Clyde & Co Canada LLP

Clyde & Co Canada LLP

Clyde & Co’s Canadian offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver advise on all aspects of insurance defence and coverage, commercial and construction litigation, product liability and recall, professional liability, property and casualty claims, class action defence, arbitration and mediation. Supported by a vast global network, our Canadian team boasts a strong regional focus, advising both local and international clients across a range of complex and contentious matters. 

Our team in Canada has a deep understanding of sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, including insurance, construction and infrastructure, energy and natural resources, aviation, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and cyber risk. Working closely with our 60+ international offices, we assist domestic and international clients and licensed intermediaries with worldwide and regional compliance initiatives. 

Particular areas of expertise include:  

  • Accountants and auditors’ liability 
  • Alternative dispute resolution  
  • Architects and engineers’ liability 
  • Aviation 
  • Commercial litigation  
  • Construction and infrastructure  
  • Cyber risk  
  • Directors and officers liability  
  • Energy and natural resources 
  • Finance 
  • Healthcare and professional negligence 
  • Insurance coverage, monitoring and advice 
  • Insurance law 
  • Insurance regulatory  
  • Insurance subrogation 
  • Insurance wording services 
  • Manufacturing and product recalls 
  • Municipal and government liability 
  • Personal Injury  
  • Product liability 
  • Professional discipline 
  • Professional liability 
  • Property and casualty litigation  
  • Regulatory and investigations 
  • Reinsurance  
  • Risk management  
  • Sports, entertainment and recreation litigation and claims  
  • Transportation  
  • White collar and government investigations 

 

PARTNERS 

Montreal

Gabriel Archambault, BSocSc (Hons) (University of Ottawa), LLB (University of Ottawa). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2012. 

Noémie Bégin, BCL/LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2011. 

Louis-Philippe Constant, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2002.  

Nathalie David, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1992.  

Jo-Anne Demers, CRI (Laval), LLB (Laval). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1992.  

Robert Emblem, BCom (McGill), LLB (Civil Law) (Montreal), LLB (Common Law) (Queen’s University). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1992. Called to the Ontario Bar: 1992.  

Charles Foucreault, LLB (Dean’s Hons) (Montreal), LLM (McGill), Master II Private Law (Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2008.

Carolena Gordon, BA (Concordia), BCL (McGill), LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1992.  

Caroline Malo, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1996.  

Trevor McCann, BA (Saskatchewan), BCL (McGill), LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1998.  

Dominic Naud, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1996.

 

Toronto

Keith Geurts, LLB (University of Leeds England) 1995, LLB (University of Ottawa) 1997. Called to the Ontario Bar: 1999  

Heather Gray, BA (Hons) (University of Toronto), LLB (University of Ottawa). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2004.  

George Karayannides, BA (York), LLB (Windsor). Called to the Ontario Bar: 1986.  

Roderic McLauchlan, BCL/LLB (McGill). Called to Quebec Bar: 1998. Qualified as a solicitor of the Law Society of England and Wales: 2003. Called to the Ontario Bar: 2010.  

John Nicholl, BCL (McGill), LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1980. Called to the Ontario Bar: 2009.  

Ellen Snow, JD (University of Toronto) 2005. Called to the Ontario Bar: 2006.  

Jamie Spotswood, LLB (Queen’s University) 2006. Called to the Ontario Bar: 2007.

 

Calgary

Cynthia Aoki, BSc (University of Toronto), MSc (Neuroscience), JD (University of Ottawa). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2009 and the Alberta Bar: 2015 

Don Dear, KC, LLB (University of Alberta). Called to the Alberta Bar: 1989 and the Yukon Bar: 1992. 

Alexis Moulton, BEd (University of Alberta), LLB (University of Alberta). Called to the Alberta Bar: 2001 and the Northwest Territories Bar: 2004. 

Jeff Weidman, BA (University of Regina), LLB (University of Alberta). Called to the Alberta Bar: 1998 and the Northwest Territories Bar: 2019.

 

Vancouver

Christopher Bakker, BA (Simon Fraser University), JD (University of British Columbia). Called to the BC Bar: 2011. 

Mark Braidwood, BA (University of British Columbia), LLB (University of Kent/ University of New Brunswick). Called to the BC Bar: 1997.  

William Knutson, LLB (University of British Columbia), LLM (London School of Economics). Called to the BC Bar: 1980. 

Vanessa Reakes, BA (Simon Fraser University), LLB (University of Manitoba). Called to the BC Bar: 2009.  

Don Smith, BA (University of Regina), JD (University of Saskatchewan). Called to the BC Bar: 1991.  

Craig Wallace, BSc (University of British Columbia), PEng (UBC), LLB (UBC). Called to the BC Bar: 1984 and the Alberta Bar: 2015. 

 

SENIOR COUNSEL & SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Montreal 

Catherine Allard, LLB (University of Sherbrooke), LLM (Health and Law policy). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2015. 

Carmen Boillat-Madfouny, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2014. 

Geneviève Boisvert, LLL (University of Ottawa), JD (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2017. 

Laure Bonnave, Bachelor and Master in Business Law (Jean Moulin University, France), Master in Business Law (Panthéon-Assas University, France), LLM (McGill University). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2012 

Julien Brunelle-Désilets, LLL (University of Ottawa). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2017. 

Melissa Carew, Bachelor of Administration, LLL/JD (University of Ottawa), Masters in Tax Law (HEC Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2011 and Ontario Bar. 

Tommie Anne Côté, LLB (UQAM). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2014. 

Valérie de Grandpré Chapdelaine, BCL/LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2009. 

Marie-France Décary, LLB, MBA (University of Sherbrooke). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2012 

Gabrielle Dumas-Aubin, LLB (University of Ottawa), LLM (Oxford University). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2013. 

Natalia Kepa, LLB (Montreal; University of Technology, Sydney). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2008. Called to the New South Wales Bar: 2012. 

Laurent Lacas, BCL/LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2017. 

Laurie Lacasse, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2015. 

Arnaud Sauvé-Dagenais, Called to the Quebec Bar: 2015. 

Brigitte Savignac, LLL/JD (University of Ottawa). Called to the Law Society of Ontario: 2015 and to the Quebec Bar: 2016. 

Prachi Shah, BCL/LLB (McGill). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2008.  

Alexandra Teasdale, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2012. 

Fanny Vienneau, LLB (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 1996. Called to the State Bar of California: 2000. 

Ada Wittenberger, JD (Montreal). Called to the Quebec Bar: 2012. 

Eric van Eyken, BA, BCL/LLB (McGill), LLM (University of Miami). Called to the Quebec Bar and the Ontario Bar: 2011 and the New York Bar: 2015. 

 

Toronto 

Frank Costantini, LLB (Michigan State University College of Law), JD (Michigan State University College of Law), Osgoode Hall Law School Certificate in Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Law. Called to the New York Bar: 2004 and the Ontario Bar: 2008. 

Dave Dhillon, BA (Hons) (Simon Fraser University), JD (Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2015. 

Jordan Dunlop, JD (Dalhousie University). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2015. 

Max Ebrahim, LLM (University College London), LLM (Osgoode Hall). Called to the Ontario Bar and is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. 

Joshua Henderson, BSc (University of Waterloo), JD (Osgoode Hall Law School), ALM (Harvard). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2009.  

Tal Letourneau, JD (University of British Columbia). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2016. 

Mark Mandelker, JD (University of Windsor). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2016. 

Alex Morrison, JD (University of Saskatchewan). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2015. 

Barry Stork, BSc (Toronto), JD (York). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2011.

Julia Vizzaccaro, BA (University of Western Ontario), JD (Osgoode Hall Law School). Called to the Ontario Bar: 2014.  

 

Calgary 

Angela M. Barreto, BSc (University of Calgary), JD (Thompson Rivers University). Called to the Alberta Bar: 2016. 

 

Vancouver 

J. Marc MacEwing, BA (Hons) (University of Victoria), LLB (University of British Columbia). Called to the BC Bar: 1980.  

Jim White, BSc (Queens University), PEng (British Columbia), LLB (University of British Columbia). Called to the BC Bar: 1991.  

Darcy Beamer-Downie, LLB (Hons) (Thames Valley University), LLM (McGill), legal training as a Barrister in England. Called to the Bar of England and Wales: 1997.

Ola Stoklosa, BA (Simon Fraser University), JD (University of Victoria). Called to the BC Bar: 2015. 

Lindsay Williams, BA (Hons) (Queen’s University), JD (University of Calgary). Called to the BC Bar: 2013. 

Michael Williams, BComm (Carleton University), JD (University of Victoria). Called to the BC Bar: 2016.

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Montréal
630 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Suite 1700, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3B 1S6
(514) 843-3777
(514) 843-6110
Vancouver
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Toronto
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(416) 366-4555
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Calgary
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