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Antoine Motulsky-Falardeau
Bar Admission
Quebec, 2003
Education
Bachelor of Music from Université de Montréal (B.Mus.)
Civil Law Degree from McGill University (B.C.L.)
Common Law Degree from McGill University (LL.B.)
Master of Law from Université Laval (LL.M.)
Contact information
Paralegal
A civil and commercial litigation lawyer based in Quebec City with over twenty years of experience, Antoine has recognized expertise in private international law, arbitration, and in matters involving contract law, construction, franchising, insurance, manufacturer’s liability, shareholder disputes, information technology, successions and insolvency. He also acts as an arbitrator in civil and commercial matters and teaches civil law and international law at the university level. As part of his practice, he leads litigation before all levels of Quebec courts, both in first instance and in appeal, and also acts in civil and commercial arbitration.
Read moreIn 2024, Antoine was appointed as a member of the Civil Procedure Expert Group by the Barreau du Québec. He has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Université Laval since 2014 and an instructor at the École du Barreau since 2021. He is a former Chair of the International Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division (2019-2022), where he continues to serve as Vice-Chair. His master’s thesis, entitled “Le délai de prescription applicable à l’exécution d’une sentence arbitrale étrangère au Québec”, received the Henri-Capitant Award for the best master’s thesis in private law in Quebec in 2015.
He is a member of the Barreau de Québec’s Committee on Public Legal Services, a member of the Barreau du Québec’s Committee on Arbitration of Lawyers’ Fees, and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec.
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Services
- Civil law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Information Technology Litigation
- Insolvency
- Insurance Law
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Professional activities
Examples of current and recent mandates:
- Acting before the Superior Court in injunction proceedings relating to an information technology dispute
- Acting as sole arbitrator in a commercial dispute valued at one (1) million dollars
- Acting before the Superior Court on behalf of a fire-extinguisher manufacturer in defence of a class action relating to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), file no. 500-06-001320-247 (ongoing litigation)
- Acting before the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal on behalf of a liquidator and heir in an estate dispute valued at more than thirty (30) million dollars, 2025 QCCA 1455 (ongoing litigation)
- Acting before the Superior Court on behalf of the owner of a golf course in a real estate dispute valued at more than fifteen (15) million dollars, 2024 QCCS 4111, 2024 QCCS 3925, 2025 QCCS 1039 (ongoing litigation)
- Acting before the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal on behalf of a government body in a construction dispute valued at more than fifteen (15) million dollars, 2023 QCCA 331 (ongoing litigation)
- Acting before an arbitral tribunal of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute on behalf of a Quebec-based company in a commercial dispute valued at approximately two (2) million euros (settled)
- Acting before the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal on behalf of a foreign judgment creditor valued at more than one (1) million dollars in the context of insolvency proceedings, 2023 QCCA 1021, 2025 QCCA 1115
- Acting before the Superior Court on behalf of the creditor of an arbitration award rendered in New York valued at more than five (5) million dollars, 2024 QCCS 1537 (final judgment obtained in 2025)
- Member of the Civil Procedure Expert Group of the Barreau du Québec (since 2024)
- Arbitrator in English and French with the Barreau du Québec’s Committee on Arbitration of Lawyers’ Fees (since 2020)
- Member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (since 2019)
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Lectures, publications and teaching
- (Upcoming) Revue annuelle de la jurisprudence en droit international privé, conference co-presented with Guillaume Laganière for the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, International Law Section, at TCJ’s offices in Montréal, May 26, 2026
- Revue annuelle de la jurisprudence en droit international privé, conference co-presented with Christopher Richter for the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, International Law Section, at TCJ’s offices in Montréal, April 30, 2025
- Litigating in Canada, conference co-presented with Heather Sanderson (Alberta), Max Hufton (British Columbia), Emily Stock (Ontario) and Marcus Snowden (Ontario) at the annual meeting of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Toronto, August 1, 2024 · “Retour vers la nature juridique de la prescription extinctive”, (2024) 65 Les Cahiers de Droit 623
- Reconnaissance et exécution des sentences arbitrales étrangères : Enjeux relatifs au voile corporatif et à la prescription, lunch and learn for the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, Montréal, May 11, 2023 · “Prévenir un litige international : l’utilité des clauses de règlement des différends”, Therrien Couture Joli-Cœur s.e.n.c.r.l publication, 2020
- “Les moyens préliminaires au nouveau Code de procédure civile : une réforme discrète du droit d’agir en justice”, article published in Sylvette Guillemard, ed., Le Code de procédure civile: Quelles nouveautés?, Montréal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2016 · “Les aspects historiques de la qualification de la prescription en droit international privé”, (2014) 55 C. de D. 829 · “Le délai de prescription applicable à l’exécution d’une sentence arbitrale étrangère au Québec”, Master’s thesis, Québec, Faculty of Law, Université Laval, 2014
Teaching :
- Professor-Supervisor, École du Barreau du Québec: Technical Clinic in Representation – Medical Liability (since 2026), Ethics and Professional Conduct (since 2023), Obligations and Civil Liability (2024-2025), Evidence and Civil Procedure (2024-2025), International Arbitration (2021-2023, in English)
- Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Université Laval: International Commercial Contracts (2024), Private Dispute Prevention and Resolution Processes (2022), Private International Law (2015-2016), Dispute Resolution in Domestic and International Private Law, Civil and Commercial Matters (2014)
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Social Involvement
- Member (since 2023) and Vice-Chair (since 2024) of the Board of Directors of the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec
- Member (since 2017), Chair (2019–2022), and Vice-Chair (2023–2026) of the Executive Committee of the International Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division
- Member of the Université Laval Discipline Committee (2018-2025)
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Labour and Employment
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Real Estate and Construction
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