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Description
Patrick Goudreau has extensive experience in business law, insolvency, real estate and intellectual property matters. A seasoned litigator, he often represents domestic and international clients before all levels of the courts, including the Québec Superior Court, Court of Appeal and the federal courts.
Patrick has special expertise in pan-Canadian and international commercial transactions. In that area he has represented private and parastatal European companies involved in fields such as energy, entertainment and retail sales that have made acquisitions and expanded their operations in Canada.
He is very involved with the American Bar Association (ABA). Since May 2011 he has been the liaison for the ABA’s Section of International Law with the Québec Bar, and has been Vice President of its International Commercial Transactions, Franchising and Distribution Committee since 2010.
Associations & Achievements
Since 2011 - American Bar Association, liaison with the Québec Bar for the Section of International Law
Since 2010 - American Bar Association, International Section, Vice President of the International Commercial Transactions, Franchising and Distribution Committee
Since 2010 - American Bar Association, Vice President of the International Litigation Committee
Since 2007 - Member of the Extended Bureau, International Association of Young Lawyers
Since 2007- Member of the Courts Committee, International Association of Young Lawyers
2009 to 2010 - Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
2004 to 2008 - Canadian Representative, International Association of Young Lawyers
2002 to 2010 - Member of the board of directors, International Association of Young Lawyers
2002 to 2004 - Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montréal, Director and Vice President of Public Affairs
1996 to 1997 - University of Montréal, Faculty of Law, Founding President of Graduate Students’ Committee
Member, Association Bar of Canada
Presentations & Conferences
2011 - Seminar Weekend: Behind the scenes of a M&A deal / Employment and Labour Complications in Due Diligence Investigation and Acquisition; seminar for the International Association of Young Lawyers, Paris
2011 - Seminar Weekend: Searches and seizures / Recent developments regarding IP and personal information; seminar for the International Association of Young Lawyers, Paris
2010 - “Contractual Dispute Resolution”, Symposium on Understanding Commercial Contracts, Federated Press Conference Center, Montréal
2010 - “Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy in the International Legal Order”, University of Montréal
2010 - “Made in Canada”, panel discussion during the May 2010 conference of the American Bar Association’s International Section
2010 - "Legal Aspects - Multinational Corporations Week - France-Germany Update", Lanaudière International Development Corporation (SODIL)
2010 - “Lease Issues in Mass Transfers and Consolidations” - Breakfast Roundtables – 2010 ICSC Canadian Shopping Centre Law Conference
2009 - "Knowledge under Lock and Key – Non-compete Clauses and Mobility of Skilled Employees in Innovative Industries", Faculty of Law, McGill University
2008 - “Conflicts of Interest – Steering through the Reefs”, ABA Spring Meeting, New York, USA
2006 - “Movable Securities International Private Law in Canadian Civil Law”, AIJA – Cross-Border Commercial Lending Transactions, Chicago, USA
2006 - "Valuation of Damages", joint presentation with Leclerc juri-comptable to the Québec Order of Chartered Accountants
2006 - “The Implied Covenant of Good Faith in Commercial Leases: Civil vs. Common Law”, with Mtre Kevin O’Brien
2006 - “Doesn’t Our Written Deal Cover Everything? – The Implied Duty to Act in Good Faith in the Exercise of One’s Contractual Rights: Civil vs. Common Law”, Canadian Shopping Centre Law Conference, Toronto
2004 - "Case-law review", Mini-symposium of the Québec turnaround management association (AQPRI), Montréal,
Publications
2006 - “Resiliation, Termination, or Cancelation of Lease, What’s the Difference? Civil law versus Common law“, Barreau du Québec, Développements récents en droit immobilier et commercial 2006, Cowansville, Yvon Blais
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Business Law
- Contracts and agreements
- Financial Services
- Franchising
- Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring
- International Commercial Transactions
- Legal persons
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Public-Private Partnership
- Real Estate
- Reorganization
- Strategic advices
Civil and Commercial Litigation
- Contracts
- Construction Law
- Corporate Litigation
- Energy and Natural ressources
- Injunction
- Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring
- Intellectual Property
- Oppression remedies
- Real Estate
Education
1992 - LL. B., Civil Law, University of Montréal
1992 - Certificate in Private International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, International Court of Justice
1999 - LL.M., University of Montréal. Master’s Thesis: Bank Security in International Transactions [Les garanties bancaires dans les transaction internationales]
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