Stéphane Teasdale | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Stéphane Teasdale LL.B., Partner

Stéphane Teasdale, Chair of the National Franchise and Distribution Group and co-head of the Commercial Group in Montréal office, is a leading practitioner in the area of commercial law, and is renowned in Canada and abroad for his unique expertise in the area of franchising. For more than 20 years, he has provided legal and strategic counsel in transactional and litigation matters dealing with corporate, commercial and business law, competition franchising and intellectual property.

Stéphane advises prominent Canadian franchise systems expanding internationally, as well as Canadian, American and foreign franchise and distributions systems wishing to establish themselves or expand in Canada, particularly in Québec. Stéphane has advised several Canadian networks, which have opened and expanded internationally to markets in Europe, North Africa and Australia.

Actively involved in Canadian, American and international franchise associations, Stéphane is currently the Vice President and an executive committee member of the Québec Franchise Council. He is also on the board of the International Franchise and Distribution Division Leaders of the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising. He is recognized in Canada, the United States and abroad as one of the few experts in franchise law in Québec and in Canada, an honour that has been repeatedly acknowledged by The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010, Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010 and, more recently by the Franchise Times magazine.

At both domestic and international forums, Stéphane is a frequent lecturer on franchise and distribution matters related to markets locally, nationally and internationally. He is also an author of numerous published articles.

A graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, the Université du Québec School of Business and Queen's School of Business, Stéphane was called to the Québec Bar in 1988, and is a member of the Canadian, American and International Bar Associations.

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Representative Work

Acted for a large quick service restaurant system expanding internationally

Assisted a large Quebec based restaurant chain in its national and international expansions

Acted for a major international U.S. based franchisor in defending a multi-million dollar lawsuit by a group of Quebec based franchisees

Represents an important American franchising network in respect to a law suit of $9.5 million brought by a Quebec franchising group

Advises franchising networks involved in the establishment of franchising associations

Regularly advises foreign franchisors who want to settle in Quebec or Canada

Publications

International Franchising: Health, Beauty and Fitness

Force Majeure as a Business Strategy

Franchising Law at FMC

Prior Speaking Engagements

"C2: Life Cycle of a Brand", Canadian Restaurant Investment Summit, Toronto, April 13-14, 2011

"Franchise 101", Recent Developments in Franchise Law, Québec Bar, March 5, 2008

"Preventing Supply Chain Disputes: Best Disclosure and Contract Practices", IFA Legal Symposium, Washington, May 2007

"Finding Master Franchisers, Area Developers and Franchisers in New Markets", IFA Business Solution Roundtables, Annual IFA Convention, Las Vegas, February 2007