Overview

Louis Masson is a lawyer, litigator and adviser to organizations and businesses in professional law, intellectual property and private international law. He served as Bâtonnier of Québec in 2011-2012 and received the title of Advocatus Emeritus in 2008. His professional-law work includes representing the Barreau du Québec and large businesses; he advises and represents institutions and large businesses before the Supreme Court of Canada, the federal courts, the Court of Appeal and judicial courts. His profile describes prevention and advisory services at all stages of applying the Code of Professions. It records his teaching in 1993 on legal persons and conflicts of laws, participation in Barreau du Québec online training on administrative justice in 1999, annual conferences on recent developments in administrative law from 2001 to 2004, workshops at the Barreau Congress, and participation in and chairing of administrative-law conferences in 2005 and 2006. It also records a 2005 conference for the Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals, teaching private international law from 2003 to 2005, chairing complaint-investigation committees under section 26 of the Education Act since 2014, and authorship of administrative-law publications and web-based training recognized by the Barreau. The profile also states that he has served as an administrator of a financial institution and a hospital centre, as well as an administrator and chair of a contemporary-art non-profit organization.

Practice Areas

• Droit professionnel
• Droit international privé
• Litige administratif
• Litige commercial
• Propriété intellectuelle

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1973 (QC)