Practice Areas & Industries: Ogilvy Renault LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Ogilvy Renault is at the forefront in defending class actions. We have one of Canada's largest and most experienced class action defence teams, recognized as "recommended" counsel in Ontario and Quebec according to The 2007 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Our litigators have successfully defended class actions throughout Canada. The breadth of our experience covers:

• Competition
• Employment
• Environmental
• Pension
• Product liability
• Professional liability
• Securities

We have represented clients over a wide array of businesses including Archer Daniels Midland, Bell Canada International, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Continental Airlines, Dow Chemical, GlaxoSmithKline, Imperial Tobacco Limited, Hudson's Bay Company, Merck Frosst Canada, Nortel Networks, Pfizer, Royal Bank of Canada and ScotiaCapital.

CONTACTS
Sylvie Rodrigue
Steve Tenai

Services Available

We offer clients complete solutions, whether circumstances call for a negotiated settlement early in the proceeding or a vigorous defence through to trial. Because our team includes experienced counsel in multiple Canadian jurisdictions, we offer clients a single firm, national approach to defending multi-provincial class actions. We develop a national strategy that accommodates the substantive and procedural differences between provinces and offers clients greater efficiency and cost savings. Our "one team" approach extends to cross-border litigation as well. We have acted on numerous cross-border class actions working closely with internal and external U.S. defence counsel in formulating and pursuing a coordinated global defence strategy.

Our clients also benefit from our multidisciplinary approach to defending class actions. We draw upon the expertise of Ogilvy Renault's other practice groups, such as members of our banking, competition, corporate and commercial, intellectual property, labour and employment, pension and securities teams.