Davies partner Louise Patry has been recognized as a world leader in Labour & Employment Law by Who’s Who Legal 2018.
This year’s edition of WWL: Labour & Employment features the best-regarded lawyers from over 500 firms around the world. The practitioners are experts in team moves; restrictive covenants; collective bargaining and industrial disputes; and employment litigation and arbitration.
Louise has advised numerous domestic and multinational corporations on all their labour and employment issues for over three decades. She has successfully represented corporate and institutional employers before tribunals and at multiple levels of court. She regularly works closely with Davies’ transaction teams advising on the labour and employment aspects of many of Canada’s most significant M&A transactions.
Ownership of Privileged Communications in M&A Transactions: Practical Takeaways and Recent Case Law
July 13, 2023 - Can the buyer in a M&A transaction who takes possession of the seller’s or target company’s privileged communications on closing use those communications in a post-closing dispute against the seller? Can the seller assert privilege and demand return of the documents? In Dente v Delta...
Canada Imposes Forced and Child Labour Reporting Obligations
May 05, 2023 - The House of Commons has adopted Bill S-211, whose short title is Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Bill). The Bill, which was adopted on May 3, 2023, will become law as soon as it receives royal assent and will enter into force on January 1, 2024....
