Nick Rodrigo is a partner in the litigation department of the firm’s Montréal office. He has a well-rounded practice in general corporate and commercial litigation matters, with a strong focus in class action defence work, particularly in the securities and competition law fields. He has also defended shareholder oppression remedies and broker’s liability cases, and has obtained a broad range of trial and appellate experience. Nick is a frequent speaker at conferences on the subject of class actions, both in Quebec and in the other provinces.

In January 2006, Nick was part of a Davies team that succeeded in obtaining the dismissal of a multi-billion dollar class action suit targeting pharmaceutical manufacturers in the province of Quebec. Nick was also part of the Davies team that succeeded in obtaining the dismissal of a major pensions class action before the Supreme Court of Canada in a judgment rendered in May, 2006 in the case of Bisaillon v. Concordia University.

Class action defence work comprises the majority of Nick's practice. Amongst other things, Nick is currently working on several large securities class actions and in defending several competition class actions relating to allegations of international price-fixing conspiracies in a number of different industries.

In November 2005, Nick traveled to Arusha, Tanzania to give a multi-day seminar in trial advocacy techniques for prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) prosecuting crimes against humanity committed in 1994 during the Rwandan genocide.

Originally from Ontario but educated at Université Laval in Québec City and at McGill University in Montréal, Nick obtained a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Philosophy and received his B.C.L. (Civil Law) and LL.B. (Common Law) degrees from McGill University in 1998. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1999 and to the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario Bar) in 2001. He became a partner of the firm in 2003.

Nick practises in French as well as in English.

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