The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL George R. Hendy, AdE Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (514) 904-8119 Fax: (514) 904-8101 Montréal ghendy@osler.com Marie-Josée Hogue, AdE Heenan Blaikie LLP Tel: (514) 846-2201 Fax: (514) 921-1201 Montréal mhogue@heenan.ca Partner in the firm's Montréal Litigation Group. Specializes in corporate and commercial litigation, including pension fund litigation, international arbitration, class actions, shareholder disputes, oppression remedies, commercial fraud, unfair competition and product liability. Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Class Action Litigation), Benchmark Litigation Canada 2013, and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Business Lawyers 2013 (Québec Dispute Resolution). Fluently bilingual. Has appeared before civil courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Chair of Bishop's University Foundation; Governor Emeritus of the Québec Bar Foundation; BSc Hons., Bishop's University (1968); BCL, McGill University (1971). Admitted to the Québec Bar in 1972. Partner, member of firm's Executive Committee, called to Québec Bar in 1987. Fellow of the ACTL, awarded Québec Bar's Lawyer Emeritus (AdE) distinction in 2012. Transnational commercial and civil litigation practice includes shareholder disputes, contractual disputes and securities-related claims, as well as product liability, directors' and officers' liability and malpractice in the health care and financial sectors. Appears before courts, including SCC, as well as domestic and international arbitration tribunals. Hogue has substantial experience with high-profile cases. Rated since 2006 in The Best Lawyers in Canada, including in the "bet-the-company litigation" category; recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory. Benchmark Litigation's 2013 Québec Female Litigator of the Year and winner of a 2013 Lexpert® Zenith Award. Has long been involved with professional organizations, and is currently sitting on the Québec Bar's Indemnity Fund. Sylvain Lussier, AdE Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (514) 904-5377 Fax: (514) 904-8101 Montréal slussier@osler.com Practice focuses on commercial, administrative and constitutional litigation, and in particular on aspects pertaining to Aboriginal rights and environmental law. Involved in product liability cases, including class actions, and in many shareholder disputes. Appears before all levels of federal and provincial courts, commissions and governmental boards, including commissions of inquiry. Taught administrative law at the University of Ottawa, the University of Montréal and for the Québec Bar. Has given several conferences and written numerous articles in his fields. Fellow of the ACTL. Past Chair of the Montréal Bar Committee on Civil Justice. Past Secretary of the CBA, Québec Branch and past Chair of the CBA's Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties Section. Called to the Québec Bar in 1978. Éric Mongeau Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3043 Fax: (514) 397-3643 Montréal emongeau@stikeman.com 90 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Partner and member of the Litigation Group. Regularly appears in front of civil courts under provincial and federal jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Vast experience in front of administrative and arbitration tribunals. Practice focused in the energy, transportation, telecommunications and construction sectors and in the fields of administrative law and defamation law, with a particular expertise in commercial arbitration. Included in Chambers Global's 2013 Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business and the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada. Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2013) as a leading practitioner and ranked (BV) in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, for his greatly appreciated judicial skills and professional ethic. Provided advocacy training to a group of counsel working for the Office of the Prosecution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), during the course of a UN sponsored pro bono mission in Arusha, Tanzania. Québec Bar (1992).