In addition to appearing before numerous administrative and arbitral tribunals, has pleaded before the courts of Quebec, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Participated in numerous challenges to the constitutional validity of provincial and federal legislation, and has extensive experience in public law litigation. Supreme Court of Canada experience includes representing government bodies, institutions, corporations and individuals in a range of constitutional and commercial law disputes, including representing the Attorney General of Canada in the landmark Reference re Secession of Quebec, the federally appointed
judiciary in the Bodner case and the successful party in the highly publicized Eric v Lola equality case, and acting as co-counsel for BCE and Bell Canada in their successful appeal to the Supreme Court to approve a plan of arrangement for the $50 billion leveraged buyout of BCE by a private equity consortium.
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Awarded the distinction Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar in 2008 and, in 2013, presented with the Paul-André Crépeau Medal by the Canadian Bar Association for his contribution to the advancement of the international dimension of private law and commercial law in Canada. Ranked among the top 25 most highly regarded individuals in the practice of international arbitration worldwide in Who’s Who Legal’s 2016 International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration.