Practice Expertise

  • Aboriginal Law
  • Distribution of Financial Products and ...
  • Aboriginal
  • Corporate and Business Integrity

Areas of Practice

  • Aboriginal
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Corporate and Business Integrity
  • Distribution of Financial Products and ...
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Energy and Natural Resources and the Plan ...
  • Financial Products and Services
  • Mining Law
  • Special Risk Insurance
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Profile

Partner

Philippe Frère is a partner and chairman of the Board of Directors of the firm. He practices primarily in the areas of administrative and regulatory disputes.

Over the years, he has acquired considerable experience in every aspect of administrative and regulatory law, with a focus on regulatory bodies.

He regularly provides legal advice to a number of private and public sector clients, including professional orders, on administrative law, legislative drafting, constitutional law, judicial review and injunctions.

Mr. Frère frequently acts in professional law and regulation of financial market participants, both before the AMF and the IIROC as well as other self-regulatory bodies, in investigations and disputes, before the criminal courts and disciplinary and administrative tribunals, such as the Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers (formerly the BDRVM), hearing panels, and discipline committees.

In statutory penal law, he spearheaded many files on establishing appropriate investigative procedures, obtaining, executing, or contesting search warrants, drafting indictments and representation before both the trial and appellate courts.

A seasoned litigator, he regularly pleads before all the judicial courts and a good number of administrative tribunals.

Education

  • LL.B., Université de Montréal, 1983

Areas of Practice

  • Aboriginal
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Corporate and Business Integrity
  • Distribution of Financial Products and Services
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Energy and Natural Resources and the Plan Nord
  • Financial Products and Services
  • Mining Law
  • Special Risk Insurance

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Canadian Bar Association


Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades
  • Best Lawyers 2021
  • Best Lawyers 2022
  • Best Lawyers 2024


Articles

  • English title
  • The Commission des relations du travail: A New Beginning!
  • Compulsory deduction of drug insurance premiums: a new obligation for employers

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