Senior Lawyer
Bénédicte St-Gelais
Contact
Quebec
Complexe Jules-Dallaire, T12828 Laurier Blvd., 12th Floor
Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0B9
CANADA 418 266-4500 418 266-4515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Based in our Québec City office, Bénédicte St-Gelais’ practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, mainly in construction and insurance law, as well as in professional liability. She also handles access to information cases and has acquired strong skills in bidding process, particularly for the public and parapublic sectors.
Furthermore, Bénédicte assists various companies on improving their ethics and governance methods. She was also part of a healthcare institution’s legal department, where she gained experience in healthcare law.
Bénédicte stands out due to her fine understanding of the issues at stake and by the plurality of her fields of experience. She assists her clients in complex cases and pleads before various courts.
Involved in the city of Québec’s business community, she as acted as secretary on the board of directors of the Jeune chambre de commerce de Québec.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Barreau du Québec (2011)
- LL.B., Université Laval (2008)
Publications
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"Le statut particulier des membres d’un groupe et ses conséquences déontologiques et pratiques"
Written in collaboration with Mario Welsh et Shaun Finn, in Volume 410 of the Colloque nationale sur l’action collective, développements récents au Québec, au Canada et aux États-Unis, published by Éditions Yvon Blais
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“La responsabilité des professionnels de la construction découlant d’un mandat de surveillance des travaux au Québec”
Journal of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers 2015
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"Les décisions jurisprudentielles affectant les professionnels (architectes et ingénieurs) dans les litiges de construction : stratégies pour vous aider à les représenter"
Lecture written in collaboration with Mario Welsh for the Super conférence sur la construction de l’Institut Canadien, in Montreal, on November 27, 2012
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"Rôles et responsabilités des architectes et des ingénieurs, professionnels de la construction"
Audio conference written with Mario Welsh and published by Wilson & Lafleur, September 2012
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"Introduction au droit de la construction"
Audio conference written with Mario Welsh and Annie Labrecque, published by Wilson & Lafleur, August 2011
Representative Work
- Represented a consortium of architects and the Fonds d’assurance de la responsabilité professionnelle de l'Ordre des architectes du Québec in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against professionals and contractors involved in a project to expand the Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval;
- Acted as counsel of consulting engineering firms, laboratories and architectural offices in professional liability claims;
- Acted as counsel for material suppliers, subcontractors, contractors, owners and professionals in claims in the construction industry (public and private);
- Acted as counsel for the Direction de la santé publique de la Capitale-Nationale in a public inquiry on the causes and circumstances of deaths related to the legionellosis outbreak in Québec City in the summer of 2012.
Involvement
- Secretary of the Boards of Directors of the Jeune chambre de commerce de Québec (2011-2014)