Languages : French and English
Quebec Bar — 2013
François is involved in a variety of files, with a special interest in all matters related to administrative law, constitutional law, and private law. He represents individuals as well as institutional clients. François also teaches private contract law to law students at University of Montréal.
François joined IMK in 2015. He was a law clerk to the Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell of the Supreme Court of Canada. Subsequently, he obtained a master degree (B.C.L.) from Oxford University in England, on a Viscount Bennett Fellowship, and was awarded the Tobias Law Prize for academic excellence upon completion of his B.C.L.
Center for Gender Advocacy and al. v. Attorney General of Quebec: The Center for Gender Advocacy in a case challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Civil Code of Quebec governing gender identification in official documents.
Concessions Caravane 1986 inc. v. Toronto Dominion Bank: Concessions Caravane 1986 inc. in a case dealing with banks’ professional liability in the context of online scams.
Instrubel NV v. The Republic of Iraq and al. : Instrubel in proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award in Québec before the Supreme Court of Canada.
B.C.L., Oxford University (Exeter College), United Kingdom, 2015
LL.B., J.D., Université de Montréal, Dean’s Honours List, 2012
Minor in Political Science, Université de Montréal, Dean’s Honours List, 2009
Law Clerk to the Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell, at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2013-2014
2024-2025 Best Lawyers in Canada – Ones to Watch: Administrative and Public Law, Construction Law, and Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Canadian Bar Association
The Advocates’ Society
Young Bar Association of Montreal
Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute, Sessions Coordinator (2019-current)
Pro Bono Ontario (Assistance Program to Self-Represented Litigants seeking Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada) (2017-2018)
Sessional Lecturer, Obligations 1 and 3 (Contract law) University of Montreal (2019-current)
Sessional Lecturer, Private Law of the Common Law, University of Montreal (2018, 2019)
Jurisclasseur Obligations – Booklet 10 : Payment ; Montreal – LexisNexis
Annotated Code of Civil Procedure, Legispratique, Montreal – LexisNexis, art. 109 to 183
‟Primauté du droit, originalisme et arbre vivant : les tensions au cœur des interprétations constitutionnelles de la Cour suprême du Canada durant les années du juge Cromwell”, (2017) 80 Supreme Court Law Review, 469
‟Commentaire sur la décision Caron c. Alberta – La Cour suprême confirme l’absence de droit constitutionnel au bilinguisme législatif en Alberta”, Repères, Édition Yvon Blais, March 2016
‟Commentaire sur la décision Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. c. Québec (Procureure générale) – La Cour d’appel du Québec conclut à la compétence du législateur de modifier les règles de droit commun en matière de responsabilité civile afin de faciliter un recours, ainsi qu’à la protection uniquement procédurale de l’article 23 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne”, Repères, Édition Yvon Blais, December 2015
‟Commentaire sur la décision Canada (Procureur général) c. Fédération des ordres professionnels de juristes du Canada – La Cour suprême réaffirme le caractère fondamental de la relation avocat-client et le haut degré de protection dont jouissent les obligations qui en découlent”, with Mathieu Bouchard, Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, October 2015
