Vincent Rochette is a meticulous and versatile litigator who manages major civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional disputes. His practice focuses primarily on class actions, complex commercial litigation as well as appeal proceedings, including before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Practising out of our Montréal and Québec offices, Mr. Rochette represents a diversified clientele before all levels of courts and several administrative tribunals.
Mr. Rochette is currently leading the defence in many class actions regarding insurance, consumer law, product liability, education, environment as well as human rights and freedoms issues. He obtained several judgments for his clients dismissing class actions both prior to authorization and at trial on the merits.
Alongside his active class action practice, Mr. Rochette acts in complex commercial legal disputes on behalf of Crown corporations and large local and international businesses. He frequently acts in disputes over issues concerning the administration of pension plans or stemming from natural resource development projects. He also regularly intervenes in disputes raising issues of constitutional or administrative law.
Additionally, during the judicial year 2010-2011, Mr. Rochette clerked for Mr. Justice Louis LeBel at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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