-André G. Fabien, Ad. E. is a seasoned litigator and Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers recognized for his mastery of high-profile complex litigation. He specializes in commercial and shareholders’ disputes, securities litigation and penal proceedings, and litigation involving federal, provincial and municipal bodies. In addition, he is the President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. Marc-André appears before all levels of courts, including the Supreme...
François-Nicolas is a litigator, negotiator, author and renowned speaker. He is recognized for his people skills as well as his communication skills, notably when speaking on topics relating to labour relations. He is the firm’s resident artist and his marked interest in contemporary art has allowed the firm to considerably develop its art collection. He joined Monette Barakett as a student in 1998. He has been a partner since 2008 and oversees talent recruitment and leads the fi...
Philippe Frère is a partner and chairman of the Board of Directors of the firm. He practices primarily in the areas of administrative and regulatory disputes. Over the years, he has acquired considerable experience in every aspect of administrative and regulatory law, with a focus on regulatory bodies. He regularly provides legal advice to a number of private and public sector clients, including professional orders, on administrative law, legislative drafting, constitutional law, judic...
The Honourable Paul-Arthur Gendreau is a member of the litigation group. He obtained a BA degree from Laval University, Quebec City, and graduated (LL.L.) in 1963 from the Faculty of Law of this University. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1964. As a Commonwealth scholar, he studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1964 to 1965. He practiced law in Rimouski from 1965 to 1980, first with his father (appointed to the Superior Court in 1967) and then as senio...
Adina Georgescu practises in administrative, municipal, environmental and energy law in Miller Thomson’s Montreal office. Her practice includes public and constitutional law and litigation. In municipal law, she advises and represents landowners, promoters and public bodies, on planning and execution of large-scale real estate ventures, on the operation of companies and the management of properties (including compliance with applicable laws and regulations; municipal litigation; issuanc...
Patrick Girard is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Patrick practices mainly in civil litigation with an emphasis on private international law, international arbitration and in all areas of public litigation (administrative and constitutional law). Patrick is frequently consulted on regulatory or commercial energy matters and has given legal opinions on agreements involving the trading or generation of gas, hydro-electricity and wind turbines. In particular, he has g...
Kateri-Anne Grenier has leading expertise in the areas of commercial litigation, more specifically contracts, construction contracts and liability. Kateri-Anne also has in-depth knowledge of issues related to access to information (federal and provincial law), privacy law and the protection of personal information. She has assisted clients in responding to multi-jurisdictional data breaches involving personal information and employee personal information, including: review of disclosure oblig...
David takes a holistic approach to his cases in order to find efficient and practical real-world solutions for his clients. He represents clients in a diverse group of practice areas, with a focus on contractual claims and civil liability. He has particular expertise managing complex and multi-party disputes, and has pleaded before all levels of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court. David is also a director of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, where he works, among other p...
Jean Houle, partner, practices labor and employment law since 1975. He has worked with companies of all shapes and sizes in the private, public, and broader public sectors. His clients benefit from his vast litigation experience before administrative and law courts, particularly in occupational health and safety. Jean has served as employer spokesperson and strategy and planning counsel during collective bargaining. He has also managed medium and long-term human resource planning as well as g...
The Bâtonnier Michel Jolin has been a partner of the firm since 1988 and is a member of the civil and commercial litigation group. Before joining the firm, he was Director of Litigation Services for the Quebec Department of Justice. He was Vice President of the Quebec Bar in 1986-1987 and Bâtonnier (President) in 1987-1988. Throughout his career, he has been very active in educating and training litigators. He has also been a sessional lecturer at the universities of Montreal and ...
Pierre-Christian Labeau is counsel to the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Group in our Quebec City office. In this capacity, he advises clients on legal and policy issues relating to mining, forestry and energy development, including the negotiation and drafting of numerous impact benefit agreements and the duty to consult. He also provides legal advice to government agencies, corporations and financial institutions on matters related to the special legal status of Aboriginal peoples. ...
Guillaume Laberge exerce au sein du groupe Droit administratif. Sa pratique est principalement axée sur le droit administratif et constitutionnel. Au cours des dernières années, Me Laberge a acquis une expérience significative dans plusieurs domaines spécialisés comme l’accès à l’information, la protection de la vie privée ainsi que le droit professionnel et disciplinaire. Il représente et conseille sur une base...
Marie-Julie Lafleur practices civil and commercial litigation, administrative law, municipal law as well as professional liability. Marie-Julie has also developed an important expertise in the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities. She assists in the preparation of cases, the drafting of proceedings and with legal research. While in law school, Marie-Julie was awarded an entrance scholarship from Université Laval as well as a scholarship for excellence in admini...
Sébastien Laprise has cutting-edge expertise in the law applicable to public contracts. A strategic advisor, author and speaker in this area, he counsels and represents a number of public and para-public entities subject to the Act Respecting Contracting by Public Bodies as well as several municipalities and municipal bodies. His innovative approach helps his clients improve their contracting practices and better manage the upstream risks inherent in awarding contracts. Eager to share ...
Raphaël represents a variety of clients, including several large companies and municipalities before courts and administrative tribunals at all levels. He has conducted several long-term trials and is thus very familiar with managing voluminous files. He is a recognized author and lecturer, particularly on issues related to abuse of process. His texts are frequently cited by the courts. Also, in recent years, Raphaël has developed an expertise in disputes in the field of the travel ...
Élif Oral is a dispute resolution and litigation lawyer. Her practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation as well as class actions, with a particular emphasis on insurance law, environmental law, professional liability and construction law.A physicist by training with a master's in medical nuclear physics, Élif is a regular contributor in matters with a technical or scientific component.
Jean-François joined Monette Barakett in 1992, just as he was beginning his career as a lawyer. He became a partner in 2000 and currently serves as the firm’s managing partner. Jean-François advises public and private sector managers on a daily basis about any and all aspects of labour relations. He regularly pleads cases before all labour law authorities and all civil law tribunals, and also serves as collective bargaining negotiator. He also helps lead clients through al...
As a renowned lawyer in the field of environmental law in Canada and even abroad, Jean Piette has developed outstanding professional experience, having worked for close to 20 years in the public sector and 28 years in the private sector. When it comes to environmental law in Quebec, Jean is considered a dean of sorts. More specifically, he has been involved at every step of the development of environmental law, having designed and drafted the first wave of environmental laws and regulations i...
Jacques Provencher is a partner-owner in the firm who advises our clients on a variety of managerial issues, and represents companies of all sizes in different economic sectors before administrative tribunals and civil courts, in both federal and provincial jurisdictions. The negotiation of collective agreements, grievance arbitrations, complaints before the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT), occupational health and safety matters, and Human Rights Charters ' issues are part of his dail...
Since his admission to the Quebec Bar in 2000, Me Quenneville has developed expertise in public law, particularly in environmental law, telecommunications law and constitutional law. Acting as a legal advisor as much as a litigator, he has been involved in several major files in municipal, administrative and constitutional law. In this capacity, he has had the opportunity to make representations before all courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada in Lacombe v. Quebec (PG) (aeronautics), ...
Christian Trépanier is a partner of the Commercial Litigation group in the Québec office. He specializes in class actions, civil and commercial litigation, penal law, administrative law as well as municipal law. Christian represents varied clients, including publics organisations, municipalities, professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers and a number of private companies from industries such as forestry, alcohol sales and distribution, construction, etc. In ...
Charles Wagner practices with the Labour, Employment and Human Rights group. As part of his practice, he advises and represents clients in every area of labour and employment law - collective agreements or individual employment contracts - including human rights and labour standards. He strategically advises and represents employers on issues related to employee hiring and dismissal, disciplinary measures, labour standards, psychological harassment, non-competition and non-solicitation, and h...
Mouna is a versatile litigator whose practice is focused on commercial litigation, class actions, and issues related to public law. She leads high-stake litigation matters in the areas of contractual disputes, shareholders disputes, and matters related to misappropriation of public funds. Mouna advises and represents public and private clients in sensitive business contexts, including litigation in the aeronautic and telecommunication industry as well as in injunction matters. She regularly a...
Audrey-Anne Béland specializes in the commercial litigation group and, more specifically, in municipal and administrative law. Audrey-Anne acts for both private sector companies and public organizations such as municipalities. In this capacity, she advises and assists clients in the development and urban planning, expropriation process and the environment. Audrey-Anne is also involved in municipal taxation mandates, particularly in appeals regarding the contestation of property assessm...
Michel Bélanger-Roy is a litigation lawyer based in our Montreal office. His practice covers all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, including contracts, administrative and constitutional law, insurance law, construction law and class actions. He has represented major corporations before the Quebec courts and has a significant interest in the law of evidence and procedure. During his university studies, Mr. Bélanger-Roy, and his team from McGill University, won the natio...
Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly's practice covers all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, with a particular interest in appeals and commercial arbitration. Prior to joining us, he clerked for the Honourable Clément Gascon of the Supreme Court of Canada. He has acted on behalf of many clients in various areas of law, including construction law and class actions. In that regard, he has acted for the City of Gatineau in connection with two class actions arising from studen...
Jean-François Forget is an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation, from advice on complex litigation matters to representing clients before the courts. Jean-François has experience in various types of litigation, particularly commercial and contractual litigation, extraordinary remedies, shareholder disputes, as well as in derivative actions, plans of arrangement, class actions and administrative law...
François is involved in a variety of files, with a special interest in all matters related to administrative law, constitutional law, and private law. He represents individuals as well as institutional clients. François also teaches private common law to law students at University of Montréal. François joined IMK in 2015. He was a law clerk to the Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell of the Supreme Court of Canada. Subsequently, he obtained a master degree (B.C.L.) from O...
Gaëlle Obadia is a lawyer in our Environmental group at Fasken at the Montréal office. Her practice focuses primarily on environmental, municipal and administrative law. Prior to joining Fasken, Gaëlle practiced environmental law in the Civil and Commercial Litigation Group for a provincial firm. She also worked two years in a Montreal boutique firm in environmental law and practiced for several years as a lobbyist in transportation and environmental law in Brussels, where sh...
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