Sébastien Richemont

Sébastien Richemont


Fasken

Recognized since 2018

Montréal, Quebec

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Class Action Litigation

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Insurance Law

Product Liability Law

Securities Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Product Liability Law
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Sébastien Richemont has over 20 years of commercial litigation experience. In court, he is both formidable and passionate, and out of court he is a strategic counsellor in litigious matters and devoted partner to his colleagues and clients. As a frequent speaker and teacher, he also appreciates the academic aspects of the law. His areas of expertise include contractual disputes, class actions, manufacturer’s liability, professionals liability (lawyers, accountants, engineers), as well as shareholder disputes, securities litigation, and arbitrations. He has acted in a number of high-profile cases, including the restructuring of the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) market, following the liquidity crisis of 2007, in the context of which he represented a group of Quebec corporations holding an aggregate of $1.2 billion of ABCP. He has also acted in the matter of Automobiles Jalbert v. BMW which resulted in a judgment of principle by the Court of Appeal, as well as in a number of arbitrations in the information technology sector.

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Location
  • 800 Victoria Square, Suite 3500
    P.O. Box 242
    Montréal, QC H4Z 1E9
    Canada
Languages
  • English
  • French
Bar Admissions
  • Quebec, 1997

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Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario

389 The Best Lawyers in Canada awards

90 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Product Liability Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Product Liability Law, Montréal, Canada (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for work in:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Product Liability Law
  • Securities Law

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