Lawyer Profile
Christine Laviolette
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Christine advises and advocates for organizations and professionals across the health and life sciences sectors throughout Canada. She provides regulatory and strategic guidance to clients from early-stage companies to established national and multinational organizations navigating complex healthcare legal frameworks.
Her regulatory practice spans a wide range of healthcare and life sciences matters, including virtual care, GLP-1 therapeutics, laboratory developed tests, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and clinical operations. She advises healthcare businesses—such as medical clinics, pharmacies, MediSpas, diagnostic imaging facilities, fertility clinics, laboratories, and virtual platforms—on establishing operations, structuring compliant business models, and meeting federal and provincial regulations.
A litigator by background, Christine’s litigation experience informs her advisory practice, enabling her to anticipate risk and provide strategic, practical guidance to clients. She has represented hospitals, public health authorities, and other health sector organizations and their employees in civil litigation. She has appeared as lead counsel before tribunals and at all levels of court in Ontario.
Christine has also completed a secondment in the legal department of a multinational pharmaceutical company, providing her with in-house perspective on regulatory risk, compliance, and operational decision-making.
Christine has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada for Health Care Law and was previously recognized from 2022 to 2024 as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada for Health Care Law.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2013 (ON)
Professional Details
Education
JD, University of Ottawa, 2012
LLM Certificate, University of Kent, 2011
BHSc, University of Ottawa, 2009