Mélanie Martel is an associate in Davis LLP's Montréal office. Ms. Martel is a litigation lawyer, specializing in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy and Insolvency matters as well as Civil Liability cases.
Ms. Martel received her bachelor of laws degree from Université Laval where she was on the dean's honour list. She also studied at the University of Victoria in British Columbia as part of a Common Law/Droit civil exchange program. Before she was called to the Québec Bar, she gained more than two years of experience in commercial, civil and labour litigation as a student and articling student with a large national law office, and she worked with the legal department of a bank as a law student.
She currently teaches Contract Law at the University of Sherbrooke, as well as teaching the Law of Obligation at L'École de Formation du Barreau du Québec.
Professional Experience
· Motions under the Companies' Creditors' Arrangement Act (CCAA)
· Action for latent defects following the purchase of a new house
· Claim for damages filed following a fire
· Anton Piller orders
· Defence to an action in agricultural liability
· Claim for damages following the acts of a debtor in a bankruptcy
· Defamation action
· Recourses concerning financial products (such as mortgages, personal guarantee, credit applications)
· Defence in alleged breach of distribution contract
· Recourses on loan and sale contracts
· Petition for bankruptcy
· Injunction following the violation of a non-competition provision
Directorships, Memberships & Professional Activities
· Barreau du Québec
· Jeune Barreau de Montréal
· Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal
· Canadian Bar Association
· Committee of Liaison with Judicial Services of The Bar of Montreal
· International Woman's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
· Insol International
· President of the board of directors of the Centre de la Petite Enfance Les P'tits Soleils de Sainte-Dorothée
Publications & Seminars
Participation in the Code de Procédure civile Annotée, Legispratique, updated every year.