Christian Létourneau | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Christian Létourneau LL.B., Partner

With extensive experience in employment law, Christian Létourneau is the head of the Montréal Employment Group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC). He is also a member of the firm's National Partnership Board and of the Management Committee of the Montréal office.

Christian advises on employment law issues related to pensions, litigation and dispute resolution, and has developed in-depth expertise in psychological harassment cases. Representing clients before all levels of court, he also regularly provides key strategic counsel in commercial transactions.

Christian helps minimize litigation through his practical approach and thorough analytical skills, and creates optimal positions for his clients in circumstances where litigation is unavoidable. He provides personalized and effective advice by understanding not only the operations and structures of his clients' businesses, but also their strategic and business objectives.

Christian joined FMC in 1989 and became a partner in 1998.

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Christian has expertise in the following fields: certifications, negotiation, application and interpretation of collective agreements, grievances and arbitrations, labour standards, industrial accidents and occupational diseases, occupational health and safety, pension plans and fringe benefits, claims pertaining to labour law, employment contracts, dismissals and severance packages, human rights and freedoms, access to information and protection of private information in the private sector.

Representative Work

Provides employment, labour, pension, health and safety and workman’s compensation advice and court representation for various clients

Regularly involved in commercial transactions by providing key strategic counsel and technical expertise regarding all aspects of employment, labour and pension issues

Acted many times as spokesperson of clients in the context of union collective bargaining

Represented Oracle Canada in a multi-million dollar lawsuit by former senior executives for unjust dismissal - Façal Kahloun et al. v. Oracle Canada (formally Agile Software Corp.), Superior Court

Successfully defended clients or negotiated advantageous agreements in psychological harassment matters

Represented KPMG LLP for all Quebec issues regarding class action filed on behalf of former employees with respect to unpaid overtime

Successfully recommended mediation to all parties and after mediation process, all harassment complaints were withdrawn and positive work environment was re-established at a fraction of the cost (if the complaints were to have proceeded to trial), notwithstanding the impact on work environment - Teamsters, local section 106 v. (name of company confidential), Arbitrations

Successfully represented client and reached a very advantageous four-way agreement on very complex and unpredictable successor employer matter - CAW v. TUAC v. (name of company confidential) v. (name of company confidential), Quebec Labour Relations Board

Provided strategic counsel and technical expertise to one of Canada’s leading company (name confidential) regarding complex pension plan and benefits issues and implementation of change from defined benefit to defined contribution in both unionized and non unionized context

Successfully obtained 100% of surplus of assets of terminated pension plan for Zapata Auscan - Zapata Auscan Closures Inc. v. Pension Plan Members and Beneficiaries, Arbitration, 2003

Successfully obtained surplus of assets of terminated pension plan for Great West, except for small portion allocated to some former members of the plan - Great West v. Pension Plan Members and Beneficiaries, Arbitration, 1999

Publications

Christian has numerous conferences and other publications to his credit

Teaching Roles

Clients regularly ask Christian to train them on many subjects related to labour law

Prior Speaking Engagements

Guest speaker, lecture entitled "La transaction comme outil de règlement des différends pour un médiateur institutionnel" (The transaction as a dispute resolution tool for institutional mediators), presented on November 10, 2009 to the mediators of the Commission des lésions professionnelles du Québec, and on March 30, 2009, during the symposium of the Institut de médiation et d'arbitrage du Québec

Guest speaker, lecture entitled "Le harcèlement psychologique : moyens d'exonération et prévention de la judiciarisation sans compromettre le dossier de l'employeur" (Psychological harassment: means to waiver and prevent the litigiousness of a case without compromising the employer file), September 2009