Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

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Isabelle Vendette is a partner in our Litigation Group in Montréal. Her practice focuses on corporate commercial litigation and civil litigation, as well as on internal investigation and cybersecurity. She regularly pleads before the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal as well as administrative tribunals.

Her principal areas of expertise are class actions, investigations, injunctions, banking litigation, franchise litigation and contract disputes. She advises and represents financial institutions, telecommunication companies and other public and privately held corporations in complex cases and high-profile class actions. She has led litigation files in various fields, including consumer law, unfair competition, privacy, banking law, product liability, false or misleading advertising and in special remedies such as injunctions.

Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault, Isabelle practised commercial litigation at a leading international law firm in Boston. She also served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Jean-Louis Baudouin at the Quebec Court of Appeal and completed a secondment as senior counsel at a financial institution.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Class Action Plaintiff
• Tort Law
• Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2004 (QC); 2009 (NY); 2008 (MS)