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Yves Martineau
1155 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Suite 4100, Montréal, QC H3B 3V2, Canada
Direct: (514) 397-3380
Fax: (514) 397-3580
[email protected]
Law Practice
Yves Martineau is a partner in the Litigation Group of the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott. Over the years, he has
developed a specific expertise in class actions, primarily defending manufacturers, banking institutions and publicly-traded
companies. He also deals with every aspect of litigation, such as commercial law, product liability, banking law,
bankruptcy, professional liability and construction. Mr. Martineau has pleaded before all civil courts of Quebec and before
the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mr. Martineau's expertise has been recognized in the following publications:
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Named Montréal Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in Canada 2017.
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The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 in class action litigation, corporate and commercial litigation, product liability law
and Bet-the-Company litigation.
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2016 as a practitioner "consistently recommended" in the class actions
litigation and corporate commercial litigation sectors and "repeatedly recommended" in the product liability and
securities litigation sectors.
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The 2016 Chambers Global’s The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of class action (defence) and
dispute resolution.
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Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2016 as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution –
Nationwide and Québec and is described as "exceptional litigator".
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Legal Media Group's Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms 2016.
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The Legal 500 Canada 2015 in the dispute resolution sector.
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Lexpert Special Edition on Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, December 2015.
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Recognized as Benchmark Canada’s 2014 Québec Litigator of the Year.
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The 2014 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada a leading practitioner
in the area of corporate and commercial litigation.
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Featured in the article "Canadian Big Suits" in The American Lawyer magazine, April 2011.
Professional Activities
Mr. Martineau is a member of the Quebec Bar and a member of the Canadian Bar Association. He has been a member of
the Class Actions Advisory Committee of the Quebec Bar since its founding in 2006. He is a frequent speaker for the
Service de la formation permanente of the Quebec Bar Association and has taught civil representation at the École du
Barreau du Québec.
Publications & Conferences
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Co-author of the "Canada" chapter appearing in World Class Actions: A Practitioner's Guide to Representative and
Multi-Party Actions Around the World, Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Co-author of the "Canada" chapter appearing in Getting the Deal Through: Product Liability 2012, Law Business
Research: London, 2012.
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Co-author of Commentaire sur la décision Picard c. Air Canada – L'autorisation de recours collectifs nationaux au
Québec, Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, February 2012.
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Multi-Defendant Class Actions in Canada, Class Action Defence Quarterly, 2007, (Buttersworth), Vol. 1, No. 3.
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Le recours collectif et la garantie contre les vices cachés, Barreau du Québec, Service de la formation permanente,
Développements récents sur les recours collectifs (2005), Volume 232, Cowansville, Y. Blais, 2005, p. 1-34.
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La compétence des tribunaux en matière de faillite, (2004) Vol. 83 Revue du Barreau Canadien 411.
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Les moyens préliminaires au stade de l’autorisation du recours collectif : la fin justifie les moyens, Barreau du
Québec, Service de la formation permanente,Développements récents sur les recours collectifs (2004), Volume 213,
Cowansville, Y. Blais, 2004, p. 33-55.
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L’article 1002 du Code de procédure civile et la preuve appropriée : entre le devoir et la discrétion, Barreau du
Québec, Service de la formation permanente, Développements récents sur les recours collectifs (2004), Volume 213,
Cowansville, Y. Blais, p. 57-73.
Representative Work
Mr. Martineau has been involved in more than one hundred reported cases, such as:
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Infineon Technologies AG v. Option Consommateurs [2013]3 SCR 600
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St-Pierre v. Royal Bank of Canada, J.E. 2015-1375 (C.A)
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Ouellet v. RailWorld Inc., J.E. 2015-913 (S.C.)
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Charest v. Dessau Inc., et al., EYB 2014-236797 (S.C.); EYB 2014-2440103 (C.A.)
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Delorme v. Concession A25, J.E. 2015-1022 (S.C.)
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Sibiga v. Telus Communications Company,J.E. 2014-1413 (S.C.)
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Green Planet Technologies Ltd. v. Corporation Pneus OTR Blackstone, J.E. 2013-195 (C.A.)
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Kuwait Airways Corporation v. Iraqi Airways Company and the Republic of Iraq, [2010] 2 S.C.R. 571
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Perreault v. Wyeth Soins de Santé Canada, EYB 2010-179274 (S.C.); EYB 2012-205403 (C.A.)
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Azco Mining Inc. v. Sam Lévy & Associés Inc., [2001] 3 S.C.R. 978
Education
Université Laval, (LL.B. with distinction, 1990) and Université Laval, (B.A., School of Psychology, 1987).
Bar Admission
Québec, 1992