Daniel Belleau - Belleau Lapointe

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514.987.6680
Profile of Daniel Belleau
Year of admission at the
Barreau
1989
Training
LL.B., Université Laval, 1988
Recognition
2015 | Leading US/Canada
cross-border litigation lawyers
in Canada en recours collectif
par LEXPERT
2015 | The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory
2014 | Lawyer of the Year
2015, in Class Action, by Best
Lawyers
Since 2011 | Litigation Star by
Benchmark Canada
Since 2006 | The Best Lawyers
in Canada
Daniel Belleau is a partner, co-founder and co-director of
the firm. With 25 years of experience in civil and
commercial litigation, he is also very active in class
action. His peers consider him one of the best lawyers in
Canada. He has been recognized many times by three
reference guides listing the nation’s premier law firms
and lawyers: specifically, ranking as a Litigation Star in
Benchmark Canada every year since its inaugural
edition, and being listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada
since 2006 and is currently Lawyer of the year 2015 in
Class Action Litigation Montreal, Quebec. He is also one
of the few Québec Lawyers that have been ranked as
Most frequently recommended in Class Actions by The
2014, 2015 and 2016 Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory and is also ranked as one of the Leading
US/Canada cross-border litigation lawyers in Class
Action in Canada.
Daniel is known for his vast expertise, his ability to
manage the most complex cases, and his practical and
strategic advice to his clients on how to improve their
situation. He regularly brings cases before trial courts
and appellate courts. He successfully pleaded before the
Supreme Court of Canada in a class action suit involving
competition law; this case resulted in a very important
ruling with impacts on jurisdictional issues, on the
application of criteria authorizing the bringing of a class
action, and on competition and consumer law. It is cited
in the highly regarded Lexpert Top Ten Cases of 2013.
Daniel contributes to his profession as a member of the
Barreau du Québec advisory committee on class action
and the Canadian Bar Association’s National Task Force
on Class Actions. He is highly sought after as a guest
speaker and receives frequent invitations. His opinion on
legal matters is sometimes solicited by the media.
Publications
JUNE 6, 2012 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Recours collectifs et cartels internationaux : le Québec
regardera-t-il passer le train ?
APRIL 26, 2012 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Hot topics in competition class actions
MARCH 12, 2012 | DANIEL BELLEAU, VIOLETTE
LEBLANC
Concurrence : Mode d’emploi – Recours collectifs et
complots en matière de fixation de prix
APRIL 29, 2010 | DANIEL BELLEAU
The present situation in Quebec: Where do we stand
now?
OCTOBER 27, 2009 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Les recours collectifs nationaux au Québec – Mais de
quelle nation s’agit-il?
OCTOBER 31, 2007 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Les recours collectifs concurrents en droit interne –
mais qui se souciera des membres ?
OCTOBER 16, 2006 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Des écueils au paradis – Les recours concurrents et
l’accessibilité aux personnes morales
APRIL 1, 2001 | DANIEL BELLEAU
Le recours collectif et le droit des actionnaires : un
nouveau mariage rempli de promesse ?
Mandates
•
Represented a large consumer association in a landmark ruling by
the Supreme Court of Canada setting out the conditions for
authorization to bring a class action in Quebec and recognizing, for
the first time in civil law, consumers’ right to bring legal proceedings
against the members of an international cartel.: Infineon
Technologies AG v. Option consommateurs, 2013 SCC 59
•
Represented investors who were victims of a Ponzi scheme, in the
first Canadian class action suit to include accounting firms and
securities custodians as defendants, based on their extracontractual
liability.: Ménard v. Matteo, 2011 QCCS 4287
•
Represented a consumer in an important ruling by the Quebec Court
of Appeal on the conditions for allowing a class action in competition
law.: Harmegnies v. Toyota Canada Inc., 2008 QCCA 380
•
Represented Canadian users of a pharmaceutical product in the first
Quebec court case to explicitly acknowledge the possibility of
bringing a class action on behalf of a pan-Canadian group.: Brito v.
Pfizer Canada Inc., 2008 QCCS 2231
•
Represented a large mortgage broker in a litigation where the
opponent claimed to have taken control and ownership of the
company.: Myette (Estate of) v. 2 786 591 Canada inc./Franchises
Multiprêts 2011 QCCS 2286
•
Participated in two of the biggest settlements in Canadian securities
class action history (international settlements worth over $2 billion).:
Association de protection des épargnants et investisseurs du
Québec (APEIQ) v. Nortel Networks Corporation 500-06-000126017 and Skarstedt v. Nortel Networks Corporation 500-06-000277059
•
Represented shareholders forced out of a privately held
telecommunications company.: Gestion Bon Conseil inc. v.
Guèvremont, J.E. 2003-601 (S.C.)