Guillaume Charlebois

Associate

Guillaume Charlebois

Guillaume Charlebois

Associate

Bar Admissions
  • Québec, 2018

Guillaume is known for his determination and creative approach to developing solutions for clients’ issues.

Guillaume has represented clients at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and before tribunals. He acts on complex matters that often involve administrative, constitutional or regulatory ramifications. He is also involved in multiple class actions dealing with human rights and Crown liability.

Guillaume Charlebois

Associate

Guillaume is known for his determination and creative approach to developing solutions for clients’ issues.

Guillaume has represented clients at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and before tribunals. He acts on complex matters that often involve administrative, constitutional or regulatory ramifications. He is also involved in multiple class actions dealing with human rights and Crown liability.

Association for the rights of household and farm workers

Acting for the plaintiff Association for the rights of household and farm workers in seeking authorization to institute (certification) a class action that would challenge the constitutionality of “closed” work permits issued by the government of Canada, which restrict the ability of migrant workers to change employers and makes them vulnerable to several forms of exploitation, abuse, and human and labour rights violations, and to seek compensation on behalf of these migrants.

Giant Tiger

Acting for Giant Tiger in defence of a class action in Québec for alleged “greenwashing”, or misleading environmental claims, of recyclable bags.

Priceline.com and Kayak.com

Acting for Priceline.com and Kayak.com in defence of a drip pricing class action filed in the Superior Court of Québec.

The Honourable Morris J. Fish - Third Independent Review of the National Defence Act

Acted as counsel to the Honourable Morris J. Fish, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Jurist in Residence at Davies, in the preparation and drafting of his report to the Minister of National Defence on specified provisions of the National Defence Act and their operation. The 400-page report delivered on June 1, 2021 includes 107 wide-ranging recommendations, a majority of which address the military justice system, including the independence of its actors, the handling of sexual misconduct allegations, military policing and police oversight. The remainder of the recommendations relate to military grievances and to the independent review process. Upon tabling of the report in Parliament, the Department of National Defence described the review as "the most comprehensive independent review and far-reaching examination of the military justice system since the reviews led by the former Chief Justice of Canada, Brian Dickson, in the late 1990s".

Gorski Group Ltd.

Acting for Gorski Group Ltd. in its claim against Absolunet Inc. resulting from the parties' contract for the creation of a new e-commerce website.

Les avocats et notaires de l'état québécois (LANEQ)

Successfully acted for Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois (LANEQ), the professional union representing the vast majority of the lawyers and notaries employed by the Government of Québec in its public service or by other mandataries of the State (Agence du revenu du Québec, Régie de l'énergie, Autorité des marchés financiers and Autorité des marchés publics), in its negotiations with the Government of Québec, including for the reform of its members' collective bargaining plan. The Government of Québec and LANEQ concluded an agreement establishing a joint committee to determine whether the lawyers and notaries of the Québec civil service have a distinctive character. If so, the Government has undertaken to reform their collective bargaining regime. The agreement was qualified as “historic” by both parties.

Montréal Defence Lawyers Association

Represented the Montréal Defence Lawyers Association (AADM) before the Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Quebec, et al. v. 9147-0732 Québec Inc., where the Court had to determine for the first time if the constitutional protection against "cruel and unusual treatment or punishment" applies to corporations and other legal persons.

René Allard, on behalf of retired management personnel of the Government of Québec and their spouses

Acting for class representative René Allard in a class action proceeding regarding constitutional damages against the government of Québec on behalf of retired members of Québec's public and parapublic sectors' management personnel, as well as their spouses, whose retirement pension indexing was unilaterally suspended and retrospectively modified by a statute adopted by the Québec National Assembly. The class action was authorized by the Québec Court of Appeal.

Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires

Acting for the Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires in its constitutional challenge of section 22.6 of the Health Insurance Act.

Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires

Acting for the Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires in a motion for leave to intervene produced in favour of an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Formula E Operations Ltd.

Successfully acted for Formula E Operations Ltd. (FEO) in connection with its claims arising from the City of Montréal's decision to cancel the Montréal ePrix. This includes asserting FEO's claims against the City of Montréal and in the bankruptcy proceedings of Montréal C'est Électrique, a non-profit corporation set up by the City for the purposes of acting as promoter of the Montréal ePrix.

Michelin Group

Acted for the Michelin Group in its acquisition of Camso Inc., one of the global leaders in the design, manufacturing and distribution of off-road tires, wheels, tracks and conveyer belts, for a purchase price of US$1.7 billion. Camso has facilities in more than 25 jurisdictions world-wide.

Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires

Acting for the Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires in a motion for declaratory judgment against the Attorney General of Québec and the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec concerning the interpretation of a recent statute adopted by the Québec legislature regarding certain obligations imposed upon all pharmacists in Québec.

Daisye Marcil

Acted for the plaintiffs in a class action involving all Québec parents who were required to pay fees for the purchase of school books or other didactic material even though these fees should have been assumed by the school boards.

Brault & Martineau Inc., Corbeil Électrique Inc. and Sears Canada Inc.

Acting for Brault & Martineau Inc., Corbeil Électrique Inc. and Sears Canada Inc. in defence of various class actions instituted on behalf of consumers alleging that the sale of additional warranties breaches the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.

Bulletin

Canada Imposes Forced and Child Labour Reporting Obligations

May 05, 2023 - The House of Commons has adopted Bill S-211, whose short title is Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Bill). The Bill, which was adopted on May 3, 2023, will become law as soon as it receives royal assent and will enter into force on January 1, 2024. ...

Speaking Engagement

Canadian Bar Association, 2021 Constitutional Law Case Law Review 2021, “Case Law Review”; Webinar

Apr. 12, 2022

Article

"Régime contractuel de l’État", coauthor

Apr. 01, 2022 - Droit administratif (JurisClasseur Québec)

Speaking Engagement

Guest Lecturer, Advanced Criminal Law course, McGill University Faculty of Law, "Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces"; Montréal

Mar. 21, 2022

Speaking Engagement

Conference of Defence Associations (CDA Institute), Making National Security Safe Online Series, “Modernizing Military Justice”; Webinar

Oct. 12, 2021

Speaking Engagement

Co-Chair and Speaker, Canadian Bar Association, 2020 Constitutional Law Case Law Review, “Les revues jurisprudentielles”; Webinar

Mar. 30, 2021

Bulletin

Corporations Cannot Suffer Cruel and Unusual Treatment or Punishment

Nov. 06, 2020 - The Supreme Court of Canada (Supreme Court) yesterday handed down its highly awaited decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec inc.1 For the first time, the Court decided that corporations cannot claim the protection of section 12 of the Canadian Charter of...

Bulletin

Can the State Be Held Liable for Neighbourhood Disturbances?

June 17, 2020 - In Maltais c Procureure générale du Québec, 2020 QCCA 715, the Québec Court of Appeal rendered an important decision regarding Crown liability. Its decision clarifies whether the regime of no-fault liability for neighbourhood disturbances applies to the government. It also contains...

Article

“Les honoraires en demande en matière d’actions collectives : comment éviter de jouer à l’apprenti-sorcier en vue de moduler le comportement des avocats”, co-author

May 03, 2019 - Recent Developments in Québec, Canada and the United States, Vol. 455 (National Conference on Class Actions)
Read this article (in French).

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch—Corporate and Commercial Litigation

University of Cambridge ‒ The William Charnley Prize in Law (2017)

Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies ‒ The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr. Scholarship (2016)

Université de Montréal ‒ The Spiegel Sohmer Award of Excellence in Tax and Commercial Law (2015); The Herbert-Marx Award of Excellence in Legal Writing (2014); The Rodolphe-Lemieux Award of Excellence in Public International Law (2014)

Bar Admissions

Québec, 2018

Education

University of Cambridge, LLM (Public International Law), 2017
Université de Montréal, LLB, 2015

Professional Affiliations

Canadian Bar Association

Community Involvement

Canadian Bar Association, Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section, Québec Branch, former president
Revue juridique étudiante de l'Université de Montréal, co-founder and past-president