Jean H. Gagnon | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Jean H. Gagnon Ad.E., F.C.Adm., Counsel and Strategic Advisor

Jean H. Gagnon, Ad.E., F.C.Adm., works with the Commercial Law Group as Counsel and Strategic Advisor, and is part of our Montreal office’s franchise and distribution law team.

Mr. Gagnon has over 35 years of experience as a lawyer, both in private practice and as corporate counsel, and as a negotiator, mediator and commercial arbitrator. He pioneered franchise law in Québec and Canada and, amongst other things, is one of the founders of the Québec Franchise Council, for which he has served as director, chair (for over seven years) and governor.

Mr. Gagnon has authored 18 books and countless papers and articles on franchising, business law, negotiation and mediation, including La franchise au Québec, Comment lancer votre réseau de franchise, Les pièges du franchisage : comment les éviter and La négociation stratégique : mieux négocier en 12 étapes. Not only was he the first person inducted into the Franchise Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of the franchise industry in Québec, he is an Advocatus emeritus and a Fellow Chartered Administrator, and has also received many other distinctions and prestigious awards. He has delivered numerous speeches in Québec and Canada, and is the former editor-in-chief of a specialized publication, Franchise & Distribution.

Mr. Gagnon has been Vice-President and a member of the Managing Committee of the ADR Section of the Canadian Bar Association’s Québec Branch, a member of the board of directors of the Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec and a member of the Québec Bar’s Participatory Justice Committee.

He pursued postgraduate studies in the fields of franchising, distributorships, banners and groups, notably at the University of London, and completed specialized studies in negotiation and mediation, including three intensive sessions at Harvard University in 1987, 1991 and 2005.

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Publications

Le partenariat stratégique : comment profiter pleinement des forces du franchisage, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2011

La franchise au Québec, Wilson & Lafleur, Martel Inc., Annual Service

La négociation stratégique : mieux négocier en 12 étapes, (2nd Edition), Éditions Yvon Blais, 2010

Mieux négocier : un guide complet à l’intention des professionnels, des dirigeants et des gestionnaires, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2006

Comment acheter une entreprise, Transcontinental Publications Inc., 1991

Réussir par la négociation, Éditions Quebecor, 1990

Comment lancer votre réseau de franchises, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1990

Les pièges du franchisage : Comment les éviter, Transcontinental Publications Inc., 1989

L’art de bien négocier, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1987

Diriger une entreprise en 1988, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1987

62 cas vécus d’entreprises devant les tribunaux (Les affaires et la loi), Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1987

Diriger une entreprise en 1985, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1984

Développer votre entreprise par le franchisage, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1984

Comment acheter une franchise/Guide du futur franchisé, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1984

Guide du franchisage (drafted two chapters and examples), Éditions Les Franchises d’Aujourd’hui Inc., 1983 1984

La PME face à la crise financière, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1983

La relation d’association dans une entreprise incorporée, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1982

La relation d’association dans une entreprise non-incorporée, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1982

Diriger une entreprise au Québec, Éditions Agence d’ARC Inc., 1982

Prepared and drafted countless courses, sessions and seminars on franchising, groups, shareholders and partners relations and disputes, family businesses, negotiation, mediation and arbitration, including for the Université de Montréal, the Québec Bar, the Young Bar Association of Montréal, the Québec Franchise Council, the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre, and large and medium-size businesses (notably for the executives, officers and corporate counsels)

Principal author and editor of a comprehensive study entitled Le franchisage en ce début de 21e siècle : Rapport-synthèse sur l’état de la situation et les grandes problématiques, on behalf of the Québec Franchise Council and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Québec. This report was one of the key references used at the Retail Business Forum held in June 2000

Co-author of a background document on franchising for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Québec entitled Le franchisage : l’entreprenariat encadré. Pourquoi s’y intéresser? Comment s’y engager? Comment en profiter?

Co-author of 3 one-day seminars on franchising sponsored by the Québec Franchise Council and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Québec

Editor-in-Chief of Franchise & Distribution, a specialized publication distributed across Canada by the Federated Press, 1994 to 2007

Contributor to the weekly newspaper Les Affaires, writing a column on recent court decisions dealing with business issues, 1984 to 2007

Contributor to the magazine Entreprendre, writing a column on alternative dispute resolution, 1994 to 2007

Author of numerous professional development courses offered by the Québec Bar, dealing in particular with franchising, shareholders and partners relations and disputes, mediation, arbitration, and family businesses

Author of innumerable articles and papers on franchising, banner systems and distributorships, groups, shareholders and partners relations and disputes, family businesses, negotiation, mediation and arbitration published in numerous professional and business publications in Québec, Canada, the United States and France

Prepared and drafted numerous courses, sessions and seminars on franchising, groups, banner systems and distributorships, including for the Université du Québec à Montréal, the Québec Bar, the Québec Franchise Council, the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre, the Canadian Franchise Association, groups, franchisors and large and medium-size businesses (notably for the executives, officers and corporate counsels)

Teaching Roles

Lecturer and moderator in the context of an educational program offered by the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre as a prerequisite for becoming a chartered mediator specialized in franchising (2001)

Lecturer and moderator in the context of many professional development courses offered by the Québec Bar on franchising, mediation, arbitration and family businesses, as well as a number of sessions and seminars dealing with franchising, groups, and banner systems and distributorships, including for the Université du Québec à Montréal, the Québec Bar, the Québec Franchise Council, the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre, the Canadian Franchise Association, groups, franchisors and large and medium-size businesses (notably for the executives, officers and corporate counsels)

Prior Speaking Engagements

Continuing Education - How to Better Negotiate: Strategic Negotiating Tools for In-House Counsel, May 16, 2012

Round table of lawyers acting for franchisors or groups on the decision rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal in Martineau v. Canadian Tire and its legal implications, organized by FMC as part of a continuing education activity for lawyers (February 22, 2012)

Frequent conference speaker (in Québec, Canada, the United States, and Europe) on various topics related to his areas of expertise (notably franchising, banners, distributorships, groups, business alliances and partnerships, negotiation, mediation, dispute resolution and shareholders and partners relations and disputes) for companies, associations, professional organizations and educational institutions

Contact Information

Montréal

+1 514 878 5888

jhgagnon@fmc-law.com

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Areas of Expertise

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Corporate | Commercial

Franchise and Distribution

Year of Call

1974 (Québec)

Education

University of London, postgraduate studies in international franchising, distributorships, banners and groups

Harvard University, specialized studies in negotiation, mediation and dispute resolution, 1987, 1991 and 2005

Québec Bar, Commercial mediation and mediator certification under the civil and commercial mediation program jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Justice of Québec, the Québec Bar and the Superior Court of Québec, 2001

HEC Montréal, Intensive program on the dynamics of family businesses, 2002

HEC Montréal, Intensive program on the mastery of consultation skills, 2002

Languages Spoken

French

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