Marc Tremblay is co-chair of our technology and outsourcing teams. He practises in corporate and commercial law with a focus on joint ventures, strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions of private corporations, particularly in the technology sector. He handles transactions in the information technology and manufacturing sectors, negotiating various agreements for the outsourcing of computer services and business processes, and the development, licensing, integration and transfer of technology.
Mr. Tremblay is qualified as a professional engineer and previously worked for an engineering consulting firm and one of the largest mining companies in the world.
Selected client work
Over the last four years, Mr. Tremblay has acted in technology-related transactions worth over $1 billion. His most recent large assignments include representing:
· SNC-Lavalin in connection with the sale to GE Energy Canada of SNC-Lavalin Energy Control Systems Inc.
· Emergis Inc. in connection with the sale to CT-Payment Inc. of its Assure card processing business, which handles credit and debit transactions between merchants and financial institutions
· Metro Inc. in the creation of Dunnhumby Canada, a joint venture with the UK-based global customer data analysis and marketing consulting company, in order to develop marketing strategies to improve Metro's customers' experience and to set up and sell market intelligence to businesses with a similar marketing focus
· South Shore Industries Ltd. in the negotiation of an outsourcing and manufacturing agreement with a Mexican corporation for the manufacture in Mexico of products for distribution in the North American market
· A large Canadian manufacturer in relation to the creation of a joint venture with a corporation controlled by the Chinese government for the development in China and in Canada of new products to be manufactured by both partners
· A telecommunications operator in the negotiation of a joint bid agreement for purposes of the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) Auction held by Industry Canada in May/June 2008
· Advising the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the United Arab Emirates on the reform of its e-commerce legislation and drafting of a regulatory framework for the implementation of a public key infrastructure and authentification mechanism
· Videotron in a multimillion dollar outsourcing agreement under which an Egyptian corporation provides certain services to Videotron's customers in Canada from an operating centre based in Cairo, Egypt
· Cirque du Soleil in the establishment of a joint venture aimed at developing and offering third parties an integrated e-ticketing system enabling the safe collection of funds and the issuance of tickets online through internet outbox technologies and representing Cirque du Soleil in the negotiation of the first contract with the joint venture for the development of an e-ticketing system for Cirque du Soleil shows around the world
· Two large telecommunications carriers in setting up a joint venture agreement for the purpose of providing certain telecommunication services to a provincial government in Canada
Speaking engagements
· "Recent Trends in Structuring Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures," The Canadian Institute, Montréal, January 30, 2009 and Québec, February 25, 2009.
· "Confidentiality obligations and the impacts of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Dell Computer," Conference on IT Security, Insight Montréal, January 2008.
· "Dell Computer Corporation v Union des consommateurs, an analysis of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada," IT.Can Québec, Montréal, December 2007.
· "Risks and pitfalls associated with the use of open source code in the development of proprietary software," CEIM, Montréal, November 2007.
· "Lawful Access: Impacts of the Proposed Reforms on Telecommunications Operators," IT.Can Annual Conference, Vancouver, October 2007.
· "IT-IP considerations in M&A and investment transactions," Conférences Fondation de l'Entrepreneurship (sponsored by Desjardins Capital de risque and MIT Entrepreneurship Center), Montréal, July 2007. Chairman, "Web 2.0 and its Challenges," a seminar on the liability of the parties involved in the diffusion and creation of Web 2.0 products, Université de Montréal, April 2007.
· "Rédaction de contrats commerciaux en droit québécois," Insight, Montréal, May 2004.
· "Down Round Financing : Legal Implications of Lower Valuations in Private Equity Finance," Ogilvy Renault Seminar, Life Sciences Team, Montréal, June 4, 2003.
Memberships and activities
· Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
· Canadian Bar Association
· Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada) Inc.
· Advisory Committee to the Chair in E-Security and E-Business Law, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal
· Former lecturer, Business Law, Faculty of Law, Université de Sherbrooke
Directorships
· Canadian IT Law Association
· Recykinfo inc.
- Chairman of the Board
· Théâtre La Chapelle (2001-2008)
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Impartir, ce n'est pas signer un chèque en blanc
The journal Les Affaires quotes Mike Rebeiro, Jacques Lemieux and Marc A. Tremblay in an article on our second outsourcing survey.26/11/2011