Étienne Bisson-Michaud
PartnerQUÉBEC BAR 2007
Étienne joined Novalex in 2020 after practicing for 9 years in a Montreal boutique law firm specializing in real estate law as well as within a renowned Quebec City law firm and in a regional firm specialized in construction law.
Étienne’s practice focuses on all aspects of litigation, including providing opinions and strategic advice at pre-litigation phase, drafting procedures and representing clients before the Quebec’s trial, appeal and administrative courts.
He has extensive experience in various types of litigation, including commercial and contractual law, construction law, shareholder disputes, product liability and extraordinary remedies such as injunctions, safeguard orders and seizures before judgment. Étienne has been called upon to act for clients in complex commercial arbitration matters, which has given him a solid expertise in this field. He also represents a major food retailer in relation to penal law litigations.
Étienne works mainly in the areas of real estate law, commercial leases and the establishment and realization of hypothecary securities. He regularly advises various companies in the real estate field, such as developers, builders, owners and managers of commercial buildings, contractors and syndicates of co-ownership. Étienne is fluent in English and French and has a functional knowledge of Spanish.
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
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Practice areas
- Civil and commercial litigation
- Construction law
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
- Shareholder Litigation
- Product liability
- Real estate Law
- Co-ownership Law
- Penal Law
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Etienne has notably:
ACTED on behalf of investors, owners and contractors involved in industrial, commercial and residential construction projects;
ACTED on behalf of a public investment fund in maintaining its rights under commercial leases for its establishments;
ACTED on behalf of a major food retailer in connection with criminal offences in the course of its business operations;
ACTED on behalf of a major private real estate investment fund for the preservation of its claims in the context of bankruptcies;
ACTED on behalf of syndicates of co-ownership of residential buildings in the context of proceedings instituted against several parties involved in the construction of the buildings following significant deficiencies affecting the buildings;
ACTED on behalf of a subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company in litigation arising from commercial contracts;
ACTED on behalf of several real estate companies and their officers in various real estate and contractual disputes;
ACTED on behalf of a municipality in an arbitration against contractors involved in the execution of road work;
ACTED on behalf of an international engineering company in a dispute arising from a commercial lease;
ACTED on behalf of a CHSLD facility manager in the context of a class action;
ACTED on behalf of a general contractor and its officers in a multi-million-dollar dispute relating to the construction of a mixed-use building;
ACTED on behalf of a petroleum product distributor in the context of environmental liability proceedings.
Professional activities and initiatives
Speaker at the annual conferences of the Association des syndicats de copropriété du Québec
Education
LL.B., University of Sherbrooke – 2005