Lawyer Profile
Marc André Coulombe
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Marc-André Coulombe is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and a former member of the firm's Partnership Board. He joined the firm as a student in 1991, and became a member of the Quebec Bar in 1993. His practice covers all facets of litigation, ranging from providing strategic advice to clients on litigious or potentially litigious issues to representing clients at trial and in appeal before the Quebec courts and the Federal Court of Canada. He has broad experience in all areas of commercial law, including contract law, corporate litigation and shareholder disputes, as well as substantial expertise in provisional or extraordinary proceedings such as injunctions and safeguard orders.
Marc-André believes that a good trial lawyer's abilities are forged through frequent experiences before the courts on a wide range of commercial litigation matters. He began his career acting for debtors in real estate restructuring litigation and has since pleaded several dozens of cases on a vast array of subjects, including competition, mergers & acquisitions, securities, and patents.
Marc-André is a member of the American Bar Association, where he is active on the Committee of the Business & Commercial Law Section. He has been a member of the Canadian Bar Association since 1993. In addition, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Young Bar Association in 1994. He has also acted as speaker on a variety of occasions at conferences and other professional forums.
Marc-André has written papers and spoken at several conferences sponsored by Insight and the Québec Bar on matters relating to injunctive relief, adducing evidence in charter cases, and the termination of service contracts.
In 2007, Marc-André received a BV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings in recognition for the high regard in which his legal skills and professional ethics are held.
Marc-André was the youngest lawyer in Quebec to be "consistently recommended" according to surveys conducted by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory .
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1993 (QC)