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Antonio Iacovelli
Partner | Montréal
514.871.5483
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Commercial Litigation
Construction Litigation
Trust & Estate Litigation
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Biography
Antonio Iacovelli is an experienced litigator whose practice is focused on construction,
successions (estates) and trusts.
He joined the construction and civil and commercial litigation group of the Montreal office in
2007, after articling there.
Antonio serves a varied clientele that ranges from owners of construction projects, general
contractors and specialized entrepreneurs to trust companies, financial institutions, estate
liquidators, trustees and trust beneficiaries.
In construction law, Antonio advises clients on construction contracts. He is involved in a
major dispute involving an EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction and
management) project, where he represents a mining company.
Furthermore, Antonio assists his clients in dealing with claims, managing disbursements,
drafting contracts and obtaining permits from the Régie du bâtiment du Québec or
authorizations from the Autorité des marchés financiers for signing public contracts and
subcontracts covered by the Act respecting contracting by public bodies.
In estate law, Antonio litigates the interpretation or validity of wills, as well as the rights,
powers and obligations of liquidators, trustees, heirs and beneficiaries of estates and
testamentary trusts.
Antonio has guided clients in the amending and termination of testamentary trusts. He
participated in a major dispute in which he had to defend the interests of a corporate trustee
sued by the capital beneficiaries of a nearly 70-year-old testamentary trust. He has also
developed expertise in disputes involving the homologation of incapacity mandates.
Antonio has argued matters before all courts of Québec as well as before arbitration boards.
A proud polyglot Montrealer, Antonio fluently speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Antonio concentrates his practice in the following areas:
Litigation and settlement of construction disputes: claims for additional costs,
management of advances, drafting of contracts, obtaining of RBQ licenses, AMF
authorization.
Litigation and settlement of disputes involving estates and trusts: homologation
of mandates, opening of protective supervision, interpretation or validity of wills, rights,
powers and obligations of liquidators, trustees, heirs and beneficiaries of estates,
modification of trusts.
Thought leadership
Antonio regularly contributes a column to Constructo, a newspaper serving the
construction industry in Québec, and to Miller Thomson’s Construction Newsletter.
N’abusez pas de l’hypothèque légale!, Construction Newsletter — Quebec, June 2013
Les travaux ont une fin, mais quand survient-elle?, Construction Newsletter —
Quebec, June 2012
Soumissionnaires : il ne faut pas mépriser les petits addenda!, Construction Newsletter
— Quebec, September 2011
Les limites de l’obligation de prendre fait et cause d’autrui malgré ce qui est stipulé au
contrat, Construction Newsletter — Quebec, June 2011
Les avis publics sont la science des exigences, Construction Newsletter — Quebec,
March 2011
De la présomption de connaissance du vice jaillit la lumière, Construction Newsletter
— Quebec, December 2010
LE « CODE DES SOUMISSIONS » ET L’IMPORTANCE DE BIEN PRENDRE
CONNAISSANCE DES DOCUMENTS D’APPEL D’OFFRES, Construction Newsletter
– QC, September 2010
Les périls reliés aux prix forfaitaires dans un marché volatile, Construction Newsletter
– QC, March 2010
Sûreté suffisante pour récupérer la retenue contractuelle : une bibitte particulière!,
Construction Newsletter – QC, December 2009
Les règles de l’art même face à l’ingérence du client, Construction Newsletter – QC,
September 2009
L’importance de bien remplir les addenda lors d’un appel d’offres, Construction
Newsletter – QC, June 2009
La survie des droits de rétention et compensation d’un entrepreneur général même
après la faillite de son sous-traitant, Construction Newsletter – QC, March 2009
Quand un charpentier menuisier se prend pour un carreleur, Construction Newsletter –
QC, December 2008
Être ou ne pas être assuré innommé, telle est la question!, Construction Newsletter –
QC, September 2008
Des dommages qui risquent de vous laisser à sec!, Construction Newsletter – QC,
May 2008
Le respect des règles de l’art en dépit des ambiguïtés sur les plans d’exécution,
Construction Newsletter – QC, April 2008
Professional memberships
Québec Bar
Canadian Bar Association
Languages spoken
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Bar admissions & education
Québec Bar, 2007
B.C.L. and LL.B., McGill University, 2006
B.A., Sociology, McGill University, 2001
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