Overview

Fabrice Benoît is a securities and commercial litigator in the Disputes department of the Montréal office.
He is the Québec lead for Osler’s National Risk Management and Crisis Response Group. Prior to joining Osler, Fabrice was Investigation Director — Insider Trading & Market Manipulation at the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF, Québec’s securities regulator).
Fabrice’s expertise in criminal law and deep experience with regards to white collar crime and government investigation practice places him in a unique position.
Fabrice acts predominantly for public issuers, insurance companies and market participants in connection with regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. An experienced litigator, he is regularly involved in trials and appeals before the courts.
Fabrice assists on a regular basis companies dealing with the Autorité des marchés publics, which oversees all public contracts.
Fabrice also practices in the area of banking litigation and bankruptcy and insolvency. He has experience representing lenders, debtors, trustees, receivers and, financial institutions in the context of consensual and court-supervised restructurings.
Fabrice co-chairs the annual Guy-Guérin Mooting Competition on trial advocacy skills and he is involved in the national Sopinka Cup Oganizing Committee, both of which are sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fabrice is recognized by the industry in Chambers Canada, The Best Lawyers, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Thomson Reuters in the area of Litigation – Securities and Corporate/Commercial Litigation. He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Fabrice has spoken at a variety of conferences and writes regularly on securities litigation issues and developments. Fabrice has taught at the Québec Bar School for 15 years. He is also President of the Liaison Committee with the Financial Markets Tribunal.
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Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1995 (QC)