Lawyer Profile
Charles A. Foucreault
Montreal, Quebec
Overview
Charles A. Foucreault is a partner at Clyde & Co in Montreal. He practises civil and commercial litigation with a focus on professional, municipal and general liability, class actions, insurance coverage, construction and property law, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions insurance, cyber risk and regulatory matters in Quebec. He joined Norton Rose Fulbright in 2008 and became a partner there in 2016 before joining Clyde & Co in 2023. He is admitted to the Quebec Bar and Ontario Bar and is bilingual.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Quebec Bar, 2008 Ontario Bar, 2025
Professional Details
Education
Master II (Private Law), Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University, 2007
LL.M., McGill University, 2006
LL.B. (deans' honour list), Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, 2004
Associations
Quebec Bar
Law Society of Ontario
Canadian Bar Association
Awards & Recognition
The Best Lawyers in Canada, recognized since 2023 in Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law and Professional Malpractice Law
Chambers and Partners, Insurance Law recognition
Articles & Speeches
Presentation, Assurance responsabilite et droit municipal: portee, limites et enseignements jurisprudentiels, Barreau du Quebec Les developpements recents en droit municipal conference, March 27, 2026
Presentation, La legalisation du cannabis: un survol des enjeux pour les juristes - Perspectives en droit des assurances, en droit criminel et en droit du travail, Canadian Bar Association, October 30, 2018
Presentation, Strategies pour vous premunir et vous defendre contre les reclamations relatives aux bris des conduites d'eau, d'aqueducs et d'egouts, The Canadian Institute, April 29, 2013
Publication, Assurance responsabilite et droit municipal: portee, limites et enseignements jurisprudentiels, Developpements recents en droit municipal, Vol. 595, March 2026
Publication, Understanding Quebec's Duty to Defend Rules, Lexpert, June 15, 2023
Publication, Les tenants et aboutissants du Reglement sur les categories de contrats d'assurance et d'assures pouvant deroger aux regles des articles 2500 et 2503 du Code civil du Quebec, Vol. 526, February 2023
Publication, When Erring on the Side of Caution Backfires: Quebec Ruling Stands as a Warning to Insurers When Paying Out Claims, Canadian Journal of Insurance Law, Vol. 40 No. 5, September 2022
Publication, Quebec court takes position on trigger theories in liability insurance, Law360 Canada, January 2020
Publication, Engaging in illegal cannabis activity may void right to indemnity, Law360 Canada, July 2019