Jean-Michel Boudreau
Managing Partner
His practice focuses on commercial litigation, class actions, product liability, insurance law and securities litigation. His experience in class actions has lead him to represent major corporations and company directors and officers.
Before joining IMK, Jean-Michel served as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Honourable Ian Binnie and practiced commercial litigation at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City.
Jean-Michel is the co-author of three chapters pertaining to various privileges, as well as one of the chapters in the JurisClasseur Québec (Procédure Civile II) on class actions, all of which have been cited by Quebec Courts. He was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer in 2025.
Areas of practice
Additional information
- LL.B., McGill University, (Great Distinction), 2007
- B.C.L., McGill University, (Great Distinction), 2007
- Master’s in Philosophy, Université de Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, (highest distinction)
- B.Sc. In Computer Science, Université de Montréal, (with honours)
- Law Clerk to the Honourable Ian Binnie, at the Supreme Court of Canada, 2007-2008
Professional Recognitions
Canadian Lawyer
- Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada: 2025
Best Lawyers in Canada
- Class Action Litigation: 2020-2026
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation: 2022-2026
- Product Liability Law: 2026
Benchmark Litigation
- Litigation Star: 2022-2026
- Future Star: 2020-2021
Lexpert
- Repeatedly Recommended in Class Actions: 2026
- Repeatedly Recommended in Corporate Commercial Litigation: 2025-2026
Award
- Lawyer of the Year 2017 – Civil and Commercial Litigation – Young Bar of Montreal
- American Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Litigation Counsel of America
- ‟JurisClasseur – Procédure Civile II – Action collective – Avis, déroulement, jugement et mesures d’exécution”, with Mathieu Bouchard and Catherine McKenzie, LexisNexis inc., 2016
- ‟Secret professionnel”, with Mathieu Bouchard, in Les objections à la preuve en droit Civil, LexisNexis Canada inc., 2015
- ‟Privilège relatif au litige”, with Mathieu Bouchard, in Les objections à la preuve en droit Civil, LexisNexis Canada inc., 2015
- ‟Négociations de règlement”, with Mathieu Bouchard, in Les objections à la preuve en droit Civil, LexisNexis Canada inc., 2015
- Licensing Executives Society, Montreal Chapter – A Case Study : Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles v. CS Design inc., May 2019
- The Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Branch, Class Action Litigation: Learning from the experts at IMK, McGill Faculty of Law, February 2019
- Ontario Bar Association, 8th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, Toronto, December 2016