Partner, Lawyer
Julie Dorion
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
Julie Dorion is a partner in our litigation team. Thorough and versatile, she handles major civil, commercial, administrative and constitutional litigation. She represents a diverse clientele before Québec's common law courts and arbitration tribunals. She also sits on BCF's Board of Directors, lending her experience and commitment to the organization and its strategic development.
Julie has acted in several construction disputes involving complex technical issues, as well as shareholder disputes involving injunctions, seizures and other urgent and extraordinary remedies. Together with several members of our team, she successfully led and argued the first case dealing with the Hydrocarbons Act. Julie acts on behalf of various players in this sector before the Québec Superior Court and the Court of Appeal in cases involving major constitutional issues.
She also focuses her practice on insolvency. For example, she has represented RCGT for the past 10 years as provisional administrator of warranty plans for new homes, regarding recovery related to warranties and recourses under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act or any similar legislation.
In 2022, Julie's profile was presented by the Jeune Chambre de Commerce as an “Inspiring Woman” as part of its project to promote women, in collaboration with Desjardins, to present women who stand out for their “extraordinary achievements, involvement or inspiration.”
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Intensive seminar on Pleading techniques held in Sherbrooke (2023)
- Barreau du Québec (2013)
- LL.B., Université Laval (2012)
Recognition(s)
- Benchmark Litigation Canada (2025) - Litigation Future Star
- Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) - Construction Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in Canada : Ones to Watch (2023-2024) - Construction Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Publications
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''Victory for Ressources Utica and its Subsidiaries: The Superior Court Suspended the Application of Provisions of a Provincial Law Adopted in 2022''
BCF, 2024
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''The Gaspé Énergies Case : The Quebec Court of Appeal sits in a panel of 5 judges to clarify the state of the law''
BCF, 2024
Representative Work
- Acted on behalf of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton as a provisional administrator of the new home warranty plans Garantie Abritat, GMN, and Qualité Habitation in several insolvency, construction law, and civil liability cases, mainly against contractors and their guarantors or third parties following the completion of work deemed to be non-conforming and seeking to recover the cost of corrective work;
- Acted on behalf of contractors and other actors in construction matters and on behalf of a leader in the clean and renewable energy industry in cases brought by construction contractors for allegedly different work site conditions than those set out in the tender documents;
- Acted on behalf of corporations and shareholders in shareholder disputes (oppression remedy, shotgun clause, injunctions, safeguard orders, liability of directors and officers, etc.). More recently, acted on behalf of a major player in the fishing industry in obtaining the dismissal of several safeguard orders and compliance with the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement before the Québec Superior Court;
- Acted on behalf of Gaspé Énergies in a lawsuit against the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in which the Court of Québec overturned the Minister's decision to refuse a drilling authorization and declared a section of a regulation under the Petroleum Resources Act to be unenforceable because it was passed in contravention of the Regulations Act (under appeal);
- Acted on behalf of several hydrocarbon licensees in an action brought before the Superior Court of Québec seeking, among other things, to invalidate the provisions of the Act ending hydrocarbon exploration and to obtain compensation for expropriation. Success in the Québec Superior Court on the application for suspension of the application of provisions of the Act during the proceedings (on appeal);
- Private arbitration proceedings. More recently, acted on behalf of a private party in an arbitration relating to a joint venture agreement and as part of a co-packing contract;
- Acted on behalf of clients in civil liability cases, including in connection with welding and decontamination work;
- Acted on behalf of fishing industry associations and players before the Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec in connection with disputes over the price of snow crab and lobster;
- Acted on behalf of financial institutions in restructuring and insolvency matters, including Serres du Saint-Laurent (Savoura).
Conferences
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2022
"L’interrogatoire par le syndic : De la théorie à la pratique"
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2022
"Les baux commerciaux et le droit de la faillite"
Involvement
- Member of the 2019-2021 cohort of Centraide's Emerging Philanthropists Program (CEPP);
- Member of the consulting team of the Fondation du CHU de Québec;
- Clerk for the Barreau du Québec's Arbitration Council (2015 to 2020);
- Clerk for the Barreau du Québec’s Disciplinary Council (2015 to 2020);
- Secretary for the Barreau de Québec's Superior Court Committee (2014).
