Ryan Hillier
Partner, chief executive officerQUEBEC BAR 2007
Ryan co-founded Novalex in 2016 after having practised for nearly 10 years at two national law firms.
His practice covers various fields of commercial, corporate and civil litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. Throughout his career, Ryan has developed expertise in several industries, namely in the construction, information technology and renewable energy sectors. He frequently appears before all levels of courts in Quebec and regularly acts in the context of arbitrations and mediations. Ryan is fluent in English and French and has a functional knowledge of Spanish.
Ryan is listed in the latest edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a comprehensive guide to Canada’s leading law firms and lawyers, as a leader in the field of construction law in the Lawyers to Watch category.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
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Practice areas
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
- Defamation
- Construction law
- Insurance law
- Disciplinary law
- Litige civil et commercial
- Information technology litigation
- Product liability
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Ryan has notably:
DEFENDED a global provider of electronic payment solutions and point-of-sale services in a product liability action;
DEFENDED a global security service provider and commercial insurer in a civil liability trial;
DEFENDED an international destination resort developer in multiple construction defect suits;
ADVISED a global provider of economic and market information on its acquisition of a product compliance solutions provider;
REPRESENTED a Canadian financial institution in a contractual dispute with its information technology provider;
ADVISED a Canadian financial institution on production order and search warrant compliance and challenges;
ADVISED a Quebec university in its response to the illegal online disclosure of its donors’ personal information;
ACTED for a Quebec-based owner and operator of ethylene plants in a breach of contract suit;
ACTED for a co-owners association of Montréal condominiums in injunction proceedings;
DEFENDED physicians and chiropractors in professional liability suits and disciplinary proceedings.
Professional activities and initiatives
OUTGOING PRESIDENT of the Montreal Junior Chamber of Commerce
MEMBER of the fundraising committees for the Festival TransAmeriques and Ancre des jeunes
Education
PROGRAM in cross-border dispute resolution, Lex Mundi Institute (Monterey, California) – 2016
INTENSIVE WORKSHOP on first instance pleadings, Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto) – 2013
CERTIFICATE of graduate studies in international law, University of Montreal – 2008
CERTIFICATE of introduction to Chinese law, China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing) – 2007
LL. B., University of Montréal – 2006