Étienne Bisson-Michaud

Étienne’s practice focuses on all aspects of litigation, including providing opinions and strategic advice at pre-litigation phase, drafting procedures and representing clients before the Quebec’s trial, appeal and administrative courts. Étienne was partner at Novalex and practised for 9 years in a Montreal boutique law firm specializing in real estate law. He also worked within a renowned Quebec City law firm and in a regional firm specialized in construction law.

Étienne has extensive experience in various types of litigation, including commercial and contractual law, construction law, shareholder disputes, product liability and extraordinary remedies such as injunctions, safeguard orders and seizures before judgment. He has been called upon to act for clients in complex commercial arbitration matters, which has given him a solid expertise in this field. He also represents a major food retailer in relation to penal law litigations.

Étienne works mainly in the areas of real estate law, commercial leases and the establishment and realization of hypothecary securities. He regularly advises various companies in the real estate field, such as developers, builders, owners and managers of commercial buildings, contractors and syndicates of co-ownership.

• Acting on behalf of investors, owners and contractors involved in industrial, commercial and residential construction projects.
• Actin on behalf of a public investment fund in maintaining its rights under commercial leases for its establishments.
• Acting on behalf of a major food retailer in connection with criminal offences in the course of its business operations.
• Acting on behalf of a major private real estate investment fund for the preservation of its claims in the context of bankruptcies.
• Actin on behalf of syndicates of co-ownership of residential buildings in the context of proceedings instituted against several parties involved in the construction of the buildings following significant deficiencies affecting the buildings.
• Acting on behalf of a subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company in litigation arising from commercial contracts.
• Acting on behalf of several real estate companies and their officers in various real estate and contractual disputes.
• Acting on behalf of a municipality in an arbitration against contractors involved in the execution of road work.
• Acting on behalf of an international engineering company in a dispute arising from a commercial lease.
• Acting on behalf of a CHSLD facility manager in the context of a class action.
• Acting on behalf of a general contractor and its officers in a multi-million-dollar dispute relating to the construction of a mixed-use building
• Acting on behalf of a petroleum product distributor in the context of environmental liability proceedings.