Associate

Gabrielle Mathieu is a member of our Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group at our Montreal office.

Education

• LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2019
• Master's Degree in Art History, Université de Montréal, 2014
• Bachelor's Degree in Art History, Université de Montréal, 2011

As part of her multidisciplinary and diversified practice, she acts in matters involving several areas, including commercial litigation, construction litigation, injunctions and bankruptcy and insolvency. As such, she appears before the courts and represents various clients from the public and private sectors.

Gabrielle is also involved in a number of cases dealing with intellectual property litigation, including trademark and copyright matters.

She moreover has regulatory expertise, particularly in insurance and the distribution of financial products and services.

A true art and architecture enthusiast, Gabrielle completed her studies in art history before beginning her studies in law, specializing in modern sculpture and architecture. She has also taught art history in various colleges, worked in the field of digital publishing and was a young consultant for a project to preserve and enhance built heritage.

Representative Mandates

• Representation of an insurer in a large-scale dispute involving the liability of engineers and builders
• Representation of various companies in major construction and international arbitration proceedings
• Representation of a manufacturer in a complex dispute regarding one of the Ville de Montréal's public infrastructure refurbishment project
• Representation of a municipal body in the awarding of transportation contracts
• Representation of a municipal body in the constitutional challenge to Bill 15
• Representation of various surety companies in a variety of matters
• Representation of a major surety company in the receivership sale of its debtors' assets under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
• Representation of various clients before the courts for exceptional injunctive relief
• Representation of various companies to protect their rights to trademarks registered with CIPO

Publications

Insurance Regulatory Matters

• Clarifications regarding insurance products offered on the internet, Lavery Bulletin, January 19, 2023
• Complaint processing: New framework to come for financial institutions and financial intermediaries, Lavery Bulletin, May 2, 2022
• Bill 141: Checklist on insurance products offered via the internet and distribution without a representative, Lavery Bulletin, February 13, 2020

Intellectual Property, Arts and Heritage Law

• SOCAN Decision: Online music distributors must only pay a single royalty fee, Lavery Bulletin, December 1, 2022
• Livres abîmés : l'éditeur a-t-il le droit de vendre les copies à rabais sans le consentement de l'auteur ? Les Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle, Vol. 34, No. 3, October 2022
• Can an Idea, Style or Method Be Protected Under the Copyright Act?, Lavery Bulletin, December 15, 2021
• Crypto asset works of art and non-fungible token (NFT) investments: Be careful!, Lavery Bulletin, June 28, 2021
• Heffel Gallery Limited: The National Importance of Foreign Art in Canada, Lavery Bulletin, June 3, 2019

Other

• Projets et utopies au Québec. Les années 1960 et 1970 : entre sculpture et architecture [Projects and Utopias in Quebec. The 1960s and 1970s : Between Sculpture and Architecture], Master's thesis, December 2014