Searchlight Pharma Inc.

Acting for the shareholders of Searchlight Pharma Inc., a top-growth Canadian specialty and innovative branded pharmaceutical company, in connection with the sale of their 100% interest to Apotex Inc., Canada’s largest pharmaceutical company.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc., a fintech company listed on the TSX-V, in its sale to 9494-3677 Québec Inc., a corporation created by a group composed of funds managed by Neuberger Berman, Palos Capital and Fintech Ventures, for an all-cash consideration.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$2-billion sale to GSK plc, a British-based pharmaceutical company.

ShockWave Medical, Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Nasdaq-listed Shockwave Medical, Inc., in its acquisition of Nasdaq- and TSX-listed British Columbia–based Neovasc Inc., for a total transaction value of up to US$147 million consisting of a purchase price per share of cash and a contingent value right.

Velan Inc.

Acted for Velan Inc., a global leading manufacturer of industrial valves, in its $329-million all-cash sale and privatization by way of plan of arrangement by Flowserve Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services.

LKQ Corporation

Acted as Canadian counsel to LKQ Corporation in its C$2.8-billion acquisition of Uni-Select Inc.

SK hynix Inc. and SK hynix America Inc.

Successfully represented SK hynix Inc. and SK hynix America Inc. in their defence of multiple class actions across Canada alleging anticompetitive conduct in respect of the sale of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, including with respect to cross-border issues arising out of parallel U.S. class actions. Davies successfully defeated certification in the Québec Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal, a result that is rarely seen in competition class actions.

Cominar REIT

Acted for Cominar REIT, one of Canada's largest diversified real estate investment trusts and the largest commercial property owner in Québec, in its C$5.7-billion sale to Iris Acquisition II LP, which is an entity created by a consortium led by Canderel Real Estate Property Inc., one of Canada's largest privately held real estate companies.

New Look Vision Group Inc.

Acted for New Look Vision Group Inc. in its $800-million sale to NL1 AcquireCo Inc., an entity created by funds managed by FFL Partners, LLC, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Dr. H. Doug Barnes Family.

Alstom S.A.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Alstom S.A. in its EUR4.4-billion strategic acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.

Acting for Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. in relation to its US$6.7-billion Oyu Tolgoi project in a proposed class action filed in the district of Montréal seeking leave proceed under the Securities Act (Québec) and certification under the Québec Code of Civil Procedure. Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world's largest new copper-gold mines and is located in the South Gobi region of Mongolia, approximately 550 km south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and 80 km north of the Mongolia-China border.

Égale Canada Human Rights Trust Inc.

Acting for Egale Canada, Canada's only national non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex rights, as an intervenor in a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Civil Code of Québec that infringe upon rights of trans, non-binary and intersex individuals and their children. In a major victory for human rights, the Superior Court of Quebec declared six provisions unconstitutional. An appeal to the Quebec Court of Appeal was heard in April 2022 and is currently under reserve.

Confidential

Acted for the plaintiff, an operator of a globally ranked, leading amusement park and resort, in connection with proceedings before the ICC International Court of Arbitration regarding a product liability claim against the defendant, an amusement park ride manufacturer.

SEMAFO Inc.

Acted as counsel to SEMAFO Inc. in its US$2.1-billion business combination with Endeavour Mining Corporation by way of plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Québec).

Knight Therapeutics

Acted for Knight Therapeutics Inc. in successfully defending against the activist campaign, proxy contest and contested meeting led by Medison Biotech Ltd. with respect to Knight's 2019 annual meeting.

A large Canadian general contractor

Acted for one of Canada's largest general contractors making a $40-million claim in an arbitration relating to the construction of a hydro-electric dam.

Epic Games Inc. and Epic Games Canada ULC

Acting for Epic Games Inc. of North Carolina and its Canadian subsidiary Epic Games ULC in relation to a class action by users of the popular video game Fortnite.

World Sikh Organization of Canada

Acting on a pro bono basis for the World Sikh Organization of Canada and its vice-president for Québec, Amrit Kaur, in their constitutional challenge of the Act respecting the laicity of the State, which prohibits the wearing of religious symbols by certain public sector employees.

Formula E Operations Ltd.

Successfully acted for Formula E Operations Ltd. (FEO) in connection with its claims arising from the City of Montréal's decision to cancel the Montréal ePrix. This includes asserting FEO's claims against the City of Montréal and in the bankruptcy proceedings of Montréal C'est Électrique, a non-profit corporation set up by the City for the purposes of acting as promoter of the Montréal ePrix.

Triumph Aerostructures, LLC

Acted for Triumph Aerostructures, LLC, in connection with its dispute with Bombardier Inc. regarding the wing designed and manufactured by Triumph for Bombardier's Global 7000 business aircraft, including a $455-million claim filed by Triumph before the Québec Superior Court. The dispute was ultimately resolved to both parties' satisfaction.

Barrick Gold Corporation

Acting for Barrick Gold Corporation and certain of its former and existing officers and directors in defence of multi-billion dollar class actions in Ontario and Québec alleging breaches of the public disclosure requirements under provincial securities legislation concerning Barrick's Pascua Lama mining project in Chile and Argentina.

The Long Arm of Canadian Securities Laws: The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the Cross-Border Reach of Securities Enforcement

Dec. 13, 2023 - In its recent decision, Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) upheld the jurisdiction of Québec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (FMAT)—a specialized provincial securities tribunal—over out-of-province defendants. The majority (7-1) found...

Barreau du Québec, National Conference on Class Actions, “Annual Review of Quebec Jurisprudence”; Montréal, QC

Nov. 22, 2023

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. ...

Université de Montréal Faculty of Law, “The Legal Challenge to the Act Respecting the Laicity of the State (Bill 21)”; Montréal, QC

Apr. 03, 2023

Guest Speaker, Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Urban and Tourism Studies, Class EUT1411: Legal Dimensions of a City, ‘Constitution Law in Canada: Principles’; Montréal, QC

Oct. 21, 2021

Presenter, South Asian Law Students’ Association, Western University, Faculty of Law, “Bill 21 Judicial Challenge”; Webcast

Oct. 14, 2021

The Advocates’ Society, Eleventh Annual Securities Symposium, “Recent Developments in Securities Class Actions”; Webinar

Sept. 23, 2021

Vers une approche harmonisée: la coordination et la gestion des actions collectives multiterritoriales au Canada (Towards a Harmonized Approach: Coordination and Management of Multi-territorial Class Actions in Canada), author

Sept. 03, 2021 - National Collective Action Conference - Recent Developments in Québec, Canada and the United States, Vol. 481, 2021 (Montréal: Éditions Yvon Blais)

Canadian Bar Association, 2020 Constitutional Law Case Law Review, “Les revues jurisprudentielles”; Webinar

Mar. 30, 2021

Foreign Public Issuers Take Note: Québec Court Dismisses Securities Class Action for Lack of Jurisdiction

Apr. 22, 2020 - In Chandler v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, the Superior Court of Québec recently dismissed a securities class action brought against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VW). It did so even though the Court had previously dismissed VW’s jurisdictional arguments at the authorization...

New Beacons of Administrative Law: Top Court Reviews the Approach to Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions

Jan. 14, 2020 - The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently rendered its much-awaited decisions in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov and companion appeals. Upon granting leave to appeal, the SCC had announced that these appeals would “provide an opportunity to consider the nature...

Québec Court of Appeal Says Current Civil Jurisdiction of the Court of Québec Is Unconstitutional

Sept. 17, 2019 - A seven-member panel of the Québec Court of Appeal (QCA) recently rendered an important decision regarding the civil and administrative jurisdiction of the Court of Québec (CQ), a provincial court. The decision follows a reference submitted to the QCA by the Québec government in the wake of a...

Québec’s Securities Tribunal Prevents Group Mach from Blocking Transat A.T./Air Canada Deal

Aug. 14, 2019 - The Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers (Québec’s securities tribunal) issued a split 2–1 decision resulting in a cease trade order on an offer made by Group Mach to acquire 19.5% of Transat A.T. Inc.’s shares. Certain features of Group Mach’s mini-tender, which was designed to...

Lessons from Latif: Guidance on the Use of Social Science Expert Evidence in Discrimination Cases, co-author

June 26, 2018 - The Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 96, No. 1 (Canadian Bar Association)
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Noting the Obvious: A Reflection on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Application of Judicial Notice under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter, co-author

Dec. 31, 2016 - National Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 31, Issue 1 (Carswell)

The Test for Prima Facie Discrimination, co-author

Dec. 31, 2016 - Charter and Human Rights Litigation, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Federated Press)

The Commons Institute, Administrative Tribunal Law and Practice program, “The Charter and Administrative Law”

Oct. 27, 2015

University of Toronto, The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights Conference, “Redefining the Scope of Judicial Notice under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter”

Feb. 27, 2015