David Gray is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault's Litigation Group in Montréal. Mr. Gray's practice focuses on assisting clients with complex commercial disputes. Mr. Gray has significant experience with large-scale, multi-jurisdictional litigation matters and investigations. In fields such as financial services, telecommunications and technology, Mr. Gray has acted for clients in class action lawsuits, corporate and director liability matters as well as various investigations by industry and regulatory bodies. He has acted for a major Canadian telecommunication company in the defence of a multi-billion dollar portfolio of related Canadian and U.S. lawsuits (including a nine-month secondment at the client). Mr. Gray has also advised a financial institution regarding the asset-backed commercial paper investigation, one of the largest regulatory investigations in Canadian history. Other representative mandates include the defence of a global professional firm in a commercial arbitration matter relating to pension fund investment advice, the defence of a technology company faced with data breach class actions and the defense of institutional and individual respondents in a variety of investigations and litigation matters instituted by regulators, industry actors and members of the public in the financial services field. Mr. Gray has significant experience in electronic discovery and file management, including exposure to this subject in civil law Quebec and common law Canada and the United States. Mr. Gray is on the Steering Committee of Sedona Canada, a non-profit think tank dedicated to addressing issues in the e-discovery field. Mr. Gray was on the Editorial Board of Sedona Canada when the Sedona Canada Principles were published in 2008. Mr. Gray is also active in technology disputes at both the litigation and negotiation levels. He has acted for a number of financial institutions in technology outsourcing disputes, including the successful negotiated resolution of such matters. Mr. Gray received his BA (Humanistic Studies) from McGill University in 1995. He attended the Faculty of Law of McGill University and received degrees in civil law as well as common law in 2000. He was called to the Québec bar in 2002. |